OECD Work in Support of a Sustainable Ocean

The OECD is helping governments reconcile the ever-growing use of marine resources with the need to safeguard and improve the health of ocean ecosystems. The policy analysis and guidance developed by the OECD helps countries to work towards fulfilling their international commitments on the ocean including Sustainable Development Goal 14 on Life below Water, the Convention for Biological Diversity’s Aichi Targets, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Paris Agreement on climate change. The OECD advocates an integrated, “whole-of-government” approach that responds to the complex challenges facing the ocean by mobilising expertise across many policy fronts, covering environmental, economic, financial and social dimensions.