The rippling blue waves of France ushered in a special mission today - the third United Nations Ocean Summit (UNOC3) was grandly unveiled at the Nice Exhibition Center. In this venue that has been transformed into a "giant whale belly", leaders of more than 60 countries will hold five-day emergency consultations on the marine ecological crisis. French President Macron emphasized on the eve of the opening that the summit must be a turning point "from warning to action".
The bell of Angel Bay
The early morning of Nice Angel Bay was bathed in the Mediterranean sunshine, and 5,000 security personnel were on guard. When Macron arrived on a boat from Monaco, the newly developed "starfish meter" stood on the coastline - a device that resembles marine life displays key data such as seawater acidification and temperature rise in real time. Brazilian President Lula sounded the alarm at the opening ceremony: "The earth can no longer bear more short promises, and the choice at this moment will determine the survival of the ocean."
Differences and consensus coexist
On the eve of the summit, France announced that bottom trawling fishing was restricted in some marine protected areas, triggering polar evaluations from environmental protection organizations. The decision of the United States to absent from the meeting has even more gloomy - the Trump administration's unilateral opening of deep-sea mining in the Pacific at the end of April formed a sharp opposition to the High Seas Protection Treaty advocated by the conference. Costa Rica President Robryce called for: "We need a $100 billion commitment, not another declaration that has been put on hold."
The undercurrent of deep-sea games
When the heads of state of various countries entered a "sustainable sea banquet" at the Negrasco Hotel in the evening, Brian O'Donnell, head of the NGO "Nature Movement", said bluntly on the spot: "Funding has never been an obstacle, what is lacking is the political courage to cure the poison." It is reported that the meeting will focus on promoting the suspension of the expansion of the submarine mining alliance and accelerate the negotiation process of the Global Plastics Treaty. As Macron sighed when visiting the "Whale Belly" exhibition hall: "Humans must learn to be like whales - seemingly behemoths, but in fact they only need it."
This is exactly:
The blue waves are vast and the crisis is hidden, and the crown is gathered in front of the Angel Bay.
The trawl still tear the deep sea silk, and the ore hammer even shatters the crystal cup.
The empty talk has missed the three spring agreements, and the action will make the nine regions worry.
I wish to use the whale waves to cleanse the turbid world, and do not teach the history to record the shame of the great people.
