UN SG report on Oceans and LOS - WMO contributions

Since 2014, WMO is committed to United Nations Secretary-General's report on the Oceans and Law of the Sea to the General Assembly. Each year WMO is asked to submit a contribution to PART I of the report with thematic topics and a contribution to PART II as general activities on ocean. 

Year

WMO contributions

2014

PART I: the role of seafood and global food security

2014

PART II

2015

PART I: oceans and sustainable development: integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development, namely, environmental, social and economic

2015

PART II

2016

PART I: marine debris, plastics and microplastics

2016

PART II

2017

PART I: the effects of climate change on oceans

2017

PART II

2018

PART II

2019

PART I: ocean science and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

2019

PART II

2020

PART I: sea-level rise and its impacts

2020

PART II

2021

upcoming

 

See here for more info at Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law Of the Sea