Honored to support theblueleaders and the ambition to highly and fully protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 #30x30 #BBNJ

Sigourney Weaver kicked off the #HighSeasTreaty event co-hosted by 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇷 🇪🇺 marking the opening of the #HighSeasTreaty for signature.

Thank you Sigourney for joining theblueleaders NRDC 🌎🏡 High Seas Alliance Mission Blue and Pew Environment in the #RaceForRatification ! 💪 🌊

“I'm pleased that today, thanks to the efforts of theblueleaders, the #BBNJ High Ambition Coalition and all states involved in the process, this historic treaty is open for signature,” said Vincent Van Quickenborne, Deputy Prime Minister, 🇧🇪
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“All of us must do everything we can to save the magnificent Ocean, our ally in the fight against the climate crisis. I urge all countries to ratify the #HighSeasTreaty without delay - for every life on Earth.”

Thank you Jane Seymour Fonda for being an ocean champion! 💪🌊

As the historic #HighSeas Treaty opens to United Nations Member States for signatures, 23 Heads of State & Ministers symbolically 🖊️ their commitment to ratifying the #BBNJ Agreement at the celebratory event: High Ambition for the #HighSeas .

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Many thanks to all of you who have been working for years to protect our oceans. 🌊 The global #HighSeasTreaty is our joint success! Today marks a historic moment as we finally sign the #BBNJ . #RaceForRatification

Today the #HighSeas Treaty opens for signature United Nations! Shout out to 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇷 🇪🇺 theblueleaders and High Ambition for the #HighSeas #UNGA78 event partners for spearheading the #RaceForRatification . Track progress: 👉 ctt.ec/It6Oz+ #BBNJ

As the #HighSeasTreaty opens for signature United Nations, we 👏 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇷 🇪🇺 theblueleaders and High Ambition for the High Seas #UNGA78 event partners for leading the #RaceForRatification ! See which countries are signing the Treaty: ctt.ec/v2U3a+

Negotiations concluded with a #HighSeasTreaty ! This agreement will provide the legal structure for the establishment of fully & highly protected areas in the high seas.

Thank you to the many #BlueLeaders & ocean champions who persisted for so long to achieve this historic win💪

At #COP15 , the Parties adopted a Global Biodiversity Framework that includes 30x30. #theBlueLeaders would’ve liked to see more ambition for the ocean but we will continue working with fellow Heads of State and Ministers until we reach at least 30% fully & highly protected ocean.

As #COP15 enters the home stretch, the Blue Leaders are working hard to secure an ambitious global ocean protection target: at least 30% of the ocean is fully & highly protected, free from environmentally damaging activities, by 2030. This is how we solve the biodiversity crisis.

“High ambition is necessary for nature to heal and for humans to survive. Fully protecting 30% of our ocean [by 2030] is critical to ensure that we maintain marine ecosystems vital to human life.” - 🇵🇼 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment, Steven Victor.

“We want to leave #COP15 as Blue Leaders. The ocean gives color & name to our planet and enables our climate system to function. We must achieve 30x30; we must feel proud of our blue planet. Let’s be Blue Leaders.” -🇪🇸 Deputy PM, Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera.

“As Blue Leaders, we’re working hard to achieve 30% ambitious & high quality protection. The ocean is the largest carbon sink to help us address climate change; we must protect it, protect marine ecosystems, our resources, and biodiversity.” - 🇵🇦 VM of Environment, Diana Laguna.

As the #COP15 clock ticks, the Blue Leaders continue to push for an ambitious agreement, making it clear that the best way to set marine biodiversity on a path to recovery and resilience is to fully and highly protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030.

With Ministers now present at #COP15 , the Blue Leaders are hard at work advancing and reinforcing the need to fully and highly protect 30% of the global ocean by 2030 to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. 🌊

#cop15 #fullyandhighly #cbdcop15

More information is available here: theblueleaders.org

Thank you @pearljam for joining theblueleaders NRDC 🌎🏡 Mission Blue SeaLegacy in calling on world leaders to agree on a plan at @cbd_cop15 to save nature that includes HIGHLY and FULLY protecting at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030. 💪

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🌊 To protect our ocean, we need to finalize a new #BBNJ treaty for the #highseas . Happy to hear #UNGA Sec Gen António Guterres echo our plea theblueleaders. 💪