Achieving a healthy ocean -- Regional ocean governance beyond 2020

The Forum will provide a major opportunity to hear and meet high level speakers, actors of marine regions and key stakeholders from all over the world.

What are prevalent and emerging ocean issues, after the IPCC special report on the ocean and the cryoshpere (to be published on 25th September, just after the UN Climate Action Summit)?

What role can marine regions play to achieve a healthy ocean?

From the Pacific to the Baltic, from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, what are the best practices and innovative solutions implemented in marine regions?

The Marine Regions Forum 2019 aims to develop clear recommendations, catalyze actionable outputs and build partnerships for stronger regional ocean governance, making a timely contribution to the United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The outcomes of the Marine Regions Forum 2019 will feed into key ocean governance policy processes both regionally and globally, in particular the 2020 UN Ocean Conference.

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