French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday spoke at the UN Ocean Summit in the French Riviera city of Nice where he criticised plans by US President Donald Trump to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters.

World leaders began gathering in Nice on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a United Nations summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate change and

World leaders at a United Nations conference in France now call for an end to ocean-plundering activity with a global agreement likely on the horizon.

The French president welcomed some 60 heads of state and government in Nice on Monday. While several countries pledged to ratify the treaty on the high seas, non-governmental organizations criticized the limited progress in protecting the ocean floor.

World leaders gathered for the UN Ocean Conference in Nice on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor. This comes amid growing anxiety over US President Donald Trump's unilateral push to fast-track the practice in international waters.

Dozens of countries at the UN oceans summit on Tuesday took a first step toward recognizing an invisible but growing threat to marine life—underwater noise pollution.

As coral reefs bleach, fish stocks collapse, and sea temperatures break records, world leaders are heading to the French Riviera — not for leisure, but for one of the most urgent diplomatic gatherings of the year.

A global summit on the dire state of the oceans commenced in France yesterday, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world’s overexploited marine areas.

France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency" in the oceans—but what is expected, and can the summit make a difference?

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