Episode 17 - The third UN Ocean Conference, Nice, June 2025

In this episode Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall reports on the UN Ocean Conference that was held in Nice in June 2025, with the main podcast going through a summary of what happened during the event, and then a 20 minute appendix where he reads through the Nice Ocean Action Plan. 

Too much happened in the many side events to cover all aspects, so we've focused on the parts where we were present. 

As well as Steve's narration, there are short recordings of Nippon Foundation Chairman Sasakawa speaking in Nice during the Global Ocean Data Sharing side event on Monday 9th June, and a clip of Seabed 2030 Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips during his panel session at the Economist World Ocean Initiative event on Tuesday 10th June.

Steve also updates listeners on the latest update to percentage of ocean floor mapped, which was announced as 27.3% on World Hydrography Day, 21st June 2025. 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Start
• 2:29 Latest update on percentage of seafloor mapped
• 4:40 UNOC3 Nice - Monday events, Ocean Quest MoU
• 7:35 IHO Sam Harper introduces Chairman Sasakawa
• 12:19 Tuesday events, Economist World Ocean Initiative, OceanX, Ocean Quest & Kongsberg
• 14:16 Wednesday events, UN Ocean Decade Forum
• 14:49 Thursday and Friday events
• 15:18 Plenary sessions & policy announcements - the part where decisions are made
• 21:31 Conclusions - UNOC3 was a success. Multilateralism is still alive in the ocean community.
• 24:18 End credits with Emily Boddy
• 24:40 Annex - The 26 points of the Nice Ocean Action Plan
• 41:48 Closing comments
• 42:18 End music and finish