2022 United Nations Ocean Conference

A group photo of participants of the United Nations 2022 Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

In the front is (from left to right): Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Sugar Industry, and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Fiji; Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic; Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya; and Matilda Ernkrans, Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden. Behind them at left is Secretary-General António Guterres.

The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference is seeking to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.