This June, Seas At Risk will be at UNOC-3. Join us!
Heads of state and high-level policy-makers are flocking to the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) to make decisions on the future of the ocean.
The 2025 High-Level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Oceans Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, and will be held in Nice, France, from June 9 to 13, 2025.
Seas At Risk and its members will be sur place, advocating on various topics. See our programme below:
| Date | Event name | Time | Location |
| 6 June | Beyond sustainability, the promise of Regenerative Blue Economy, from concept to practice | 12:45 – 14:00 | Ocean Basecamp |
| 7 June | Breaking the Surface: First Reactions and Global Ripples of the EU Oceans Pact | 12:30 | Room ORCA, La Baleine (Green Zone) |
| 7 June | #BlueMarch2025 | 17:00 – 19:00 | Lenval Beach |
| 8 June | World Oceans Day | ||
| 9 June | Innovating and Enforcing for a Protected Ocean (30×30): MPA Networks and the Power of Coalition to Scale Impact) | 14:15 – 15:30 | Ocean Basecamp |
| 9 June | The European community commits to the European Ocean Pact | 15:15 – 16:00 | Agora, The Whale (Green Zone) |
| 9 June | The Future of Fisheries Subsidies: From Imbalance to Equity, towards the creation of an Ocean Fund | 17:30 | FOAM, Place du Pin (Green Zone) |
| 9 June | The Blue Notebooks | 17:30 – 18:45 | The Whale (Green Zone) |
| 10 June | From the surface to the seabed: Can BBNJ and the ISA coexist? | 10:00 – 11:15 | Campus Saint-Jean d’Angély |
| 10 June | Combatting Marine Pollution, including Plastics, Through Innovative International Action | 10:30 – 11:45 | Room 5 (Blue Zone) |
| 10 June | Turning off the plastic tap: Fostering cooperation to end marine plastic pollution | 12:00 – 13:00 | Ocean Basecamp (Green Zone) |
| 10 June | Elevating local voices into global ocean governance | 15:15 – 17:15 | Ocean Basecamp (Green Zone) |
| 10 June | The Blue Notebooks | 16:15 – 18:45 | Atolli |
| 11 June | Putting the ‘protected’ back into Marine Protected Areas: from paper-parks to a healthy ocean and thriving communities | 11:30 – 12:15 | The Whale (Green Zone) |
| 12 June | The Talking Whale | 14:00 | Cryosphere Pavillion, The Whale (Green Zone) |
| 12 June | It’s the (blue) economy, stupid! Marine regeneration and prosperity beyond growth | 14:15 – 16:30 | Ocean Basecamp (Green Zone) |
| 12 June | Beyond Borders: Uniting Offshore-Wind and MSP for Healthy Seas | 19:00 – 22:00 | Marc Chagall National Museum |
View the official UNOC event programmes for the Blue Zone, Green Zone, and the Ocean Basecamp.
Posted on: 19 May 2025
