With delegates from Member States, non-governmental organizations, and universities attending, as well as entrepreneurs looking for ways to sustainably develop the “Blue Economy”, the UN Ocean Conference took place in the city of Lisbon between 27 June and 1 July, being co-hosted by the governments of Portugal and Kenya at a critical time where major structural transformations and common shared solutions are needed to start a new chapter of global ocean action, and revert the tipping point we are about to reach.