Overview

• More than 50 countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty, and delegates expect to reach the 60-nation threshold by September, initiating a 120-day countdown to enforcement.
• The number of nations supporting a moratorium on deep-sea mining rose to 37, up from 32 at the start of the conference.
• Colombia, Samoa, French Polynesia and Spain announced new marine protected areas that could boost global coverage above 10%.
• Leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and António Guterres condemned President Trump’s unilateral authorization of deep-sea mineral extraction in international waters.
• The European Union pledged €40 million to the UN’s Global Ocean Program, and a Panama- and Canada-led coalition of 37 states committed to reducing ocean noise pollution.