Featured: Ocean Panel announces the ‘100% Alliance’, a new campaign that calls on all ocean and coastal states to commit to 100% sustainable ocean management.
Featured: The Ocean Panel publishes its second progress report.
Featured: The Republic of Chile Receives Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in National Leadership
Chile has been awarded the Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in National Leadership in recognition of its commitment to sustainable ocean governance through its National Ocean Program (NOP). The award celebrates Chile’s commitment to sustainably manage 100% of its ocean territory already protecting 43% of its jurisdictional waters – far surpassing global targets. Accepting […]
The video featuring Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre highlights the country’s integrated, science-based approach to ocean management and its efforts to balance economic development with environmental stewardship and social inclusion. As a member and co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), Norway is among the first nations to […]
NEW YORK (September 25, 2024) – Today, at the United Nations (UN) in New York City, world leaders and representatives from the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) officially launched the ‘100% Alliance.’ This initiative calls on all coastal and ocean states to commit to the sustainable management of all ocean […]
Washington DC, USA – 3 June 2024 The White House has released three new strategies to advance sustainable ocean management, including a National Strategy for A Sustainable Ocean Economy. This will serve as the USA’s Sustainable Ocean Plan, a key milestone in fulfilling its commitment as an Ocean Panel member country to sustainably manage 100% […]
PARIS (16 May, 2024) – The Ocean Panel Sherpa group, representing 18 member countries, and 50% of global coastlines, convened at the office of the French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss key priorities for the UN Ocean Conference in 2025. The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, in Nice, June 2025 comes […]
COP28 negotiations in Dubai ended early on the morning of 13 December, as countries agreed on a new deal to tackle climate change. For the first time, fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) are mentioned in the text which states that countries will “contribute… to transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a […]
Last year at COP27, two members of the Ocean Panel, Norway and the USA launched a new initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions from shipping and challenged other countries, ports and companies to join them. One year on, COP28 in Dubai saw an update on progress and further commitments made towards this ambitious goal. International […]
This year’s COP offers a unique and historic opportunity to correct the course on climate change through the first-ever “Global Stocktake”, shining a spotlight on whether the world is doing enough to curb emissions, build resilience and increase financial investments in climate solutions. A major focus of COP28 will be how countries leverage the findings […]
As one of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), we face a unique set of vulnerabilities that impede our ability to achieve sustainable development. Structural factors, including our size, remoteness, limited resource base, market size, exposure to climate risks and natural disasters, influence socio economic outcomes and our ability to achieve the SDGs. Coordinated international […]
The Ocean Panel released its latest report, ‘The Blue Carbon Handbook’, on the 28 June. With the urgency to accelerate climate action to halt the impacts of climate change, ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems offer a natural solution that can have an immediate impact. This report is an essential guide to blue carbon ecosystems—mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal […]
