Ocean Action Panel 2: Increasing ocean-related scientific cooperation, knowledge, capacity building, marine technology and education to strengthen the science-policy interface for ocean health - 2025 UN Ocean Conference.
Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility - The 2025 UN Ocean Conference will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 - 13 June 2025.
- What have been the main obstacles to overcoming the challenges that were identified in 2022 in the generation and uptake of ocean science and knowledge and how can we create the paradigm shift needed to achieve SDG14 before 2030?
- How can we leverage the strengthened global ocean governance and policy framework (including through the BBNJ Agreement, KMGBF, UNFCCC etc.) to increase support and resources for ocean science and knowledge?
- How can successful examples of work across the science-policy-society interface to inform decision making be shared, replicated and upscaled?
- How do we ensure that the knowledge of underrepresented groups including Indigenous Peoples and local communities, women and girls, and youth is taken into account and that they benefit from the progresses made in ocean science and knowledge?
- How well do the science and knowledge gaps identified in the background paper reflect the realities of Member States and other actors in SIDS and LDCs and how can we collectively support SIDS and LDCs in relation to ocean science and knowledge generation and uptake?
- How can we learn from other sectors or disciplines to build a stronger value proposition for investing in ocean science, including the recognition of ocean observations and data infrastructure as critical infrastructure that is resourced accordingly?
The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 - 13 June 2025.
The overarching theme of the Conference is "Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean". The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14. It will build on existing instruments to form successful partnerships towards the swift conclusion and effective implementation of ongoing processes that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.
The Conference will involve all relevant stakeholders, bringing together Governments, the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, other interested international bodies, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities and other actors to assess challenges and opportunities relating to, as well as actions taken towards, the implementation of Goal 14.
The Conference will build on the previous UN Ocean Conferences, hosted by Sweden and Fiji in 2017 in New York and by Portugal and Kenya in 2022 in Lisbon.
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