Sea Level Rise Declaration – Global Online Stakeholder Consultation: Key topics and recommendations

 

Summary Report is now available here!

 

The General Assembly in its decision 78/558 of 1 August 2024 decided to hold a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, no later than the last day of the general debate of its eighty-first session, to further consider sea level rise. The meeting will result, without setting a precedent for similar meetings, in a concise, action-oriented and intergovernmentally negotiated declaration agreed by consensus.

 

At the request of Australia and Cabo Verde, the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations, UN DESA supported an inclusive process to gather stakeholder inputs to inform the Sea Level Rise Declaration and assist Member States as they engage in the intergovernmental consultations.

The Global Online Stakeholder Consultation1,072 inputs from stakeholders representing 268 organizations across 80 countries.

Quick access links here.

 

• Key Topics and Recommendations Summary Report (link)
• Extracts:
  • Knowledge, data and science to inform sea level rise risk assessments and decision‑making (link)
  • Adaptation, finance and resilience in relation to sea level rise (link)
  • Livelihoods, socioeconomic challenges and culture and heritage in relation to sea level rise (link)
  • Sea level rise and its legal dimensions (link)

For more information, please visit: https://sdgs.un.org/universal/sea-level-rise-declaration-2026-61065