All Eyes on the United Nations Ocean Conference
This week, you may have noticed your Ocean Week in Review didn’t arrive in your inbox.
That’s because our Sea Save Foundation team is shifting gears—we’re preparing to attend the United Nations Ocean Conference, one of the most consequential events for global ocean policy. While it may sound like a lineup of panels and networking sessions, this conference is much more than talk.
It’s where international policy is made.
This is where nations negotiate binding treaties to protect the ocean—the very rules that govern how countries interact with our blue planet. These agreements address urgent issues like overfishing, plastic pollution, deep-sea mining, and climate resilience.
The Ocean Conference is part of the broader United Nations 2030 Agenda, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals provide a blueprint for a better and more sustainable future. Sea Save’s work is most closely aligned with SDG 14: Life Below Water, a goal that aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources.
Why This Matters
The first UN Ocean Conference in 2017 helped push plastic pollution to the top of the global agenda. The 2022 conference in Lisbon led to stronger commitments to protect marine biodiversity and curb illegal fishing.
Sea Save was at both—not as bystanders, but as active participants, urging for bold, science-based policies and ensuring the voices of the ocean were heard. We’ll be there again this year, standing alongside other nations and NGOs, working for lasting change.
Stay tuned. We’ll be bringing you updates from the conference floor—and soon after, your regularly scheduled Ocean Week in Review will return.
For the oceans,
Warm regards and best fishes,
Georgienne Bradley
Director, Sea Save Foundation
