All 198 members of the United Nations unanimously adopted July 1, 2022 the Lisbon Declaration on ocean conservation

Subject: Environment

Section: Environmental conventions

Context:

Lisbon Declaration on ocean conservation

Recognised that developing countries, particularly small island developing states and least developed countries, need assistance with capacity building
Participants at the conference also agreed to work on preventing, reducing and controlling marine pollution. It includes:
- Nutrient pollution
- Untreated wastewater
- Solid waste discharges
- Hazardous substances
- Emissions from the maritime sector, including shipping, shipwrecks
- Anthropogenic underwater noise
Other pledges include developing and promoting innovative financing solutions to help create sustainable ocean-based economies as well as expanding nature-based solutions to help conserve and preserve coastal communities.
The “BBNJ Treaty”, also known as the “Treaty of the High Seas”
- is an international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, currently under negotiation at the United Nations.
- Is being developed within the framework of the UNCLOS
- Launched at the One Ocean Summit in February 2022, the High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction brings together many delegations engaged in the BBNJ negotiations on a common and ambitious outcome at the highest political level.