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 Blue Pacific – Our Sea of Islands, Our Livelihoods, Our Oceania: Achieving SDG14 through effective implementation of Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Islands of Inspiration, from Talk to Action on #SDG14

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Towards a sustainable blue future: Fiscal incentives to achieve SDG 14

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:45 PM

GSSI – How multi-stakeholder partnerships and credible certification support SDG 14

German Mission to the UN

Other

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Ocean Health, Climate Change and Migration: Understanding the Nexus and Implications for People on the Move

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Adopting the Blue Economy: A viable path to Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States Combined with Promoting the transition to Blue Growth and Blue Economy in Small Island Developing States and least developed countries

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Building Blue Partnerships for Advancing Global Ocean Governance

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Implementing Agenda 2030 – Initiating Global Action on Ghost Gear

The Regular Process: Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Marine Pollution: A Critical Challenge (and Opportunity) for Sustainable Development

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

High-level dialogue on Oceans and Small Island States

Trusteeship Council, UNHQ

Side Event

02:45 PM

02:00 PM

World Environment Day

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Other

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport (GPST): Maritime Transport and the future of the Sustainable Oceans Economy

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Mobilizing efforts to tackle Marine Debris: internationally, nationally and right here at United Nations Headquarters

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 1 - Addressing marine pollution

Conference Room 4, UNHQ (Overflow: Conference Room 1)

Official meeting

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

The Belize Model for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries; a partnership success story

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Healers of our Ocean: Asia-Pacific women leading ocean action to achieve SDG14 – how can we learn from them?

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Women and Girls in Science for Ocean

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Securization of the Ocean and its Resources in the South West Indian Ocean Region

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

3 R as the Basis for Moving Towards Zero Plastic Waste in Coastal and Marine Environment

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

07:00 PM

Black Guardians of the Sea: The Eco-theology of Our Oceans Film Screening and Discussion

Caribbean Cultural Centre African Diaspora Institute
120 East 125th Street, New York, NY 10035

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Achieving the SDGs: protecting, restoring and managing marine and coastal ecosystems

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Sonic Sea: screening of the acclaimed documentary on ocean noise pollution

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Rebuilding Fisheries for People and the Environment

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

The Role of Parliamentarians in protecting the oceans and implementing SDG14

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Regional cooperation to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific and support the achievement of SDG 14

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Building Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Progress and Prospects

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Forgotten Fisheries: New commitments and partnerships for sustainable small-scale fisheries

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Ocean acidification: what can we do about it?

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Oceans in the 2030 Agenda: UN-Oceans harbouring SDG 14

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

08:45 AM

09:00 AM

Trade in fish-related aspects of SDG 14: What next?

UNCTAD New York Office DC2-1120,11th Floor, 2 United Nations Plaza

Other

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Local Action for the Marine Environment Combined with Achieving SDG14- Challenges and opportunities for scaling-up and replicating local best practices for marine and coastal management

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

The Arctic drives a new era in climate and weather science

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Innovative and Sustainable Ocean Based Economy

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Maritime Silk Road Promotes World’ Ocean Sustainable Development

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

09:30 AM

04:00 PM

Oceans in the 2030 Agenda: The role of Regional Governance

Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

Other

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 2 - Managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Building Capacity for Implementation and Monitoring of SDG14: The Commonwealth and the Higher Education Community

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Partnership for Blue Economy – The Indian Ocean Experience

Trusteeship Council, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

The fish of the poor: Small pelagic resources as a key for small-scale fisheries contribution to SDGs

German Mission to the UN

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Swedish Initiative for Agenda 2030

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

The Coral Triangle – Partnerships to Achieve SDG 14 (and more!!!) in the World’s Epicenter of Marine Biodiversity

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

01:00 PM

02:00 PM

Ocean's 8: Celebrating Global Cooperation on Ocean Science

Delegates' Dining Room, UNHQ

Other

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Our Common Ocean: Resources, Rights, and Responsibilities Progressive Policy Alternatives and Community Led Programmes

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Going to Scale in the Ocean: from large scale MPAs to whole domain management: ridge to reef to ocean.

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

A Blue Commonwealth

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Harnessing the Blue Economy to Increase Economic Benefits for SIDS and LDCs

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Transnational Organised Crime in the Fisheries Industries (“Fisheries Crime”)

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Blue Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Capacity for Change – Clusters and the Triple Helix

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Oceans, Overfishing and Sustainable Gastronomy

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Launch of World Waste Database

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Our Islands, Our Oceans, Our Future: Partnering for implementation of SDG14

Trusteeship Council, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

UNCLOS as the cornerstone in the implementation of SDG 14

Ex-Press Bar, Level 3, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Capitalizing Investments in SDG 14: Establishment of a Strategic Ocean Investment Ecosystem

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Achieving Sustainable Fisheries Development: A Step-Change in Pacific Island Economies

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 3 - Minimizing and addressing ocean acidification

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

05:00 PM

05:30 PM

Large Ocean States building resilience for SDGs and Beyond

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Joining forces for sustainable small-scale fisheries through a human rights-based approach to ocean conservation

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Environmentally sound waste management as action against marine litter

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Ocean Literacy

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

06:00 PM

08:00 PM

Blue Film Screening

Trusteeship Council, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

A wave of change. Changing people’s attitude towards single use plastic in a single generation through the film “A plastic Ocean”.

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

07:15 PM

Siu i Moana - Reaching Across the Ocean

Partnerships in Practice – Catalysing Shipping Sector Transformation towards SDG 14

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Hot Information From A Frozen Sea

Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, 866 UN Plaza, Suite 222

Side Event

06:15 PM

07:30 PM

Mangroves: Scaling up initiatives to protect and restore a life-saving coastal ecosystem

German Mission to the UN

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Facilitating cross-sectoral regional collaboration to support implementation towards SDG 14: Sustainable Ocean Initiative Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Large Marine Ecosystems Approach: An Essential Management and Partnership Tool for Achieving SDG14

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Food from the ocean

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Fisheries subsidies – The path toward a sustainable global agreement

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Marine Environment Pollution Challenges and Response in line with SDG-14 in South Asian Seas Region

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

07:30 PM

08:30 PM

Sustainable Ocean Night: Biodiversity for the Future We Want

South Dining Room, UNHQ, NY

Other

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Joining hands to help achieve SDGs 6 and 14 – a win-win for freshwater and oceans

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Capacity Development Solutions for Managing, Protecting, Conserving and Restoring Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

11:00 AM

Businesses Turning the Tide on Plastics

German Mission to the UN

Other

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

The Ocean Business Community: Partnering for Implementation of SDG 14

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

10:00 AM

11:30 AM

Launch of the Ocean Knowledge for Action Network

German Mission to the UN

Other

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 4 - Making fisheries sustainable

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Zone Based Management: A progressive tool to implement sustainable fisheries commitments under SDG14

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Transitioning to a Blue Economy

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Marine Protected Areas: SDG Catalyst?

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Co-Designing Game-Changing Ocean Solutions for Sustainable Development

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Blue energy: the ocean is the future of renewable energy

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Enhancing trade opportunities for LDCs and SIDS through the fisheries sector: Addressing challenges imposed by international food standards

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Fiji’s Leadership and Partnership on Ocean Management

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:45 PM

Launch of the Blue Action Fund

German Mission to the UN

Other

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Measures to Address Marine Plastic Debris

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

The link between responsible and sustainable fisheries: Spain leading the way to fight IUU fishing and promoting Decent Work at sea

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

A world model for Sustainable Fishery

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

From Problems to Solutions: Stewarding Our Oceans between major climate change impacts and nature-based solutions to adaptation and mitigation

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Global Multi-stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue

Achieving sustainable fisheries development: a step-change in Pacific Islands Communities

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 5 - Increasing economic benefits to SIDS and LDCs and providing access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Coastal blue carbon ecosystems – supporting food security, sustainable oceans and climate action

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Small Island Developing States: Taking the Lead for Sustainable Ocean Communities

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

A healthy ocean, a protected climate

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

03:30 PM

04:00 PM

The Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management Bridging stakeholder priorities for land, water and oceans

German Mission to the UN

Other

03:30 PM

04:00 PM

Multilateral Science-Policy Processes - Generating the Evidence to Underpin SDG Implementation

German Mission to the UN

Other

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Ocean Governance and SIDS Sustainable Development

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

The new normal: Public-private cooperation to combat eutrophication and climate change in the Baltic Sea region

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

The South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary as a Strategic Approach to Implement SDG 14

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Working the Ocean: achieving decent work in the blue economy

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Strengthening national capacity and empowering indigenous peoples and local communities to accelerate implementation towards SDG 14: Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity Development Platform

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Sea of Hope (film screening)

Trusteeship Chamberl, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

SDGs and the blue economy: Investing in Marine Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

07:30 PM

Evening Panel – Solutions to Combat Marine Litter

German Mission to the UN

Other

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Traceability for fish and seafood in supply chains

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Supporting recovery of fisheries through cooperation on threatened species and implementation of trade measures

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Power of local action: sustainable fisheries for sustainable livelihoods

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

08:30 AM

08:45 AM

Implementation and Application of the Port State Measures Agreement to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

Tanaloa Room (Express Bar), UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

The Ocean Atlas 2017

German Mission to the UN

Other

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Alliances for Integrated Ocean Observing and Information Services Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Developing a Strategic Framework on Fisheries

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

05:00 PM

adidas x Parley Run for the Oceans

Collaboration in Public Private Partnership for a sustainable maritime future

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Financing Ocean Sustainable Development: The Investment Community and SDG 14

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

World Oceans Day

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ (Overflow: Conference Room 1)

Official meeting

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Capacity Development for Sustainable Ocean Governance

German Mission to the UN

Other

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Transforming Tourism – Sustainable Future for Coastal Fishing Communities in the era of Tourism Development

German Mission to the UN

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

A multi-stakeholders governance for tackling marine litter in the Mediterranean sea

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Implementation of SDG 14 in data poor LDCs with weak institutional capacities

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Energy Services from organic waste – integrated waste management solutions for coastal, marine and freshwater protection in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Ecologically or biologically significant marine areas: special places to accelerate implementation towards SDG 14

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

12:05 PM

11:30 AM

Children from UNESCO Marine World Heritage deliver call to pledge to Heads of State

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Other

01:00 PM

12:30 PM

Ocean Pledge Signature Ceremony

Regional Instrument to Combat Crimes in Fisheries Sector

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Super Reefs: Evidence of Climate Resilient Coral Reefs in the Pacific

Tanaloa Room (Express Bar), UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Building Ocean Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:45 PM

Blue Solutions Market Place

German Mission to the UN

Other

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Regional Marine Protected Areas networks in action

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Implementation of the ecosystem approach at the regional level for the coordinated achievement of the targets of SDG14

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Can we achieve SDG 14 without looking upstream? Starting at the source to save the sea

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

01:15 PM

01:30 PM

Copernicus Marine Service and its Ocean State Report: a valuable EU milestone and contribution to SDG 14

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Blue BioTrade: Harnessing trade and investment for sustainable use

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

The Pacific Voyage: Our Ocean, Our People, Our Pacific

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Enhancing the participation of the Landlocked Countries in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Combating Ocean Acidification: Join the OA Alliance and create Ocean Acidification Action Plans to protect vulnerable resources in your region

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 6 - Increasing scientific knowledge, and developing research capacity and transfer of marine technology

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

03:00 PM

03:30 PM

Ocean Health Index: An Integrated, Value-Based Tool for Linking Human Use and Needs of our Ocean to its Health

Tanaloa Room (Express Bar), UNHQ

Side Event

03:00 PM

04:30 PM

Fishing for Conservation - Bright spots of community-led, sustainable small-scale fishery & conservation solutions for food security and livelihoods

German Mission to the UN

Other

03:00 PM

05:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Accelerating SDG Implementation Through Impact Investments with SDG14

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

Achieving SDG 14: Scaling-up Successful Approaches to Sustainable Fisheries Development and Management in the Caribbean SIDS Region through cooperation and partnerships

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

06:00 PM

06:30 PM

High-Level Exchange: Pacific Leadership Through Innovative Approaches to the Oceans Economy - Pacific 2050

UNCTAD New York Office DC2-1120,11th Floor, 2 United Nations Plaza

Other

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Blue bioeconomy in small islands and SDG 14

Conference Room 11, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Addressing Oceans and Climate and Building the Blue Economy: Essential To SDG 14 Implementation

Conference Room 1, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

The Blue Economy (Perspectives from the private sector)

Conference Room 7, UNHQ

Side Event

06:15 PM

06:30 PM

Chasing Coral Film screening

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

Africa in Action for Fisheries and Acquaculture to Face Climate Change: Solutions and Dialogue for the Ocean Economy

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

06:45 PM

EU Tourism Committed to Blue Growth

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

06:30 PM

07:30 PM

World Oceans Day Reception

Advancing SDG 14 and the quest for a Blue Economy through the promotion of socio-economic benefits for developing countries, including SIDS, and increasing scientific knowledge and research capacity: perspectives on deep seabed mining

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Solutions to land-based and sea-based marine litter Combined with Marine plastic litter in Small island Developing States (SIDS)

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Harnessing the Resources of International Ocean Science Organizations to Develop Capacity for Ocean Science in SIDS, LDCS and other Developing Countries

Conference Room B, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Fisheries for Human Well-Being

Conference Room 6, UNHQ

Side Event

09:00 AM

09:30 AM

Declining oxygen in ocean ecosystems – connections to ocean health, resources and services

Conference Room A, UNHQ

Side Event

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Partnership Dialogue 7 - Enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Conference Room 4, UNHQ

Official meeting

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Plenary Meeting

General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

Official meeting

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

The Role of the Private Sector in Fighting Climate Change Affecting the Ocean

Conference Room 12, UNHQ

Side Event