SDG14: Life below water
Water is essential for Earth. Oceans, lakes, seas, and rivers regulate temperatures, absorb carbon dioxide, sustain the livelihoods of billion of people, and host countless species of marine life. Achieving this objective requires bold action to reduce marine pollution and ocean acidification, to conserve and restore marine environments, to promote sustainable fishing, and to enforce efficiently the law of the sea.
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Organizations
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES
Experts
Alice Tipping
Alice Tipping is the Director of Trade and Sustainable Development at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Brenda Koekkoek
Brenda Koekkoek is the Senior Coordination Officer at the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
David Vivas Eugui
David Vivas Eugui is the Chief of the Ocean and Circular Economy Unit in the Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Eva Zabey
Eva Zabey is the Executive Director of Business for Nature.
Grethel Aguilar
Grethel Aguilar is the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), effective from 20 October 2023.
Ivonne Higuero
Ivonne Higuero is the Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Jay Aldous
Jay Aldous is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Convention on Wetlands.
Jessica Battle
Jessica Battle is the Senior Expert on Global Ocean Policy and Governance and Lead Deep Seabed Mining Initiative at WWF.
Kirsten Schuijt
Kirsten Schuijt is the Director General of WWF International.
Luca Chinotti
Luca Chinotti is a Manager in Conservation Policy Development at WWF.
Marco Lambertini
Marco Lambertini is Special Envoy of WWF International.
Minna Epps
Minna Epps is the Director of IUCN Ocean team.
Musonda Mumba
Musonda Mumba is the seventh Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands.
Otto Simonett
Otto Simonett is the Director of Zoï Environment Network.
Radhika Murti
Director of the IUCN Centre for Society and Governance.
Salman Hussain
Salman Hussain is the Coordinator of the The Economics Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).
Sofie H. Flensborg
Sofie H. Flensborg is the Chief of the Legal Unit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Sonia Peña Moreno
Sonia Peña Moreno is the Director of the International Policy Centre at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Stewart Maginnis
Stewart Maginnis is the Deputy Director General in charge of Programme at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Trevor Sandwith
Director, IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme.Events
Conference
Human Rights at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity | HRC63 Side Event
02 Oct 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00
Palais des Nations, Room XI
Armenia, OHCHR, GEN
Conference
Briefing on the 81st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee | SC81
08 Oct 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30
International Environment House I & Online | Webex
CITES, GEN
Learning
Online Course
Building Climate Resilience through Ecosystem-based Adaptation Planning
UN CC:Learn, UNITAR, NAP-GSP, FEBA
Publications
Report
Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era
2026
UNU-INWEH
Report
Global analytical study on the implementation of a human-rights based approach into the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
2026
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
Policy Brief
A global plastics treaty and biodiversity: converging or conflicting regimes?
2024
IUCN
Report
Strengthening collaboration and coordination between biodiversity and chemicals and waste clusters
2022
Nordic Council of Ministers
Report
Interlinkages between the chemicals and waste multilateral environmental agreements and biodiversity: Key Insights
2021
BRS, Minamata Convention
