Question
Which landmark treaty, aimed at protecting the high seas, achieved its final ratification push during the UN Ocean Conference in June 2025?
The correct answer is
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement
Treaty Protecting High Seas
The question asks to identify a specific treaty focused on protecting the high seas that gained momentum during the UN Ocean Conference in June 2025.
Analysis of Options
- Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention): Primarily concerns the conservation and wise use of wetlands, not the general protection of the high seas.
- Paris Agreement: Focuses on global climate change mitigation and adaptation, not the direct protection of marine biodiversity in high seas areas.
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): Establishes a comprehensive legal framework for all marine and maritime activities, but the specific agreement for areas beyond national jurisdiction is separate.
- Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement: Also known as the High Seas Treaty, this agreement is specifically designed to conserve and sustainably use marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the high seas). Its final ratification push was indeed a major focus around the time of the UN Ocean Conference.
Conclusion
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement is the landmark treaty aimed at protecting the high seas, and it achieved significant progress towards ratification around the specified conference.
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Important Questions from International Agreements
- The inclusion of children and youth to integrate their voices and concerns in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are raised in the various international platforms. Which one of the following is NOT related to above cause/concerns ?
A. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)
B. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change
C. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
D. Agenda 21
Choose the correct answer from the options given below : - Choose the correct statements related to Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030).
A. The goal is to prevent new and reduce existing disaster
B. It covers technological hazards in addition to natural hazards
C. These technological hazards include chemical or industrial hazards
D. It recognises that less involvement of political leadership in every country is crucial
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below : - List-I with List-II:
List-I
(Events)List-II
(Years)A. UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio de Janeiro) I. 1985 B. UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm) II. 2015 C. Convention for the Protection of the Ozone layer (Vienna) III. 2012 D. Paris Climate Change Conference (COP-21) IV. 1972
Choose the correct answer from the options given below : Which of the following has formally left the Paris Agreement?
- At COP30 (November 2025), the "Baku-Belem Roadmap" aimed to scale climate finance to what annual level by 2035?
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