On World Oceans Day 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme invites governments, finance leaders, innovators, regional organizations and ocean champions to explore one of the defining challenges of our time: how do we turn ocean ambition into real-world transformation? Join us on:
At a landmark workshop in Anguilla, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat joined regional partners to confront a shared crisis: fragmented ocean data that is leaving Caribbean marine ecosystems under-protected and under-managed. Vast stretches of the Caribbean seabed remain unmapped.
The third United Nations Ocean Conference will be held in Nice, France, from 9 to 13 June 2025, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, serves as the Conference Secretary-General.