Debuting under the Brazilian presidency of the G20 in 2024, Oceans 20 comes as a natural offshoot of the efforts led by the previous cycles, spearheaded by Indonesia (2022) and India (2023). Its inauguration in Brazil played a historic role in recognising the ocean on global agendas and engaging civil society.
Oceans 20 plays an important role in giving civil society a voice on the issue (considering non-governmental organisations, private initiative, indigenous peoples, traditional communities and scientists).
The group strengthens and consolidates the presence of the ocean in the G20.
The creation of Oceans 20 by the Brazilian presidency of the G20 was a historic milestone in recognising the central role of the ocean in the global climate, energy and environment agendas and that, despite being a global and interconnected ocean, it is plural in its characteristics.
