The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) promotes international cooperation in marine sciences to improve management of the ocean, coasts, and marine resources. The IOC enables its 150 Member States to work together by coordinating programmes in capacity development, ocean observations and services, ocean science, tsunami warning, and ocean literacy. The work of the IOC contributes to the mission of UNESCO to promote the advancement of science and its applications to develop knowledge and capacity, key to economic and social progress and the basis of peace and sustainable development. The UNESCO-IOC is the entity in charge of coordinating the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (The Ocean Decade).
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, will take place from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Nice, France. The 2025 UN Ocean Conference will be focused on “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. It will seek to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14), with three main priorities, to produce an ambitious Nice Ocean Action Plan:
• Priority 1: Working towards completion of multilateral processes linked to the ocean
• Priority 2: Mobilizing finance resources for the SDG14 and supporting the development of a sustainable blue economy
• Priority 3: Strengthen and better disseminate knowledge linked to marine sciences to enhance policy-making
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) will be present and will play a key role in the conference by supporting the development of panel background papers, hosting events and providing opportunities to put ocean science and knowledge at the heart of global ocean action.
(Source IOC/UNESCO)
