US withdrawal is leaving a “void” in action on the health of the oceans, says former trade chief
Pascal Lamy, coordinatator of the Jacques Delors Institutes and chair of the board of the EU Mission on restoring ocean and waters. Photo credits: Thomas Blairon / Pixelshake
Significant gaps are appearing in international efforts to address the state of the oceans, according to Pascal Lamy. “At a time when, unfortunately, we see the US distancing themselves from ocean action [. . .] there is a sort of void appearing,” the former trade chief said during the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance forum, held in Brussels on September 25 and 26. He went on to say that Europe might “limit the damage” by reinforcing its cooperation with Africa.
Meanwhile, the scientific community is moving to fill the knowledge gaps in the Atlantic basin, including the crucial polar regions.
Lamy is a former EU trade commissioner and director general of the World Trade Organisation, who also chaired the high-level panel
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