29 Jun 2022 --- The world is facing an “ocean emergency,” according to global leaders, who are convening at the UN’s Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The event is being co-hosted by the government of Kenya, and intends to create agreements that can end the reported 11 million metric tons of plastics entering the seas each year. However, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says the “egoism” of some nations is blighting efforts to bring ocean-bound pollution under control through a global treaty similar to the one agreed upon this year on plastic pollution.
