Reflection on World Ocean Day. Our work to promote SDG 14

 World Oceans Day (8 June)


Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to our blue world.



We have developed this hybrid platform based in Angola to promote sustainable actions, supporting SDG 14 which aims to protect the oceans and marine life.



The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity and human health around the world.

 

Under the theme, “Planet Ocean: tides are changing”, World Oceans Day 2023 offers an opportunity for the UN to join forces with decision-makers, indigenous leaders, scientists, private sector executives, civil society, celebrities, and youth activist to put the ocean first. 


In his message on the Day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned: “Humanity counts on the ocean… But right now, humanity is its worst enemy,” urging collective commitment to realize the great promise of such initiatives as the adoption of an ambitious global target to conserve and manage 30 per cent of land and marine and coastal areas by 2030, as well as a landmark agreement on fisheries subsidies.


  

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