Ocean Finance, SDG Media Zone - 2025 UN Ocean Conference.
Conversation on enabling investment in a sustainable ocean economy. This panel will explore how to turn today's ocean challenges—such as over-exploitation, pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change—into opportunities for inclusive, ocean-positive development. Speakers will discuss the enabling conditions, partnerships, and financial innovations needed to scale up investment in a sustainable ocean economy. The session will also highlight successful models, tools, and approaches that are making a real impact, offering practical takeaways for scaling public and private finance to protect the ocean and ensure no one is left behind. Speakers: Hon. Minister Flavien Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change & Environment, Seychelles Chip Cunliffe, Senior Director, Innovation & Pipeline Development, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Francine Pickup, UNDP Delegation Lead, and Deputy Director, UNDP Bureau of Policy and Programme Support Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, ...