New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the high-level segment of the One Ocean Summit on Friday.
He will address the high-level segment of the One Ocean Summit at around 2:30 p.m. through a video message, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
The high-level segment of the One Ocean Summit will also be addressed by several Heads of States and governments, including Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and Canada among others.
The One Ocean Summit is being organised by France from February 9 to 11 in Brest, France, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank.
The PMO further said the objective of the summit is to mobilise the international community to take tangible action towards preserving and supporting healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems.
Around 40 world leaders are due to make “ambitious and concrete commitments” towards combating illegal fishing, decarbonising shipping and reducing plastic pollution at the first high-level summit dedicated to the ocean.
The One Ocean Summit aims to mobilise “unprecedented international political engagement” for a wide range of pressing maritime issues, said its chief organiser, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, The Guardian reported.
Asserting “it is essential,” Poivre d’Arvor said: “The climate has its Cop process but there is no equivalent for the ocean, at a time when man’s relationship with the marine world has become more and more toxic, and global heating is causing extreme change.”
The summit convened by French President Emmanuel Macron will also focus on efforts to improve governance of the high seas and coordinating international scientific research.