The Honiara Summit (24-27 Feb) gathered Pacific leaders, ministers, and experts to advance SDG 14.4 on sustainable fisheries. Key topics included IUU fishing, climate impacts, and a $107M adaptation grant. The summit reinforced regional cooperation and sustainability ahead of the UN Oceans Conference in June 2025.
This blog explains the interconnections between climate, ocean and biodiversity and highlights the importance of linking these topics in governance. It introduces the new legally-binding agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) and how it relates to the existing climate and biodiversity COPs and why it is important to link climate, ocean and biodiversity politics.
The members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) met from the 13th to the 17th of May 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, for the 28th Session of the Commission. Bianca Haas, Constance Rambourg and Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki reflect on what their time at the meeting, and what happened there.
From the 4th to the 8th of December 2023, 26 Member States, Participating Territories, and Cooperating Non-Member states met in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to discuss
By Bianca Haas Three out of the seven targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – life below water, already expired and the global community