World Oceans Day 2021, June 8th.

 

FORUM: The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods; World Oceans Day 2021.

Highlight the importance of oceans for the cultural life and economic survival of communities around the world.

Join us for World Oceans Day 2021 annual event, produced in partnership with non-profit Oceanic Global.The second fully virtual celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2021, will highlight the theme The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods. Produced by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, in partnership with non-profit organization Oceanic Global, and presenting partner Blancpain, supported by La Mer, this year’s annual event will shed light on the wonder of the ocean and how it is our life source, supporting humanity and every other organism on Earth. On #8June 2021, we will be hearing from over 40 thought-leaders, celebrities, institutional partners, community voices, entrepreneurs, and cross-industry experts.

ACTIVITIES:  To honor that theme, for this art gallery we are calling on YOU to show us in your preferred artistic medium how you’re connected to the ocean. Please submit your artwork to us using this form, you will need to create a different submission if you wish to submit multiple pieces. 

Statement by the U.N. Secretary-General on World Oceans Day 2021, June 8th.

This year’s observance of World Oceans Day 2021 falls as the world wrestles with the COVID-19 pandemic, a climate crisis and humankind’s continuing assault on oceans, seas and marine resources. The recently issued Second World Ocean Assessment confirmed that many of the benefits that the global ocean provides to humankind are being undermined by our own actions. Our seas are choking with plastic waste, which can be found from the remotest atolls to the deepest ocean trenches. Overfishing is causing an annual loss of almost $90 billion in net benefits – which also heightens the vulnerability of women, who are vital to the survival of small-scale fishing businesses. Carbon emissions are driving ocean warming and acidification, destroying biodiversity and causing sea level rise that threatens heavily inhabited coastlines. The theme of this year’s observance, “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods”, underscores the importance of oceans for the cultural life and economic survival of communities around the world. More than three billion people rely on the ocean for their livelihoods, the vast majority in developing countries. As we strive to recover from COVID-19, let’s end our war on nature. This will be critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, keeping within reach the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement, and ensuring the health of our oceans for today’s and future generations.

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