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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/oceans-conference-comes-up-with-16b-in-pledges-to-safeguard-marine-health/>
"International delegates representing governments, businesses, academic and
research institutions, civil society, youth leaders and philanthropic
organizations announced major commitments worth more than $16 billion to
protect ocean health at the seventh Our Ocean Conference in Koror, Palau, on
April 13 and 14.
A total of 410 commitments were made at the event, hosted jointly by the
Republic of Palau and the United States. The conference is an annual event
initiated in 2014 by then-U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, who is now the
U.S. special presidential envoy for climate. The conference was envisioned as a
platform to mobilize support and funding for ocean initiatives to address the
world’s most pressing ocean issues. As such, it’s a key milestone event for
leaders to ensure global commitments on ocean heath are upheld and backed by
robust financing.
To date, the seven OOC events have accrued more than 1,800 commitments worth
more than $108 billion and protected at least 13 million square kilometers (5
million square miles) of ocean."
Via Future Crunch May 16, 2022:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
