World Oceans Day

   Guests will brief journalists on the key moment, announcements and outcomes from the  2025 UN Ocean Conference . Speakers: Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica Li Junhua, Conference Secretary-General; UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, Special Envoy of the French Republic for the UN Ocean Conference Moderated by Martina Donlon, Spokesperson for the UN Ocean Conference, UN Department of Global Communications. Watch the Closing press conference - 2025 UN Ocean Conference!  Press Conferences

Small-scale fisherfolk organizations from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia will highlight both the challenges these communities face and their successes in advancing human rights-based marine conservation. Speakers: Hasmia, Vice Secretary General of the Union of Traditional Fisherfolk of Indonesia Gwenael Pennarum, President of Low Impact Fishers of Europe Zoila Bustamante, President of the Latin American Union of Artisanal Fishing and of the National Confederation of Artisanal Fisherfolk of Chile Dawda Foday Saine, Secretary General, Confederation of Professional Organizations in the Artisanal Maritime and Continental Fisheries of Africa Annie Tourette, Blue Ventures Eugenia Arguedas, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica. Moderated by Carolina Sánchez, CoopeSolidar/Fundación Quantum Press Conference: Small Scale Fisherfolks - 2025 UN Ocean Conference! Conferences

  The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen. The ocean is key to our economy with an estimated 40 million people being employed by ocean-based industries by 2030. Oceans absorb about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming .