This week, the ocean is on the global agenda with the sixth meeting of the Our Ocean Conference. Overfishing and plastic pollution are once again key areas of focus during this year’s conference edition hosted in Oslo, on 23 and 24 October 2019 by the Norwegian Government.

Learning, Sharing, Acting is this year's vision for a clean, healthy and productive ocean. Project AWARE will join 500 world’s leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, young leaders, and civil society to:

• Learn from attendees, speakers, panelists and experts;

• Share progress on the commitment that we made at Our Ocean 2018 in Bali after celebrating #OneMillionLess - a milestone reached last year thanks to an army of dive volunteers, by Project AWARE’s flagship citizen science program: Dive Against Debris®;

• Act to reach #NextMillion2020 and add our next million pieces of debris to the global Dive Against Debris dataset by the end of 2020 to mobilize local communities and continue to build evidence of the scale of the global marine debris crisis.

The main delivery of the Our Ocean Conferences is voluntary commitments to implement significant and meaningful measures for clean, healthy and productive seas. Our Ocean Conference 2019 will convene Heads of States, Ministers, and champions from various backgrounds to:

• Discuss significant progress on past ocean commitments;

• Inspire new commitments made for the continuation of more concerted and integrated actions for protecting the ocean.

Project AWARE will represent the voice of a global community of debris activists and recreational users of the sea. Our Ocean 2019 provides an opportunity to learn from and act with partners who share our vision for a return to a clean and healthy ocean. We’ll join members of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative to continue to make progress towards achieving the goals of our joint voluntary commitment made in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Our Ocean 2019 will bring together leaders from governments, businesses, civil society and research institutions to share their experience, identify solutions and commit to action for a clean, healthy and productive ocean. We will share our underwater perspective to the focus areas of the conference and proudly represent our global community of ocean adventurers taking action with us for a return to a clean and healthy ocean.

For more information see ourocean2019.no