UN Ocean Conferences were started in 2017 in order to place the ocean more firmly at the center of the political agenda, especially after the successful insertion of objectives for ocean health recovery were introduced through SDG14 into the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030
The ocean does not only need treaties, agreements, and data: it also needs a common language — a way of naming it that recognizes it [...]
Plastics, derived from fossil fuels, generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at all stages of their life cycle: from raw material extraction and production to their [...]
Intense conversations, great initiatives, a fantastic festive atmosphere in the public Green Zone of the UN Ocean Conference and much stiffer terms in the governments' [...]
This time, the small-scale fishers would not remain at the margin as had been the case in Lisbon two years ago. Fired up by forceful [...]
The kids had a heyday and donned their best to illustrate the four blue notebooks, and the adults reflected often long and hard, how best [...]
Celine Kahn of the Ocean Azul Foundation opened the session at the Basecamp Our ocean underpins human prosperity and wellbeing. Without a healthy [...]
United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3), Nice, France, 9-13 June 2025 - co-hosted by France and Costa Rica. Update: Our side event has been accepted. [...]
The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) is scheduled for June 2025 in Nice, France. Costa Rica and France are the co-organisers. UNOC3 is to [...]
