Featured: Read the new Blue Paper: ‘The Future of the Workforce in a Sustainable Ocean Economy ‘ Arrow Featured: Ocean Panel announces the ‘100% Alliance’, a new campaign that calls on all ocean and coastal states to commit to 100% sustainable ocean management. Arrow Featured: The Ocean Panel publishes its second progress report. Arrow Featured: The Republic of Chile Receives Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in National Leadership Arrow

Turning the Tide: Ocean-Based Solutions Could Close Emission Gap by 21%

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Eliza Northrop, Joyashree Roy, Mansi Konar and Jane Lubchenco discuss ocean-based solutions to climate change, featuring insights from Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’ in this WRI Insights blog.

Look to the Ocean for Climate Change Solutions

Ocean Panel Co-Chairs Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Tommy Remengesau Jr., President of Palau urge us to look to the ocean for climate change solutions in this CNN Opinion piece.

A New Narrative for the Ocean

Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair Jane Lubchenco and member Steve Gaines discuss a new narrative for the ocean in this Science article.

Video Message from Prime Minister Erna Solberg to World Ocean Summit 2019

At the opening of the World Ocean Summit 2019 in Abu Dhabi, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg welcomed participants via video message. PM Solberg and President of the Republic of Palau Tommy Remengesau, Jr. are co-chairs the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. Solberg said: “The World Ocean Summit provides the place where […]

Report: Science for Ocean Action Conference

On 20-21 November 2018, 150 ocean experts from more than 50 countries met to discuss critical science-based actions in response to the problems facing our ocean at the Science for Ocean Action Conference in Bergen, Norway. This report summarizes the action points proposed and refined by the experts at the conference, which was hosted by […]

Developing a Global Action Plan for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

On the eve of the Science for Ocean Actions Conference, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Expert Group met for the first time to review, and discuss relevant research, provide scientific input, and explore solutions to the key questions and issues currently being addressed by the High Level Panel. The newly formed […]

The World Needs a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Ocean Panel members and hosts of the Our Ocean conferences, Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, President of Indonesia (host 2018), Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway (host 2019), and Tommy Remengesau, Jr., President of the Republic of Palau (host 2020) call on the need for a sustainable ocean economy in this op-ed published by the Thomson Reuters […]

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