In a few days' time, the Third United Nations Conference on the Oceans (Unoc 3) will be held in Nice, France. It will bring together leaders, decision-makers, scientists and stakeholders from all over the world with the aim of ‘accelerating action and mobilizing all actors for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean’, perhaps culminating in a ‘Nice agreement’ consisting of a political declaration negotiated at the UN and voluntary declarations - at least that is the objective of the organizers, France and Costa Rica. To support these decisions, scientific information is essential - what is the status of research worldwide and, in France, to exploit the solutions that the ocean can provide in the face of the climate crisis?[...]
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