Events

This Webinar highlights regional findings that examine plastic waste leakage to the environment. It will also showcase a beta-version of CSIRO’s new online tool which has two components: 

The Regional Seas Programme (RSP) is convening an Indicators Working Group workshop to revise and update the set of Regional Seas Indicators, which track the state of marine and coastal environments across the Regional Seas Programme.

Date: Tuesday 14 October 
Time: 8:30 - 10.30 CET / 9:30 -11:30 EAT / 1:30 - 3:30 BKK 

An event to exchange knowledge and experiences on SDG14-related topics between COBSEA, Nairobi Convention, HELCOM and OSPAR.

Date: 07-09 October 2025
Venue: Bangkok, Thailand 

The Asia Pacific Workshop aims to guide countries in integrating the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) to the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans. COBSEA will ensure that the marine and coastal ecosystems priorities are incorporated in this process.

The East Asian Seas & Pacific region will host the third regional Global Fund for Coral Reef (GFCR) workshop, following the inaugural workshop in the Caribbean (Mexico, October 2024) and the second in the Western Indian Ocean (Zanzibar, February 2025). 

Considered Asia-Pacific’s largest and longest-standing gathering of adaptation practitioners to share information, knowledge and best practices in adaptation and resilience-building, the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum) is the biennial flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) Secretariat, hosted within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

The East Asian Seas region consists of one of the most biologically diverse marine areas in the world and their ecosystem services constitute a critically important blue economy asset to the region. However, pressures from human activities and climate change pose significant challenges to the coastal and marine environment, dependent people and economic activities. Policy and management responses that address current pressures while anticipating future change is critical to meet global, regional and national ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation targets.

The Third Meeting of the Working Group on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (WGMCE-3) will review progress of the biennial workplan 2025-26 for the implementation of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Framework as endorsed by COBSEA’s Twenty-sixth Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM 26) last October.

The meetings of the Task Force for the Strengthening of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) are scheduled through the five online meetings and two in-person meetings. The members of the COBSEA Task Force agreed on the Terms of Reference of the COBSEA Task Force and the practical timeline for its work, in the lead up to IGM27 in late 2026.

COBSEA Task Force Inception Meeting (TF1)

The Seventh Meeting of the WGML will review progress of the approved marine litter biennial workplan 2025-2026 under the COBSEA Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI), identify priorities for the next biennial workplan 2027-2028, and serve as a preparatory meeting for the second part of the fifth session (INC-5.2) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international