Oceans Panel Presses Coastal States to Invest in ‘Blue Recovery’
The Guardian features the Special Report ‘A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating Its Benefits and Costs’.
Webinar: The Case for the Ocean as a Dual Solution to Climate Change and COVID-19 Recovery
As part of London Climate Action Week 2020, Head of Secretariat, Kristian Teleki moderates this discussion on the role that ocean-based climate action can play in delivering the environmental, social, health and financial benefits we need to see as humanity emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, featuring supporting Ocean Panel member Peter Thomson; Special Report lead […]
PODCAST: Seeing the Ocean as a Solution, Not a Victim
WRI podcast featuring Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean; Vidar Helgesen, Norway’s Ocean Panel Sherpa; Jane Lubchenco, Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair; and Mary Ruckelshaus, Blue Paper author, on the transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy.
Ocean Panel Perspectives: Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy
Olai Uludong, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Palau; Vidar Helgesen, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Norway; Peter Thomson, honorary Ocean Panel member; Jane Lubchenco, Expert Group co-chair; and Mary Ruckelshaus, Blue Paper co-lead author share reflections on the road ahead for building a sustainable ocean economy, featuring insights from Blue Paper ‘The Ocean Transition: What to Learn […]
Chile, el Día Mundial de los Océanos y el Panel de Alto Nivel para una Economía Oceánica Sostenible
On World Ocean Day, Chile’s Sherpa Waldemar Coutts highlights the importance of the ocean in a post-pandemic recovery in this op-ed published on Pais Circular.
Envisioning a Blue Recovery
On World Ocean Day, the leaders of Norway and Palau argue that it’s time we look to the ocean for post-COVID resilience, sustainability and prosperity in this op-ed published in Project Syndicate and republished in Eco-Business, East Africa Business Week , The Gulf Times, The Jordan Times, Khaleej Times, and the Irish Examiner, amongst others.
Oceans Are Central to the Future. Manage Them Wisely
On World Ocean Day, Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway to India, and Ratan P Watal, Member Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India, highlight the need for concerted action to ensure a more sustainable and integrated approach to the ocean in this op-ed published on Hindustan Times.
Plastic as a Key to Addressing Ocean Pollution
Tamaki Tsukada, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Japan and Jenna Jambeck, Ellie Moss, and Brajesh Kr Dubey, authors of the Blue Paper ‘Leveraging Multi-Target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean’ discuss actions to tackle plastic and other sources of ocean pollution in this webinar hosted by WRI.
Integrated Ocean Management
Ricardo Serrão Santos, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Portugal and Vidar Helgesen, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Norway we well as Minhan Dai, Jan-Gunnar Winther, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, and Amy Trice, authors of the Blue Paper ‘Integrated Ocean Management’ discuss how an Integrated Ocean Management approach offers the tools to enable a more balanced approach to the […]
Un tratado sobre la alta mar, clave para la sostenibilidad en la era pos- COVID-19 | Adopting a High Seas Treaty Key to Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World
In this op-ed on EFE Verde, Waldemar Coutts, Chile’s Sherpa and Ambassador to Norway and Iceland reflects on how the protection of marine resources in the high seas is vital to human and planetary well-being, as well as the importance of protecting biodiversity and the High Seas Treaty in a post-COVID world. (Scroll to the […]
