Caribbean take collective action on Oceans and Blue Declaration  

Published on June 16, 2025  

In a powerful demonstration of political unity and regional ambition, Caribbean governments have officially launched the Actioning Blue: Caribbean 30x30 Vision for the Ocean political declaration during a high-level event at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3).

Held aboard the Art Explorer vessel at Port Lympia, the event was co-hosted by the Government of Grenada, the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and the Ocean Coordination Mechanism Secretariat/ProCaribe+ Project Unit.

It marks a historic milestone in advancing marine conservation, governance, and financing across Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and featured Ministers and high-level participants from the OECS, Latin America, and Caribbean territories.

Actioning Blue is a bold Caribbean regional 30x30 Vision and Roadmap for the Ocean and reflects an urgent call by political leaders of the Caribbean to advance collective Caribbean advocacy aligned to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and Sustainable Development Goal 14.

This declaration is a renewed call from the Caribbean, preceded by the 2008 Caribbean Challenge Initiative that advanced the protection of roughly 49,000 km2 of marine protected areas in the region.