Since 2010 the World Ocean Council (WOC) has been bringing the diverse international Blue Economy industry and investment world together at the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS). In 2020, this unique event focused the global ocean business community on the theme of "Ocean Vision 2030: The Decade for Ocean Action" for sustainable development, in the WOC's first virtual SOS.
With "Ocean Action" as the focus of the SOS 2020, each session explored a key topic and identified priorities for advancing progress in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the ocean. The sessions were working meetings for developing outputs to drive industry and investment action on the session's issue for the year to come.
The SOS 2020 was designed for each session to address:
- The status of the issue and developments during the past year
- The priority needs and opportunities for ocean business and investment community collaboration and action on the issue
- What could and should be undertaken on the issue in the coming year (and the role of WOC in advancing that progress
World Ocean Council 2020 Sustainable Ocean Summit: Report now available