Indigenous elders, young ocean leaders, Pacific Island educators and ocean climate policy experts earlier this week called on the White House to act on President Joe Biden’s commitment to preserve the Pacific Remote Islands, which would create the world’s largest protected marine area while honoring Pacific Islander heritage.
“The Pacific Remote Islands are among the world’s last wild, healthy ocean ecosystems,” said former U.S. Secretary of State and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry in a video address released during a Climate Week NYC event earlier this week hosted by Patagonia in New York City. “They hold an immense natural and cultural heritage, which now is even more vulnerable in the face of the climate crisis. Now is the moment to protect this special place to the fullest extent and to create the world’s largest, highly protected marine area.”
