Center for International Environmental Law🌊 The #UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, started yesterday with passionate calls from 🇫🇷 Emmanuel #Macron and 🇨🇷 Rodrigo #Chaves to protect the #ocean. But no mention of the threat of #FossilFuels.
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👇 As Day 2 kicks off, read on for a quick recap of Day 1 and what's next!
🗣️ @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social warned that #FossilFuels are heating the ocean.
🇧🇷 As host of #COP30 this November, Brazil underscored the need to preserve the #Amazon. Yet, no clear actions have been put forward to protect the Amazon coast or to phase out fossil fuels.
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🇧🇷 Brazil also launched the “Blue NDC challenge,” calling all countries to place the ocean at the center of their climate plans (NDCs) ahead of #COP30.
🚫🛢️ States may include actions such as phasing out offshore oil and gas production.
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📣 The Indigenous Women of the Brazilian Amazon are at #UNOC3 demanding the protection of the #Amazon and the urgent need for a #FossilFreeOcean.
📸 They caught up with Brazil's #Environment and #Climate Change Minister, @marinasilva.bsky.social
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