Coalition’s Achievements & Perspectives for Ocean Action

12 June 2025 (Thursday), 10:30 – 11:45am

Nice (France), UN Ocean Conference | Blue Zone, room #3

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At 2025 UN Ocean Conference, the SIDS Coalition for Nature will organize a high-level side-event, co-hosted by Samoa & Portugal. It will aim to: 1/ Present the SIDS Coalition for Nature’s achievements and partnerships on Ocean Action; 2/ Announce and foster new Coalition’s initiatives. The event will be marked by the participation of Prime-Ministers and Ministers from Members and Friends of Coalition, as well as its Partners.

Blue & Green Islands Reception At SIDS4

28 May, 2024

St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

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At SIDS4, during the Blue & Green Islands Reception co-hosted by UNDP and Global Environment Facility, the Government of Belize🇧🇿 (co-lead of the SIDS Coalition for Nature ) announced the planned collaboration between the SIDS Coalition for Nature & the GEF 8-funded Blue and Green Island Integrated Programme (GBI IP). This key collaboration has been facilitated by the SIDS Unit of UNDESA This promising partnership responds to the Coalition’s Call For Action made at Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal with UN DSG support. Three areas of cooperation will shape the strategic partnership between the Coalition and the GEF Program: 1/ Partnership Development coordination, including SIDS-SIDS cooperation; 2/ Strategic advocacy, and 3/ National-Regional implementation support to bridge knowledge and financing gaps for integrated nature action in SIDS. Synergies between GEF-8 GBI IP ‘child’ projects and various Coalition’s initiatives will also be sought. This will be the case for the a.o. SIDS Nature-Climate Action Roadmap launched at COP28 or the SIDS Ecosystem Restoration Flagship (under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration) announced at 2023 SDG Summit by the Coalition for example.

Climate COP28 and its focus on nature

9-10 December, 2023

Dubai

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In line with the 3rd priority of its Call for Action (Synergies amid Environmental Conventions), the Coalition launched and presented its “SIDS’ Integrated Nature-Climate Action Roadmap” at COP28 to catalyze technical and financial support to strengthen SIDS’ marines protected areas as nature-based solutions for climate action. The SIDS Roadmap was presented on December 9th during several COP28 Official Ministerial events on 30×30, Mangroves, etc. Also, a Ministerial-Level roundtable discussion between Members and Friends of the Coalition was organized as a side-event (by invitation only) on December 10th 2023 to further discuss ways to support the Roadmap implementation through partnerships.

SDG Summit and its focus on accelerating SDG implementation

18-19 September, 2023

New York City

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On behalf of the Coalition and the Ocean Decade Alliance, the President of Seychelles and the Prince of Monaco will be co-chairing a high-level launching event on September 18th. With UNDESA and UNESCO support, the Coalition and the Alliance will launch their Joint Action Framework to harness opportunities for accelerated actions in SIDS under the UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. This will directly contribute to the Coalition’s Priority 2 - Knowledge. On behalf of the Coalition, the Prime Minister of Belize will be co-hosting with other Heads of States the “High-Level Event for Nature and People: From Ambition to Action” on September 19th. The event is organized by the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People. the Global Ocean Alliance, and the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature. During this event, World leaders will gather to demonstrate accelerated progress to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

Regional and Inter-regional Preparatory Meetings to the 4th International SIDS Conference

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The Coalition informs the next agenda for SIDS.

• Mauritius (24-26 July 2023)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8-10 August 2023)
• Tonga (16-18 August 2023)
• Cabo Verde (30 August to 1 September 2023)

High Level Political Forum

17 July, 2023

New York City

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The Coalition organized a Ministerial level event co-chaired by Cabo Verde and Luxembourg. A SIDS-SIDS Regional Cooperation Proposal on Financing Solutions for Nature was launched by the Coalition with the support of UNDESA. The proposal contributes to Priority 1 (Finance) of the Coalition’s Call for Action made at COP15.