American actor Jason Momoa, who plays the superhero Aquaman in the cinema, called on Sunday to act in favor of the preservation of marine resources, on the eve of the opening of a UN conference in Lisbon on the defense of the oceans.
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"The oceans need us"
, declared the actor during an event which brought together near Lisbon a hundred young people from all over the world to discuss the actions to be taken to amplify and accelerate the action of the new generations in favor oceans.
“We must seek to right the wrongs we have caused”, because “without a healthy ocean, our planet as we know it would not exist”,
he recalled.
Progress too slow
Jason Momoa, who rose to fame thanks to his role as the superhero of the seas in the film
Aquaman
as well as in
Justice League
,
took part in the closing session of the youth and innovation forum, which was held on the beach on Sunday of Carcavelos, about twenty kilometers from Lisbon.
Also known for his role in Season 1 of the fantasy series
Game of Thrones
as well as
Stargate Atlantis
, the actor and around 100 youth delegates from around the world were later joined by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa .
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Also present, the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese Antonio Guterres, condemned on Sunday the slowness in the decision-making of political leaders to preserve the oceans.
“We are moving too slowly
,” he regretted, adding that it was time to
“seriously condemn”
this inertia and take action.
The UN Secretary General will participate from Monday in Lisbon in the United Nations conference on the oceans, organized jointly by Portugal and Kenya.
Originally scheduled for April 2020, the conference had been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Monday until July 1, heads of state, government representatives, business leaders, NGO leaders and scientists are expected in the Portuguese capital to discuss and propose solutions to preserve the oceans.
