President Biden signed Executive Order 14096, Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All on April 21, 2023. The EO aims to “revitalize the nation’s commitment to environmental justice for all” and requires agency accountability and public engagement measures. This is just the first step towards the environmental justice we need to achieve, but it gives more power to the weak initiatives that were in placec. The approach and…
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What is the High Seas Treaty?
After decades of international discussion and negotiations, UN countries have finally agreed on a High Seas Treaty. The treaty, formally known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty, is an instrument of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that will govern the use and conservation of the World’s oceans in aims of achieving the 30×30 conservation goal. The four main focuses of this new treaty…