Portugal and Kenya are co-hosting the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon from June 27 to July.

“The Conference will seek to propel much-needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action“https://www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2022

World representatives meet to try and reach a consensus on accelerated plans for halting the catastrophic decline in ocean health.

According to Reuters “The foreign minister of Tuvalu pulled out of the United Nations Ocean Conference opening in Portugal on Monday after China blocked the participation of three Taiwanese included in the tiny Pacific island nation’s delegation list, according to Radio New Zealand.”

They want to eliminate incentives for overfishing by ratifying the new WTO fisheries agreement and reaching an agreement to protect the seas.

World problems “require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will be in Portugal from June 27-June 29 to lead the U.S. delegation.

UN/Aljazeera/Reuters.