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The ocean as a unifying agenda across the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation conventions

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are interconnected challenges requiring ocean-based solutions. However, the Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation have advanced unevenly in their engagement with the ocean. We present scientific and policy rationales for positioning the ocean as a unifying agenda to advance the Rio Conventions and offer a conceptual framework to meet the goals of the Conventions and increase synergies across them.

Source: npj Ocean Sustainability

DOI: 10.1038/s44183-026-00227-9

Authors: Katie Geddes, Gabriella H. Berman, Mariana Rocha de Souza, Miriah Kelly, Emily Stuller, Terry-Rene W. Brown, Natalia G. Erazo, Matthew Frost, Thecla Keizer, Lisa A. Levin, Mari R. Tye, Stefanie Simpson

Institutions: University of Miami, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, Southern Connecticut State University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, The Nature Conservancy

Language: English

Topic: Coastal and Marine Management

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Climate action, Life below water

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,090

OpenAlex ID: W7203686202

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