ocean meetings - ongoing and upcoming

18-29 August 2025: second session of the PrepCom for the entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement and the convening of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Agreement

24 September 2025: Green Shipping Industry Day, Brussels, Belgium.

9 - 10 October 2025: Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects – 22nd meeting, New York, USA.

9 - 15 October 2025: the IUCN World Conservation Congress will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

20 - 31 October 2025: CCAMLR-44 to meet in Hobart, Tasmania.

6-7 November 2025: Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects – 23rd meeting, New York, USA.

10 - 21 November 2025: COP30, the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, will be held in Belém, Brazil.

11-13 November 2025: 13th World Congress of Ocean (WCO), Osaka, Japan.

24 November - 5 December 2025: Twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

8-12 December 2025: United Nations Environment Assembly, UNEA 7, Nairobi, Kenya.

9 December 2025: General Assembly consideration of the agenda item on oceans and the law of the sea, New York, USA.

4th quarter 2026: 17th meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 17 will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.