The Oceans Forum is a unique global platform to take stock, exchange experiences and present options for the implementation of trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4, 6, 7 and b) through the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies, regional bodies, government institutions and civil society organizations. With a different focus topic each year, this year’s forum will zoom in on the oceans economy, climate, and fisheries subsidies. The Forum will provide state of the art analysis, share country experiences and identify public and private best practices in key sectors such as transport, fisheries, and tourism with the aim to propose specific actions and support policy integration to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14. For instance, disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a sound tax policy reform can support mitigation efforts and create incentives for carbon-neutral technologies as a step towards enhancing NDCs of SIDS and implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Ahead of the 2020 WTO Ministerial Conference, as well as the deadline for several SDG 14 targets, the third Forum will provide an opportunity to take stock of current developments in the final phase of WTO fish subsidies negotiations, and potential approaches on prohibitions, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary options.
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