More than half of the marine species are under threat of disappearance by 2100. Can participants in the UN summit in Nice save the world ocean ? The climate and the environment is sad, but the fact: the ocean is dying – coral reefs are discolored, fish reserves are reduced, the temperature of the sea surface beats records. Next week, world leaders will try to develop a package of measures aimed at saving oceans. From June 9 to 13, the third conference of the United Nations in the Ocean will take place in Nice-a high-level summit under the co-charter of France and Costa Rica. The global task facing the forum participants is to confront the deepening emergency in the ocean, which, as scientists warn, approaches the point of non-return. & Amp; nbsp; “Ocean ran into an unprecedented crisis due to climate change, pollution of ecosystems and excessive use of naval resources, whether he said whether he said whether he said Junhua, a high -ranking UN official, which is assigned the duties of the General Secretary of the Conference. – We hope that this forum will inspire people for unprecedented ambitions, innovative partnerships and, possibly, healthy competition. “& Amp; NBSP; It is expected that the week of negotiations will be completed by the adoption of a political declaration and the publication of an ocean preservation plan. The UN hopes that all this will spur the efforts corresponding to the scale of the crisis, and accelerate the actions to preserve and efficient use of the ocean. & Amp; nbsp; warming seas, bleaching reefs 62 > 62 > 62 ~The crisis is developing now. According to the European Union for changing the Copernicus climate, in April the global surface temperature of the sea reached the second largest level in the history of observations this month. The largest bleaching of corals in the history of mankind occurs, covering the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and some areas of the Pacific Ocean. This is not a one -time event, but Chris from a planetary scale. & Amp; nbsp; coral reefs that serve the habitat for a quarter of all marine species and bring billions of dollars in profit in the field of tourism and fishing, disappear before our eyes. Their death can lead to cascading consequences for biodiversity, food safety and resistance to climate change. & Amp; nbsp; the ocean absorbs more than 90 percent of excess heat from greenhouse gases, and probably will not be able to do such gigantic work in the future. According to estimates, 60 percent of marine ecosystems in the world were degraded or used irrationally. & Amp; nbsp; “Problems such as pollution by plastic, excessive fishing, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification and warming are associated with climate change,” warned Zzyunhua. & Amp; nbsp; turning points breakthroughs in the work of confrontation were the crisis. In 2022, the World Trade Organization entered into a far -reaching agreement on the phased abolition of subsidies that contribute to excessive fishing. A year later, after decades of the dead end, the countries adopted an open sea, aimed at protecting the sea flora and fauna in international waters. This long -awaited agreement will officially enter into force at the Summit in Nice. & Amp; nbsp; only politics can not turn the sea ecosystem in a free fall. Progress depends not only on political will, but also on the resources necessary for its implementation. & Amp; nbsp; problem of financing Despite their vital role in the regulation of life on Earth – the production of half the oxygen and protection against extreme climatic conditions – the programs for protecting the ocean remain chronically under -financed. The goal number 14 in the field of sustainable development “Preservation of marine ecosystems” receives the least amount of resources from the 17 Global targets of the UN, which the member states agreed to be achieved by 2030. & NBSP; planned costs for protecting and restoring marine ecosystems over the next five years were to amount to $ 175 billion annually. “However, less than 10 billion was allocated from 2015 to 2019,” said Junhua. & Amp; nbsp; plan of action to preserve the ocean The theme of the current conference – “Acceleration of actions and the mobilization of all interested parties to preserve and sustainable use of the ocean” reflects the transition from declarations to their implementation. Within five days, the forum participants will resolve issues such as the fight against the illegal fishing of fish, pollution of the oceans with plastic and the construction of a stable “blue” economy. & Amp; NBSP; The Ocean Conservation Plan should be consistent with the Kunmin-Monreal Global Frame Program-the 2022 agreement, calling for the protection of at least 30 percent of marine and ground ecosystems by 2030. & NBSP; along with new obligations, the plan will include an official declaration that Zzyunhua called the laconic and focused on actions. & nbsp; Ocean and the construction of a stable economy. It includes specific measures to accelerate actions, ”added the UN representative. & Amp; nbsp; crisis in the numbers and plans of participants in the summit Every year, up to 12 million tons of plastic enters the ocean, which is equivalent to unloading one garbage truck every minute – in Nice delegates hoping to promote a global agreement to combat pollution plastic. & Amp; nbsp; more than 60 percent of marine ecosystems were degraded or used irrationally – the summit is called upon to activate the efforts to protect 30 percentage The ocean by 2030 and create a road map of the decarbonization of sea transport. & nbsp; world fish reserves within safe biological limits decreased from 90 percent in the 1970s to the 62nd in 2021-the forum in Nice should pave the way to the new international agreement on sustainable fishing. & nbsp; The existence of more than three billion people depend on the marine biodiversity – the summit is aimed at increasing the financing of the “blue” economy. & nbsp; from Paris to Nice The summit time was chosen by ten years after the purpose of the Paris Agreement was established in the Parisian agreement. restriction of global warming. & NBSP; as for the conference, Nice is not just a picturesque background for the meeting of leaders, but a living witness to the growing crisis. The Mediterranean is heated 20 percent faster than the rest of the regions, and this makes it a climatic “hot point.” & Amp; nbsp; whether the conference will become a real impulse for a lot of work or an arena for non -binding declarations, will depend on the fact that it is the countries, companies and communities will offer negotiations.