# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, is urging world leaders to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change. The 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, a high-level summit co-chaired by France and Costa Rica, is currently underway in Nice, France. Over 60-percent of marine ecosystems are degraded or unsustainably used. Guterres says the ocean is under siege and greed is to blame:
UN chief says greed cannot be allowed to dictate the fate of the planet [SOUND]
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