Protect life by protecting the oceans, faith groups tell UN conference

By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
June 10, 2025

As humanity works to curtail threats to life posed by climate change, degraded ecosystems and pollution, faith communities are sounding the alarm not to overlook the original source of life that sustains billions of people and species alike — the oceans.

The moral responsibility to protect the high seas is a message that faith leaders are delivering this week in Nice, France, at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (June 9-13). The conference, referred to as UNOC3, brings together scientists, government officials and activists toward achieving the U.N. sustainable development goal on ocean conservation.

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