This year’s Virtual Ocean Pavilion will feature a wide range of events and roundtable discussions covering topics across the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus. Please be sure to register for the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion to access the full agenda that will be available from the Event Lobby. Contact the Pavilion secretariat by 15 September 2025 if you are interested in organizing a live event or roundtable during the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion. We hope you will join us at this year's Pavilion from 3 to 21 November 2025!
The 2024-2025 Report on Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action (ROCA Report) will be launched during a 90-minute live event during the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion. This biennial report provides an assessment of ocean and climate science, policy, and action through contributions of over 5o co-authors from organizations around the world. A new addition to this volume will be a section on ocean-based solutions to mitigation and adaptation issues successfully adopted and reported within the years covered by the report.
Plan to visit ocean exhibition booths organized by leading ocean and climate organizations to showcase new and ongoing ocean-climate-biodiversity initiatives. Take advantage of the free access to a wealth of information that can be ‘taken away’ in your virtual delegate bag. Contact the Pavilion secretariat by 15 September 2025 if you are interested in hosting an exhibit during the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion.
This year, the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion will be organizing a virtual exhibit on "The Ocean in the UNFCCC", which will be a permanent exhibit at the Pavilion updated every year in collaboration with key partners. In keeping with the Virtual Ocean Pavilion's goal of “bringing the COP to the world and the world to the COP,” this exhibit will: