Volume 2, Issue 21 of Rio+20: Making it Happen focuses on the sustainable management of oceans and marine resources (blue economy), one of the seven priority issues to be addressed at the Conference. Among other related events, it also highlights the 22 November 2011 launch of the Conference’s communications strategy, which aims at increasing public engagement to promote the sustainability agenda. In addition, it announces the proposed new Conference dates (20-22 June 2012).