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Speaker says ocean crisis threatens SDG 14, conference to adopt 'East Ocean Action Plan' and a political declaration
Summary
An unnamed commenter told a meeting that achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 requires far more financing than has been provided and that an upcoming conference will adopt a concise political declaration and compile voluntary commitments as an "East Ocean Action Plan."
An unnamed commenter said the ocean faces an "unprecedented crisis due to climate change, plastic pollution, ecosystem loss, and the overuse of the marine resources," and argued that meeting Sustainable Development Goal 14 will require far more funding than has been made available to date.
The commenter said the cost to achieve SDG 14 is "almost like a hundred and 75,000,000,000 US dollars annually" and added that "less than the $10,000,000,000 was allocated between 2015 and 2019," calling SDG 14 the most underfunded Sustainable Development Goal. The speaker…
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