At the Eighteenth Intergovernmental Session of IOCARIBE (SC-IOCARIBE-XVIII), held in Brasília from April 23–25, 2025, Member States endorsed strategic recommendations across key thematic areas: ocean literacy, blue carbon, marine spatial planning, harmful algal blooms, ocean data, acidification, capacity development, and more.

This collective effort reinforces the region’s commitment to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) and highlights the value of coordinated science-based action.