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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Sudip Kar-Gupta and Anna Dittrich

Macron announces plans to protect Antarctic at 'One Ocean' summit

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media ahead of a Weimar Triangle meeting to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in Berlin, Germany, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool

French President Emmanuel Macron's department on Friday announced new plans by the United States and France to protect the environment, including an expansion of the protection of the French Antarctic territories, as France hosted the 'One Ocean' summit.

Political leaders around the world are keen to burnish their environmental credentials, in the wake of recent climate change protest movements.

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