The Oceans Compact & Global Governance
In Fall 2012 the United Nations Secretary-General called on the General Assembly to adopt an Oceans Compact to reverse the impact of overfishing, climate change and ocean acidification, increasing pollution, resource extraction, and loss of biodiversity. By December of that year, the initiative seem...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.bridgeport.edu/xmlui/handle/123456789/1065 |
| Summary: | In Fall 2012 the United Nations Secretary-General called on the General Assembly to adopt an Oceans Compact to reverse the impact of overfishing, climate change and ocean acidification, increasing pollution, resource extraction, and loss of biodiversity. By December of that year, the initiative seemed to have failed to gain momentum, and was brought to an end in June 2013 by an appeal from the G-77 supported by the People’s Republic of China. |
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