Ocean Action Panel 7: Leveraging ocean, climate and biodiversity interlinkages - 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.
Guiding Questions:What is needed to further strengthen the role of the ocean and biodiversity in climate change mitigation and adaptation through UN processes, including the, NDCs, NAPs, NBSAPs, etc.?
How can climate and biodiversity goals and targets be included into ocean-related international fora and organizations such as the IMO, the FAO, the ILO, the WTO, and how can SDG14 targets be further integrated into climate and biodiversity discussions?
What is needed to increase the recognition of coastal ecosystems as assets, to increase investments, and improve processes to protect and restore them?
What is needed to facilitate the use and application of multiple knowledge systems to fill gaps in understanding and to design and implement inclusive, equitable and sustainable practices and management frameworks?
How can we empower and unlock the full potential of vulnerable coastal communities, including small-scale fishers and fish farmers, in scaling up climate adaptation and mitigation actions and serving as stewards of biodiversity?
What are their most pressing adaptation needs, and what key barriers must be addressed to enable the implementation of available ocean-based climate solutions at a larger scale across sectors and regions that leverage the full potential of the natural systems they depend upon?
How can the thematic panel support Parties in the inclusion of ocean-based measures in their NDCs to enhance climate ambition?
How can the dialogue of UN Ocean Conferences be further strengthened to provide more concrete actions for addressing ocean stressors, including climate change?
How can the discussions and outcomes of UNOC3 on ocean-climate-biodiversity interlinkages be effectively carried forward to drive synergies and impactful action in upcoming major global events and fora, including the UNFCCC COP30, FAO 37th session of Committee on Fisheries (COFI37), CBD COP17, BBNJ Agreement Preparatory Commission, MEPCs?
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.
How can climate and biodiversity goals and targets be included into ocean-related international fora and organizations such as the IMO, the FAO, the ILO, the WTO, and how can SDG14 targets be further integrated into climate and biodiversity discussions?
What is needed to increase the recognition of coastal ecosystems as assets, to increase investments, and improve processes to protect and restore them?
What is needed to facilitate the use and application of multiple knowledge systems to fill gaps in understanding and to design and implement inclusive, equitable and sustainable practices and management frameworks?
How can we empower and unlock the full potential of vulnerable coastal communities, including small-scale fishers and fish farmers, in scaling up climate adaptation and mitigation actions and serving as stewards of biodiversity?
What are their most pressing adaptation needs, and what key barriers must be addressed to enable the implementation of available ocean-based climate solutions at a larger scale across sectors and regions that leverage the full potential of the natural systems they depend upon?
How can the thematic panel support Parties in the inclusion of ocean-based measures in their NDCs to enhance climate ambition?
How can the dialogue of UN Ocean Conferences be further strengthened to provide more concrete actions for addressing ocean stressors, including climate change?
How can the discussions and outcomes of UNOC3 on ocean-climate-biodiversity interlinkages be effectively carried forward to drive synergies and impactful action in upcoming major global events and fora, including the UNFCCC COP30, FAO 37th session of Committee on Fisheries (COFI37), CBD COP17, BBNJ Agreement Preparatory Commission, MEPCs?
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.
Related Sites and Documents: Programme and Concept paper (pdf)
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