| March 27th, 2026 | Highlights

Top 10 Trends 2025 report

The Top Trends report highlights a selection of the most important national and global trends from 2025.

 We showcase where progress has been made, what gaps remain, and which initiatives and trends to monitor ahead. 

Security and resilience featured strongly on the global and Norwegian agendas. Climate change brought new rounds of extreme weather, including marine heatwaves in Norway and beyond, with warming waters affecting the health and resilience of blue forests and the wildlife that relies on them. 

Important underpinning methodologies and technology, including for ocean accounting, blue forest mapping, and blue carbon markets, improved significantly. Finally, Norway moved one step closer to restoring its blue forests, with the kelp forests status report published ahead of the 2026 national action plan. 

Click to download the NBFN Top Ten Trends 2025 report.