Our Call for Action

Urging nations to fully protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030

We cannot tackle climate change without including large-scale ocean protection. Protecting oceans alone won't solve the Climate Crisis, but Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) make our oceans more resilient to climate change.

in 2018 Lewis Pugh swam the length of the English Channel to call for 30% of our oceans to be protected by 2030. At the end of the swim, then Environment Minister Michael Gove was on Dover Beach to congratulate Lewis, and told him that he would support our 30x30 campaign.

One month later the UK became the first major economy to pledge this commitment at the United Nations.

Since then, 132 nations have followed in what amounts to the biggest conservation drive in history. We are working to persuade the remaining 64 nations to join us. But these nations alone will not be enough.

Indigenous peoples and first nations communities who were the original custodians of land and water must be an integral part of the protection process.

Countries committed to 30x30

A
‍Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
B
‍Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
C
‍Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
D
‍Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic

‍E
‍Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
F
‍Fiji
Finland
France
G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
‍Honduras
I
‍Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
J
‍Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
K
‍Kazakhstan‍
‍Kenya
Kiribati

L
‍Liberia
Luxembourg
M
‍Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
N
‍Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Macedonia
Norway
P
‍Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Q
‍Qatar
R
‍Republic of Congo

Romania
Rwanda
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
T
‍Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
U
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
V
‍Vanuatu
Vietnam
Z
‍Zambia