The objective of this 75-minute session is to present to Member States the main results and recommendations of two major meetings of the ocean community held in 2024 – namely the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference (Barcelona, April 2024) and the “Immersed” Conference. in Change’ (San José, June 2024). The event will then explore how recommendations and outcomes from these events related to ocean science and knowledge can be translated into concrete and impactful initiatives that will support policy and decision-making in the lead-up to the United Nations Ocean Conference in 2025 (Nice, June 2025) and beyond until the end of the Ocean Decade.
Program :
Session moderated by: Alison Clausen, Deputy Coordinator, Ocean Decade, UNESCO-IOC
- High-level opening remarks
HE Ms. Ana Elena Pinto Lizano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France, Permanent Delegate
- The Barcelona Declaration of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference
Presentation by Julian Barbière, global coordinator, Ocean Decade; Head of the Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, UNESCO-IOC
- Results of the Immersed in Change conference
Presentation of Costa Rica
- Roundtable: Translating results into action ahead of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference and beyond
Dr Rafael Gonzalez-Quiros, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Dr Srinivasa Kumar, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
Claire Jolly, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Closing remarks: Looking towards Nice in June 2025 and beyond
HE Ambassador Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Special Envoy of the President for the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, France
Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary of UNESCO-IOC, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO
