{"id":7210,"date":"2025-04-16T17:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanpanel.org\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:44:52","slug":"kenya-to-host-11th-our-ocean-conference-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanpanel.org\/es\/kenya-to-host-11th-our-ocean-conference-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya to Host 11th Our Ocean Conference in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Launched in 2014 by the U.S. Department of State and former Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a major international platform that unites governments, businesses, NGOs, and academic institutions to drive ocean-related action and ambition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The conference focuses on six critical areas: marine protected areas, sustainable blue economy, climate change, maritime security, sustainable fisheries, and marine pollution. Since its inception, it has generated over 2,600 commitments valued at more than $160 billion, making it one of the most impactful global gatherings for ocean sustainability.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tom Pickerell, Head of the Ocean Panel Secretariat and Global Director of World Resources Institute\u2019s Ocean Program said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kenya has long been an advocate and leader on ocean issues \u2014 as an active member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), the host of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and a pioneer in ambitious policies to tackle plastic pollution and foster a sustainable ocean economy.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Our Ocean Conference is a critical platform for mobilizing finance and catalyzing vital ocean action. In its first ten years, it has been an effective mechanism to further progress against multilateral agreements and encourage new announcements of marine protected areas. Our research shows that each successive conference has raised ocean ambitions both globally and regionally.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAs the first Our Ocean Conference to be held in Africa, Kenya will have the opportunity to draw global attention to the region&#8217;s priorities and challenges \u2014 ranging from ocean-climate resilience and sustainable fishing to maritime security, marine conservation, pollution and the sustainable ocean economy.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in 2014 by the U.S. Department of State and former Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a major international platform that unites governments, businesses, NGOs, and academic institutions to drive ocean-related action and ambition.\u00a0 The conference focuses on six critical areas: marine protected areas, sustainable blue economy, climate change, maritime [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"news_topics":[],"country":[55],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","country-kenya"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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