French President Emmanuel Macron opened the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, urging global leaders to unite for ocean protection. However, he notably omitted fossil fuels from his speech, despite their significant threat to marine ecosystems, as highlighted by a report from Earth Insight. The report emphasizes the need for leadership from France to address fossil fuel expansion and its detrimental effects on biodiversity. The conference aims to ratify a High Seas Treaty to establish marine protected areas. The report reveals extensive fossil fuel infrastructure in oceans, threatening vital ecosystems like coral reefs and seagrass meadows, and suggests solutions to mitigate these harms. Teljes cikk (Euronews.com)