2025 UN Ocean Conference
Nice, France | 9 June - 13 June 2025
Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility
The high-level 2025 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 (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 – 13 June 2025.
The overarching theme of the Conference is “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14. It will build on existing instruments to form successful partnerships towards the swift conclusion and effective implementation of ongoing processes that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.
The Conference will involve all relevant stakeholders, bringing together Governments, the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, other interested international bodies, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities and other actors to assess challenges and opportunities relating to, as well as actions taken towards, the implementation of Goal 14.
The Conference will build on the previous UN Ocean Conferences, hosted by Sweden and Fiji in 2017 in New York and by Portugal and Kenya in 2022 in Lisbon.
Latest Updates
Letter from USG to All Member States on 2025 UN Ocean Conference trust fund, 18 September 2024
Letter from PGA to Member States on the Themes of Ocean Action Panels, 16 July 2024
Ocean Wave - Latest Updates on the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
Preliminary Programme of the Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
Background Note for the preparatory process for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference