Mexico: The U.N. Global Ocean Treaty

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

PROGRAM #11057 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

Environmentalists are celebrating as a historic milestone the taking effect of the U.N. Global Ocean Treaty. The agreement expands marine protection and creates ocean sanctuaries to help mitigate the climate crisis and safeguard food security for billions of people. Mexican organizers discuss their efforts to pressure governments to establish new marine protected areas. These and other news are part of this program. This is a special program in the “Cuando se seca el arroyo” series, sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation.

Guests: Viridiana Lazaro, Activist with Océanos sin Plásticos (Oceans without Plastics), Greenpeace, Mexico City, MX; Maria del Carmen Carmona Lara, Professor and Researcher, Institute for Legal Research, and Coordinator, Environmental Law Department, National Autonomous University of Mexico-UNAM, Mexico City, MX; Jose Lopez Zamorano, Reporter, Washington, DC.; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alicia Barcena; and Mexico’s Minister of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard.

Photo: Gobierno de México

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