The final round of negotiations for a treaty to protect marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (#BBNJ) kicks off today at @UN HQ!
Here's a quick recap of what's going on [thread 🧵] #IGC5#UNCLOS
We used to think the #highseas were a deadzone and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (#UNCLOS) doesn't say all that much about its protection.
We now know that these deep & distant waters are full of biodiversity and are a massive carbon sink.
Sep 27, 2019 • 27 tweets • 11 min read
Just finished reading the 45-page summary of the @IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere (#SROCC). Full report is over 1,000 pages and cites 700+ scientific papers. Here's a short(ish) summary of the summary:
The #SROCC) follows two other recent special reports:
- The @IPCC report on Climate Change and Land
- The @IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity
We used to think the #highseas were a deadzone and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (#UNCLOS) doesn't say all that much about its protection. 