Deadlock stymied a third East Antarctica protection plan. Only twice before has the panel created marine protected areas.
An international panel for conserving Antarctica’s ocean ecosystems failed once again to break a deadlock over creating more marine protected areas.
The third special session in its four-decade history "focused exclusively on the issue of marine protected areas," the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources said Saturday.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
