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  • 09/06/2025
Macron slams US withdrawal of climate funding ahead of UN Ocean Conference

Emmanuel Macron criticised the US for withdrawing climate funding and urged nations to agree on protecting the planet at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice.

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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday slammed the withdrawal of climate funding by the US, saying it was time to reach an agreement for the entire planet.
00:11Macron said this as a welcomed delegate, including heads of state and environmental advocates to the French southern city of Nice, host to this week's United Nations Ocean Conference.
00:22He urged nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea and commit to a moratorium on deep sea exploitation.
00:32Merci beaucoup à toutes et tous d'être là. Je salue les chefs d'État et de gouvernement. On ne va rien lâcher, je veux qu'on arrive à un accord pour toute la planète.
00:40Parce que c'est complètement fou. C'est complètement fou d'aller exploiter, d'aller forer un endroit qu'on ne connaît pas. C'est de la folie furieuse.
00:52More than 50 world leaders are attending the third United Nations Ocean Conference this week to confront growing threats to the ocean and the needs to transform pledges into protection.
01:04The UN describes the threats facing the world's oceans as a global emergency.

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