Ocean Science as a Pillar of Sustainable Ocean Management: – IOC-UNESCO

Climate action, the sustainable use and management of biodiversity, food security, coastal resilience, access to renewable energy, and human health are all dependent on humanitys capacity to sustainably manage the ocean. Sustainable ocean management is integrally linked to the development of a sustainable and equitable ocean economy, which is an aspiration and indeed a necessity for a growing number of Member States, including many Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.

Via its diverse portfolio of programmes and initiatives, UNESCOs Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission is uniquely placed within the UN system to catalyse and support action across all elements of the ocean science value chain that are needed to support sustainable ocean management. The core programmatic work of IOC/UNESCO is strongly complemented by its role as the coordinator of theUN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, a UN-wide initiative that commenced in 2021 and that provides a global framework to create the conditions for sustainable ocean management.

The high-level side event entitled Ocean Science as a Pillar of Sustainable Ocean Management is co-hosted by IOC/UNESCO with France in its role as co-host of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. It has the primary objective of highlighting the fundamental importance of sustainable ocean management to meet global, regional and national policy goals for climate, biodiversity, sustainable ocean economies, and coastal resilience, amongst others. In doing this it would provide opportunities to:

The programme of the side-event is as follows:

13.30 13.35 Welcome and Outline of Event, Ms Genie Godula, Moderator

13.35 13.42 Opening Remarks, Mme Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

13.42 13.50 Keynote Address, HE Wavel Ramkalawan (TBC), President of the Republic of Seychelles

13.50 14.35 Moderated Panel Discussion: Accelerating the ocean climate economy nexus through evidence based sustainable ocean management, Q&A with audience

Speakers:

HE Abraao Vicente, Minister of the Sea, Cabo Verde (TBC)

HE Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia

Mr Henrik Harboe, Special Envoy (Ocean) and Sherpa for the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, Norway

MsRena Lee, Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues and Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, President of the UN Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)

14.35 14.38 Synthesis & Way Forward

Dr Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO

14.38 14.45 Closing

HE Herv Berville, Secrtaire d'tat auprs de la Premire ministre, charg de la Mer, France

HE Franz Tattenbach, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica

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Ocean Science as a Pillar of Sustainable Ocean Management: - IOC-UNESCO