Assessing 10 years of international commitments to sustainable ocean action

This working paper presents the first global assessment of more than 2600 voluntary commitments to ocean action, associated with the international Our Ocean Conference. It analyses implementation progress and financial delivery, disaggregated by thematic, spatial, temporal and sectoral dimensions over 10 years. It presents policy recommendations to strengthen the immediate and strategic outcomes of the Our Ocean Conference and provides a baseline assessment of commitment progress to strengthen global ocean accountability and transparency.