Discussions focused around the importance of ocean-based climate solutions and the linkage between healthy oceans and healthy communities.
A total of 410 commitments were made at the event, hosted jointly by the Republic of Palau and the United States.
The conference is an annual event initiated in 2014 by then-U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, who is now the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate.
The conference was envisioned as a platform to mobilize support and funding for ocean initiatives to address the world’s most pressing ocean issues.
As such, it’s a key milestone event for leaders to ensure global commitments on ocean heath are upheld and backed by robust financing.
The conference, titled “Our Ocean, Our People, Our Prosperity,” focused on six areas of action: combating climate change, promoting sustainable fisheries, creating sustainable blue economies, advancing marine protected areas, achieving safe and secure oceans, and tackling marine pollution.
She said securing the marine tenure rights of small-scale fishers is central to achieving sustainable marine resource management: “I believe that the communities have the solutions.”. »
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