The UN negotiations for a global agreement to protect the deep seas have been going on for just over a decade and broke off near the finish line half a year ago. A new round of final negotiations on the agreement began two weeks ago in New York. In the end, the protracted UN negotiations for an agreement to protect the world’s oceans yielded results. – This has been negotiated for 15 years and each time you think that it is now happening. We have tried to be optimistic and this time it really happened, says Robert Blasiak, marine scientist at the Stockholm Resilience center. Life in the oceans is required The oceans are man’s most important carbon sink, they absorb large parts of the heat caused by greenhouse gases and the carbon dioxide that man emits. – For it to work, life in the oceans and biological diversity are required. That is why this agreement is so important, according to Robert Blasiak, who twice participated as an expert in the negotiations. In the player above: Hear more about the new agreement
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After 15 years: New UN agreement on deep sea protection ready
