COP30 and the future of nature protection
COP30, the international UN Climate Conference (with 198 countries participating), is taking place in Belém, Brazil. The international (with 198 countries participating) UN Climate Conference, a major event where historically decisive agreements for environmental protection have been reached, such as the Paris Agreement. The symbolic location of COP30 in Belém, where the Amazon meets the Atlantic, places the planet’s largest lungs—the rainforest and the ocean—at the center of the discussions.
The protection of marine biodiversity and a focus on the solutions that the sea can offer to the effects of the climate crisis must be central themes of the conferences.In order for political decisions to shift towards effective measures to protect the sea, the Roadmap from Baku to Belém will serve as a guide, directing states towards effective climate financing.
The report explicitly states that: “it is essential to increase ocean finance to support marine protected areas, blue carbon ecosystems and coastal community resilience.”
Political consistency on environmental commitments and the meaningful democratic engagement of communities and populations disproportionately affected by the consequences of the climate crisis must be the main focus of this COP.
In this context, ocean protection remains fundamental.
