Small Island Developing States: Leaders for Ocean Action - SDG Media Zone | 2025 UN Ocean Conference

Conversation on how Small Island Developing States can use the ocean to support food security, climate action and more. This panel will explore how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can use the ocean to support food security, climate action, disaster risk reduction, justice, and sustainable growth. Speakers will discuss key ways to scale up ocean-friendly solutions and help SIDS achieve SDG14. The session will also introduce UNDP's new SIDS Strategy, aligned with the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda, and highlight the GEF-funded, UNDP-led Blue and Green Islands Programme. Speakers: Francine Pickup, UNDP Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, and Head of UNDP Delegation for UNOC3 Tania Serafim Yvonne Romualdo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde to the UN Rebecca Fabrizi, UK SIDS Envoy Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa'olelei Luteru, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Samoa to the UN Moderator: Kate Brown, Executive Director, Global Islands Partnerships (GLISPA) ---- The UN Ocean Conference was from June 9-13 and focused on the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs. The Conference aimed to drive urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean science, pollution, fishing, maritime transport, biodiversity, financing, and cooperation were among the issues to be tackled. Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.


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