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<p>The United Kingdom has made four voluntary commitments under the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 14 on the following topics:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine
science</strong>. The UK has pledged to work actively with international partners
in a range of major issues such as strengthening global ocean observations, world
ocean assessments and data sharing.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Marine Litter.
</strong>The UK has committed to several actions in order to combat marine litter.
These include reducing the volume of single use plastic bags, the introduction of
national litter strategies and banning microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products.
The UK has also signed up to the UN Clean Seas Initiative.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Commonwealth
Marine Economies (CME) Programme. </strong> The UK has committed to delivering a package
of measures that will help to provide Commonwealth Small Island Developing States
(SIDS) in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean regions with accurate hydrographic
and scientific date relating to their marine environment. The UK will also provide
training and capacity building for national bodies involved in the research and management
of marine resources, to enable them to use the data to promote economic growth and
development.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Marine Protected Areas
in the UK and our Overseas Territories</strong>. The UK has committed to ensuring
that UK waters are managed and used in a sustainable way, including by working internationally
with our Overseas Territories in order to protect the globally significant biodiversity
found in their waters<p><p></li></ul><p> </p><p>A more detailed summary of the commitments
of the United Kingdom and other States and organisations is at <a href="https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/"
target="_blank">https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/</a></p>
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