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INTERVIEW: Clock ticking to finalise High Seas Treaty rules, with first COP expected in 2026

Published 14:00 on September 5, 2025 / Last updated at 14:00 on September 5, 2025 / / Insights (Interviews), International (UN Nature & Biodiversity Talks), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy)

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Countries must speed up work to finalise critical rules for a global treaty aimed at protecting the open ocean, as the inaugural Conference of the Parties (COP) could be scheduled as early as August next year, an observer told Carbon Pulse.
Countries must speed up work to finalise critical rules for a global treaty aimed at protecting the open ocean, as the inaugural Conference of the Parties (COP) could be scheduled as early as August next year, an observer told Carbon Pulse.


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