Carolyn Gruber
Carolyn Gruber is a Fellow and Deputy Director of the Environmental Security Program at the Stimson Center. Before joining the Stimson Center, Carolyn was a foreign affairs specialist for the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce, including at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, focusing on international fisheries conservation and management. Throughout her tenure with the federal government, Carolyn honed her expertise on a wide range of marine policy issues, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, the impacts of climate change on coastal and marine ecosystems, and sustainable fisheries management. Carolyn holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Richmond and a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.
Email: cgruber@stimson.org
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Three Takeaways From the Third UN Ocean Conference
›July 10, 2025 // By Carolyn Gruber
“There cannot be a healthy planet without a healthy ocean. It’s urgent business for us all,” said U.N. special envoy for the ocean, Peter Thomson, at last month’s UN Ocean Conference (UNOC).
Hosted in Nice, France, the conference brought together more than 15,000 political leaders, scientists, civil society, the private sector, academic institutions, Indigenous peoples, local communities, and philanthropic organizations with the goal of identifying innovative ways to finance and mobilize action for the ocean.
