Media Advisory?

Â鶹APP to launch third World Ocean Assessment

Press briefing live on?

The report is under embargo until 8 June 2026, 12:45 pm EDT and available upon request

The third World Ocean Assessment, to be released on 8 June 2026, offers the latest insights into the health of our ocean, and helps us to better understand the drivers, interactions, and long?term consequences of these changes.

The ocean is under severe and accelerating anthropogenic pressure, from the surface to the deep sea, driven by climate change, pollution and increased human activities. These pressures are often cumulative, combining to cause widespread biodiversity loss, undermining the ecosystems that support fisheries, coastal protection and human health.

This report reflects the collective work of almost 600 experts from 86 countries, and it is the only global integrated assessment on the state of the marine environment, which explores the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of the ocean.

WHAT

Press briefing to launch the?third World Ocean Assessment

WHO

  • Mr. Steven Hill, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
  • Ms. Bahia Tahzib, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Â鶹APP in New York and Co-Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process?
  • Rafael Gonz¨¢lez-Quir¨®s, Director of the Oceanographic Centre of Gij¨®n?and Joint Coordinator of the Group of Experts of the third cycle of the UN Regular Process
  • Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Oceanographic?Explorer. Environmental Advocate and Founder of the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center?

WHEN

Monday, 8 June 2026, 12:45 pm EDT?

WHERE??????????????

UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 (Live on?)

The report will be available on 8 June 2026, 12:45 pm EDT at?/regularprocess/woa3?once the embargo has been lifted.

MEDIA CONTACTS

Martin Samaan, UN Department of Global Communications, samaanm@un.org

Laura Carew, Office of Legal Affairs, laura.carew@un.org

An embargoed copy of the third World Ocean Assessment can be provided upon request:
Ms. Laura Carew, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea,?laura.carew@un.org?

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