The seventh Our Ocean Conference – hosted by the Republic of Palau and the United States –brought together governments and non-state actors to make concrete commitments to protect ocean health and security. The United States announced more than 110 commitments, from 14 agencies and offices, worth nearly $2.64 billion. These commitments spanned the issue areas of the conference, including climate change, sustainable fisheries, sustainable blue economies, marine protected areas, maritime security, and marine pollution.
The seventh Our Ocean Conference highlighted the ocean-climate nexus and the role of ocean-based climate solutions – including shipping decarbonization, marine nature-based solutions, and offshore renewable energy – in keeping the 1.5°C goal within reach and improving global climate resilience. As the ocean-climate nexus was a cross-cutting theme of the conference, climate commitments appeared throughout the six sessions.