• The second conference was cohosted by Kenya and Portugal at Lisbon.
• It ended with the Lisbon Declaration, a political declaration entitled 'Our Ocean, Our Future; call for action'
• It is on lines of SDG 14 'life below water'
● Key Points
Use of Technology
• It stresses to scale up marine technologies and innovative actions to tackle ocean emergencies.
Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining:
• Deep sea mining for rare metals can affect deep sea habitat.
Carbon Sequestration:
• to boost the ocean's capacity to soak up CO2, through natural sinks such as mangroves or geoengineering schemes.
Blue deal : It includes global trade, investment and innovation to create a sustainable and resilient ocean economy.
Blue food : Harvest marine food with the responsibility of ocean’s sustainability.
Regulate the high seas area, Which comprises almost 70% of earth surface.
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