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Welcome to the 12th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo

Economist Impact, with the support of official host The Nippon Foundation, is hosting the 12th World Ocean Summit in Tokyo in 2025.  With over 14,000 islands, 347,000km of coastline and a blue economy that is forecasted to reach 28 trillion yen by 203, Japan as a maritime nation offers a rich cultural and historical perspective.

 

The summit convenes the widest cross-section of the ocean community from business and finance to government, national and international policy-makers, civil society and academia. It is designed to instigate action to develop the sustainable ocean economy; to encourage new partnerships across industries, with NGOs, scientists, technology developers and investors. By bringing together all stakeholders in the ocean ecosystem, the summit provides the perfect platform to inspire new synergies, solutions and strategies on the track to meet the 2030 targets in UN SDG 14.

 

The 12th annual summit will focus on the transition to a sustainable ocean economy,  ocean stewardship, strategies to restore ocean health, advancements in marine technology and collaborative efforts to address ocean pollution. The agenda will include a series of “How to” workshops designed to generate tangible action points and key takeaways to enable organisations to instigate change and make an impact on the journey towards a healthier ocean.

 

The summit in Tokyo will continue action-based conversations on the key themes from recent World Ocean Summits, as well as provide a vital opportunity for participants from Asia to engage with the global ocean community ahead of the United Nations Oceans Conference in June 2025.

Highlights from past summits

Thank you to those who helped make last year's summit the biggest yet, and for those that missed it, you can view the highlights here. You can download and read the six key takeaways from the summit in the event summary paper written by Martin Koehring, former head of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative, below.

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Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative imagines an ocean in robust health, and with a vital economy. We foster a global conversation on the greatest challenges facing the seas, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships, and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy. Read more and sign up for our newsletter below.