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Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods. In addition, oceans are crucial for global food security and human health. They are also the primary regulator of the global climate, an important sink for greenhouse gases and they provide us with water and the oxygen we breathe. Finally, oceans host huge reservoirs of biodiversity. The importance of oceans for sustainable development is widely recognized by the international community and embodied in Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and various decisions taken by the Commission on Sustainable Development. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment emphasizes that all humans depend on the Earth’s ecosystems and the services they provide. In the Rio+20 outcome document,The future we want, Member States called for “holistic and integrated approaches to sustainable development that will guide humanity to live in harmony with nature and lead to efforts to restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem”. In this context, they stressed, among others, the importance of “the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources for sustainable development, including through their contributions to poverty eradication, sustained economic growth, food security and creation of sustainable livelihoods and decent work…”. Accordingly, the Proposal of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in August 2014 contained sustainable development goal (SDG) 14 which aims to “Conserve and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”. Issues related to oceans and seas are addressed in the 10 targets under SDG 14, as well as many other related SDGs, under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the posst-2015 development agenda in 2015. In order for oceans, seas and marine resources to successfully contribute to human well-being, ecosystem integrity, with properly functioning biogeochemical and physical processes, is required. This does not require unperturbed systems, but systems that have not suffered serious or irreversible harm. Ecosystem integrity allows for the provision of so-called supporting ecosystem services which, in turn, are the bases of important regulating, provisioning and cultural ecosystem services that are of crucial importance for humans. Whereas the benefits provided by oceans, seas and marine resources are important to all people, the poor, indigenous peoples, and vulnerable groups with a high dependency on natural resources and ecosystem services may have their well-being especially tied to these benefits. The link between oceans, seas and marine resources and human well-being is not one-sided. While an increase in human well-being is frequently generated at the cost of ecosystem integrity, it can also potentially reduce the negative anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment due to a more sustainable use of resources, changes in production and consumption patterns and improved management and control of human activities, for example. In order for this to happen, good governance and an enabling environment are, however, required. Oceans, seas and marine resources are increasingly threatened, degraded or destroyed by human activities, reducing their ability to provide crucial ecosystem services. Important classes of threats are, among others, climate change, marine pollution, unsustainable extraction of marine resources and physical alterations and destruction of marine and coastal habitats and landscapes. The deterioration of coastal and marine ecosystems and habitats is negatively affecting human well-being worldwide. Good governance, an enabling environment, sustainable land- and marine- based human activities, and adequate measures will be required to reduce the negative anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment, for example due to a more sustainable use of resources, changes in production and consumption patterns and improved management and control of human activities. Projects and measures should ideally be designed and implemented in an integrated, cross-sectoral and cross-scale manner, in line with the ecosystem approach and involving all stakeholders. Human well-being cannot be achieved without the protection and conservation of the Earth’s ecosystem. To maintain the quality of life that the oceans have provided to humankind, while sustaining the integrity of their ecosystems, a change will be required in how humans view, manage and use oceans, seas and marine resources. 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They cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface and contain 97% of the planet’s water. Oceans contribute to poverty eradication by creating sustainable livelihoods and decent work. Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods. In addition, oceans are crucial for global food security and human health. They are also the primary regulator of the global climate, an important sink for greenhouse gases and they provide us with water and the oxygen we breathe. Finally, oceans host huge reservoirs of biodiversity.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The importance of oceans for sustainable development is widely recognized by the international community and embodied in <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=400&nr=23&menu=35" rel="nofollow">Chapter 17 of Agenda 21</a>, the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/milesstones/wssd" rel="nofollow">Johannesburg Plan of Implementation</a> and various decisions taken by the Commission on Sustainable Development. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment emphasizes that all humans depend on the Earth’s ecosystems and the services they provide. In the Rio+20 outcome document,<a href="https://sdgs.un.org/%20futurewewant.html" rel="nofollow">The future we want</a>, Member States called for “holistic and integrated approaches to sustainable development that will guide humanity to live in harmony with nature and lead to efforts to restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem”. In this context, they stressed, among others, the importance of “the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources for sustainable development, including through their contributions to poverty eradication, sustained economic growth, food security and creation of sustainable livelihoods and decent work…”. Accordingly, <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/sdgsproposal.html" rel="nofollow">the Proposal of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals</a> submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in August 2014 contained sustainable development goal (SDG) 14 which aims to “Conserve and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”. Issues related to oceans and seas are addressed in the 10 targets under SDG 14, as well as many other related SDGs, under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the posst-2015 development agenda in 2015.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>In order for oceans, seas and marine resources to successfully contribute to human well-being, ecosystem integrity, with properly functioning biogeochemical and physical processes, is required. This does not require unperturbed systems, but systems that have not suffered serious or irreversible harm. Ecosystem integrity allows for the provision of so-called supporting ecosystem services which, in turn, are the bases of important regulating, provisioning and cultural ecosystem services that are of crucial importance for humans. Whereas the benefits provided by oceans, seas and marine resources are important to all people, the poor, indigenous peoples, and vulnerable groups with a high dependency on natural resources and ecosystem services may have their well-being especially tied to these benefits. The link between oceans, seas and marine resources and human well-being is not one-sided. While an increase in human well-being is frequently generated at the cost of ecosystem integrity, it can also potentially reduce the negative anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment due to a more sustainable use of resources, changes in production and consumption patterns and improved management and control of human activities, for example. In order for this to happen, good governance and an enabling environment are, however, required.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Oceans, seas and marine resources are increasingly threatened, degraded or destroyed by human activities, reducing their ability to provide crucial ecosystem services. Important classes of threats are, among others, climate change, marine pollution, unsustainable extraction of marine resources and physical alterations and destruction of marine and coastal habitats and landscapes. The deterioration of coastal and marine ecosystems and habitats is negatively affecting human well-being worldwide.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Good governance, an enabling environment, sustainable land- and marine- based human activities, and adequate measures will be required to reduce the negative anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment, for example due to a more sustainable use of resources, changes in production and consumption patterns and improved management and control of human activities. Projects and measures should ideally be designed and implemented in an integrated, cross-sectoral and cross-scale manner, in line with the ecosystem approach and involving all stakeholders.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Human well-being cannot be achieved without the protection and conservation of the Earth’s ecosystem. To maintain the quality of life that the oceans have provided to humankind, while sustaining the integrity of their ecosystems, a change will be required in how humans view, manage and use oceans, seas and marine resources.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>For more information and documents on this topic, <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/oceanandseas" rel="nofollow">please visit this link</a></span></span></p> <p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="publications" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="publications-tab" class="tab-pane fade "> <div> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="view view-related-blocks view-id-related_blocks view-display-id-topics_publications js-view-dom-id-786b41e5c5304f44ee716d303a2b7596eb105f6337aca529b8361a443eae59e5"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="heading-block"> <div class="row"> <div class="heading-text col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <h2>Publications</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content row"> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/assessment-impacts-united-nations-ocean-conference-voluntary-commitments-43994" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-01/assessment_ocean_voluntary_commitments.png?itok=cmqv_0PM");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Assessment of the Impacts of the United Nations Ocean Conference Voluntary Commitments</h4> <p class="card-text">This report provides an initial assessment of the impacts of the 1,628 voluntary commitments (as of 2021) registered as part of the 2017 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for ...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/promotion-and-strengthening-sustainable-ocean-based-economies-43989" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-01/promotion_strengthening_sustainable_oceanbased_economies.png?itok=v9vij_pT");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Promotion and Strengthening of Sustainable Ocean-based Economies</h4> <p class="card-text">The report examines recent developments in sustainable ocean-based economies, including definitions, developments at the national, regional and global levels, challenges to blue economy implementation, and some of the lessons that have been learned from early examples implemented around the world....</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/global-ocean-science-report-2020-charting-capacity-ocean-sustainability-44032" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-01/GOSR%202020%20Profile.png?itok=rEv_937M");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Global Ocean Science Report 2020: Charting Capacity for Ocean Sustainability</h4> <p class="card-text">Based on data collected from around the world, the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020) offers a global record of how, where and by whom ocean science is conducted. By analysing the workforce, infrastructures, equipment, funding, investments, publications, data flow and exchange policies, as ...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/launch-second-world-ocean-assessment-woa-ii-volume-i-32884" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2021-04/woaIIreport.jpg?itok=QMCMdwDb");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Launch of the Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) (Volume I)</h4> <p class="card-text">The Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) The Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) is the major output of the&nbsp;second cycle&nbsp;of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the States of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. It is the newest outcome of th...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/launch-second-world-ocean-assessment-woa-ii-volume-ii-32885" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2021-04/woaIIreport_0.jpg?itok=d6HMspqR");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Launch of the Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) (Volume II)</h4> <p class="card-text">The Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) The Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II) is the major output of the&nbsp;second cycle&nbsp;of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the States of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. It is the newest outcome of th...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/global-ocean-science-report-current-status-ocean-science-around-world-18062" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-03/Global_Ocean_Science_Report_5.png?itok=ZIIyeGop");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Global Ocean Science Report - The Current Status of Ocean Science around the World</h4> <p class="card-text">The Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) assesses for the first time the status and trends in ocean science capacity around the world. The Report offers a global record of who, how, and where ocean science is conducted: generating knowledge, helping to protect ocean health, and empowering society to s...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/potential-blue-economy-increasing-long-term-benefits-sustainable-use-marine-resources" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/publications/image400_2446.jpg?itok=9TmaOW9m");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >The Potential of the Blue Economy - Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for SIDS and Coastal Least Developed Countries</h4> <p class="card-text">This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries;...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/achieving-sustainable-development-goal-oceans-18052" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-03/Achieving_SDG_Oceans.png?itok=RXWwE-Eu");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal for the Oceans</h4> <p class="card-text">The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its comprehensive set of 17 interlinking Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a unique opportunity to advance ocean sustainability. The development of a robust implementation framework for the Sustainable Development Goal for the O...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/global-sustainable-development-report-2016-edition-gsdr-2016-18033" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-03/GSDR_2016_cover.png?itok=JVlQgqXl");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Global Sustainable Development Report - 2016 edition (GSDR 2016)</h4> <p class="card-text">Building upon the 2014 and 2015 reports, the current report responds to the mandate from the Rio+20 Conference to contribute to strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable development in the context of the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF). 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The global ocean economic activity is estimated to be USD 3–5 trillion. Ninety percent of global trade moves by marine transport. Over 30 percent of g...</p> <div class="link">Read the document</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="card card-custom publications-01 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 mb-3"> <a href="/publications/transforming-our-world-2030-agenda-sustainable-development-17981" style="background-image: url("/sites/default/files/styles/topics_thumbnails/public/2022-03/transforming_our_world_2030_Agenda_7.png?itok=bjwU5usU");"> <div class="card-body"> <h4 class="card-title" >Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</h4> <p class="card-text">This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. 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style="list-style:none;">  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">June 2022</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2020" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">Lisbon Ocean Conference</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet's largest biosphere, and home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world. It generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the additional heat generated from those emissions. It is not just ‘the lungs of the planet’ but also its largest carbon sink - a vital buffer against the impacts of climate change. It nurtures unimaginable biodiversity and produces food, jobs, mineral and energy resources needed for life on the planet to survive and thrive. There is a great deal we still do not know about the ocean but there are many reasons why we need to manage it sustainability - as set out in the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. The science is clear – the ocean is facing unprecedent threats as a result of human activities. Its health and ability to sustain life will only get worse as the world population grows and human activities increase. If we want to address some of the most defining issues of our time such as climate change, food insecurity, diseases and pandemics, diminishing biodiversity, economic inequality and even conflicts and strife, we must act now to protect the state of our ocean.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2017</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/about" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">The Ocean Conference</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">The high-level 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 was convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. The Governments of Fiji and Sweden have the co-hosting responsibilities of the Conference. The Conference aims to be the game changer that will reverse the decline in the health of our ocean for people, planet and prosperity. It will be solutions-focused with engagement from all. The Conference raised global consciousness on ocean issues, produced strong ambitious outcomes, including an intergovernmentally agreed political declaration “Our ocean, our future: call for action”, the co-chairs’ summaries of seven partnership dialogues, and over 1400 voluntary commitments from Governments, the UN system, IGOs, the Major Groups and other stakeholders - individually or in partnership – to advance the implementation of SDG 14 and related targets. The political declaration “Our ocean, our future: call for action” was adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017 through resolution A/71/312.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2015</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">SDG 14</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">In paragraph 33 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States recognize that "social and economic development depends on the sustainable management of our planet’s natural resources" and determine to conserve and sustainably use oceans and seas, freshwater resources, as well as forests, mountains and dry-lands and to protect biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife". Sustainable Development Goal 14 aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2014</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sids2014/samoapathway" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">Samoa Pathway</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States was held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa. The overarching theme of the conference was "The sustainable development of small island developing States through genuine and durable partnerships". The SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (Samoa Pathway) adopted at the Conference addresses priority areas for SIDS and calls for urgent actions and support for SIDS’ efforts to achieve their sustainable development.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2012</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20/futurewewant" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">Future We Want (Para 158-177)</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">In the Rio+20 outcome document, Future We Want, Member States call for “holistic and integrated approaches to sustainable development that will guide humanity to live in harmony with nature and lead to efforts to restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem”. In this context, they stress, inter alia, the importance of “the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources for sustainable development, including through their contributions to poverty eradication, sustained economic growth, food security and creation of sustainable livelihoods and decent work”.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2012</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="http://www.iisd.ca/vol25/enb2577e.html" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">Manila Decl. on Furthering the Impl. of GPA</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">Adopted on the occasion of the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting (IGR-3) on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA), the Manila Declaration reaffirmed signatories' commitment to develop policies to reduce and control waste water, marine litter and pollution from fertilizers. The agreement includes a total of 16 provisions focusing on actions to be taken between 2012 and 2016 at international, regional and local levels.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2012</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="http://www.un.org/sg/priorities/" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">SG’s 5 year action agenda</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">THE SG’S Five-year Action Agenda has focused on 5 key priorities: sustainable development; prevention; building a safer and more secure world; supporting nations in transition and working with and for women and young people.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 2003</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="http://www.unoceans.org/home/en/" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">UN Oceans</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">The United Nations High-Level Committee on Programmes decided in 2003 the establishment of an Oceans and Coastal Areas Network (subsequently named "UN-Oceans") to build on SOCA. This entity would cover a wide range of issues and would be composed of the relevant programmes, entities and specialized agencies of the UN system and the secretariats of the relevant international conventions, including the International Seabed Authority and the Convention on Biological Diversity. At its 57th Session, the General Assembly invited the Secretary-General to establish an inter-agency coordination mechanism on oceans and coastal issues within the United Nations system. UN-Oceans has met on an annual basis since 2005.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 1995</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/oceans/unfishstock" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">UN Fish Stocks Agreement</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">Adopted on 4 August 1995, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement) entered into force on 11 December 2001. The Agreement has been intended to facilitate the implementation of some particular provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea related to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks.</div> </div> </li>  <li> <div class="direction-r"> <div class="flag-wrapper"> <span class="hexa"></span> <span class="time-wrapper"> <span class="time">January 1994</span> </span> <span class="flag"> <a href="http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm" target="_blank" style="color:#4d4d4d;">UNCLOS</a> </span> </div> <div class="desc">Also known as the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the international agreement resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), held between 1973 and 1982. The Convention was adopted in 1982 but entered into force only in 1994 after Guyana's ratification to the treaty as 60th signatory country. The Convention describes the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <nav aria-label="Page navigation"> <h4 class="visually-hidden">Pagination</h4> <ul class="js-pager__items pagination"> <li class="page-item"> <span class="page-link"> Page 1 </span> </li> <li class="page-item"> <a class="page-link" href="/topics/oceans-and-seas?page=1%2C0" title="Go to next page" rel="next"> <span class="visually-hidden">Next page</span> <span aria-hidden="true">Next ›</span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="ocean_conference" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="ocean_conference-tab" class="tab-pane fade "> <div> <strong> </strong> </div> <div> <h3>Second UN Ocean Conference (2022, Lisbon)</h3> <p>The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet's largest biosphere, and is home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world. It generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the additional heat generated from those emissions. It is not just ‘the lungs of the planet’ but also its largest carbon sink - a vital buffer against the impacts of climate change.</p> <p>It nurtures unimaginable biodiversity and produces food, jobs, mineral and energy resources needed for life on the planet to survive and thrive. There is a great deal we still do not know about the ocean but there are many reasons why we need to manage it sustainably- as set out in the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.</p> <p>The science is clear – the ocean is facing unprecedented threats as a result of human activities. Its health and ability to sustain life will only get worse as the world population grows and human activities increase. If we want to address some of the most defining issues of our time such as climate change, food insecurity, diseases and pandemics, diminishing biodiversity, economic inequality and even conflicts and strife, we must act now to protect the state of our ocean.</p> <p><a href="https://www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2022">Read more here.</a></p> <h3>First UN Ocean Conference (2017, New York)</h3> <p>Our oceans, our future: partnering for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14</p> <p>The high-level 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 (informally, The Ocean Conference) was convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. The Governments of Fiji and Sweden held the co-hosting responsibilities of the Conference.</p> <p><a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/about">Read more here.</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="more_information" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="more_information-tab" class="tab-pane fade "> <div> <strong> </strong> </div> <div> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <h2>Special Envoy for the Ocean</h2> <a href="/topics/oceans-and-seas/SpecialEnvoy"><img alt="Peter Thomson" padding:="" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/thomson.jpg" /></a> <p> </p> <p>Click <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/topics/oceans-and-seas/SpecialEnvoy">here</a> to learn about the latest activities of Peter Thomson, Special Envoy for the Ocean</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="communities_of_ocean_action" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="communities_of_ocean_action-tab" class="tab-pane fade "> <div> <strong> </strong> </div> <div> <h3>Background</h3> <p>At the high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal14">Goal 14 (SDG 14)</a> - The Ocean Conference - held in June 2017 at UN headquarters in New York, close to 1,400 voluntary commitments for concrete action to advance implementation of SDG 14 were made by governments, the United Nations system, civil society organizations, academia, the scientific community, and the private sector. These commitments, together with the Conference outcome document Our Ocean, Our Future: Call for Action, mark a global breakthrough on the path to sustainable management and conservation of our oceans, seas and marine resources.</p> <p>Each of the Ocean Conference voluntary commitments addresses one or several of the SDG 14 targets, often with associated positive impacts on other SDGs, including for example SDG 3 on good health and well-being and SDG 13 on climate action, among others.</p> <p>To follow up on the implementation of these voluntary commitments; to catalyze and generate new voluntary commitments; and to facilitate collaboration and networking amongst different actors in support of SDG 14, the United Nations has launched nine thematic multi-stakeholder Communities of Ocean Action.</p> <p>Each community is coordinated by designated focal points who work together with United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean, Ambassador Peter Thomson, and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in carrying out the activities.</p> <p>For more information, visit: <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/topics/oceans-and-seas/coas ">https://sdgs.un.org/topics/oceans-and-seas/coas</a></p> </div> </div> <section class="mb-5"> <div class="mb-5 row-spacing"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="container-test view view-goals-content view-id-goals_content view-display-id-events_related_goal js-view-dom-id-2acaf85f13b0d615715f97214d0e598555980b7d6a52161cb1dfd9b1ffb71072"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="heading-block"> <div class="row"> <div class="heading-text col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <h2>EVENTS</h2> </div> <div class="heading-button col-12 col-sm-3"> <a class="btn btn-un btn-primary" href="/events">See all events</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content row"> <div class="card card-events events-02 col-sm-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="card-events-child"> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/HLPF/2025/ThematicReviewEGMs"> <span class="event-day">14</span> <span class="event-date">Jul 2025</span> <h4 class="event-title">Expert Group Meetings for 2025 HLPF Thematic Review</h4> <span class="event-range">Mon 14 - 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It provides transport for 90% of global trade, is the backbone of the internet and creates jobs for more than 3 billion people. The launch of the Ocean 20 agenda under the G20 Presidency of Indonesia provides a platform for collective action on generating a sustainable </p> </a> <div class="label-group"> <span class="label-group-text">Related Goals</span> <div class="label-group-content"> <span class="badge badge-primary goal-14"> <a href="/goals/goal14">14</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/news/save-date-cop27-side-event-ocean-funding-egypt-09-november-2022-48997"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/news/save_the_date_ocean_funding.png?itok=PqWYUCM6" alt="new image" /></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/news/save-date-cop27-side-event-ocean-funding-egypt-09-november-2022-48997"> <span class="card-date">2 Nov</span> <h4 class="card-title">Save the date - COP27 Side Event: Ocean Funding, Egypt, 09 November 2022</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">For more information on the event see link here:&nbsp;bit.ly/3Ntap4w</p> </a> <div class="label-group"> <span class="label-group-text">Related Goals</span> <div class="label-group-content"> <span class="badge badge-primary goal-14"> <a href="/goals/goal14">14</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/news/unfccc-sbsta-56-ocean-and-climate-change-dialogue-2022-46891"><img class="card-img-top" src="/themes/custom/porto/assets/default-news350x170.png" alt="new image" /></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/news/unfccc-sbsta-56-ocean-and-climate-change-dialogue-2022-46891"> <span class="card-date">15 Jun</span> <h4 class="card-title">UNFCCC SBSTA 56, Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2022</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen All courtesies observed and thank you for this opportunity to address today’s Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. We have long been calling for the Ocean to be better integrated into the UNFCCC’s work, specifically into its mitigation, adaptation a</p> </a> <div class="label-group"> <span class="label-group-text">Related Goals</span> <div class="label-group-content"> <span class="badge badge-primary goal-14"> <a href="/goals/goal14">14</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> </article> </div> <div class="view-content row"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <footer class="footer-dark mt-10"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer-social"><img src="/themes/custom/porto/assets/images/logo-footer-en.svg" alt="United Nations " class=" footer__logo"> <div class="footer-actions"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center"> <span> Join the conversation:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SustDev" class="contact-icon" target="_blank"> <i class="fab fa-facebook-square"></i> </a> <a 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