The World Wide Fund (WWF) strongly supports the new Advisory Opinion published by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which for the first time at a global level defines the legal obligations of states to act on climate change to protect marine ecosystems.![WWFN: Sea ruling law, milestone on climate and ocean action - NaijaAgroNet WWFN: Sea ruling law, milestone on climate and ocean action - NaijaAgroNet](https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/file/2024/05/marine-ecosystem.jpg)
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These obligations arise under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which 164 UN member states and the EU are parties.