Featured: Countries sign onto a joint declaration on ocean and climate action
In December 2020, the Ocean Panel launched the ‘Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: A Vision for Protection, Production and Prosperity’ which included an ambitious goal for coastal and marine tourism, that by 2030 ‘Coastal and ocean-based tourism is sustainable, resilient, addresses climate change, reduces pollution, supports ecosystem regeneration and biodiversity conservation and invests in […]
Ocean Panel members convened at Glasgow COP26 to discuss the progress of the Ocean Panel’s agenda and have reaffirmed their commitment to take ambitious ocean-based climate action. A sustainable ocean economy can ensure that the ocean plays a vital role in tackling climate change. The Ocean Panel has issued a “Call to Ocean-Based Climate Action” and […]
BREST, FRANCE (11 February 2022) – Today, President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will become the newest member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel). The announcement was made at the One Ocean Summit, hosted by the Government of France, an international summit dedicated to the preservation of the ocean where Heads of State and Government, scientists, business and finance […]
Statement by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy at COP26 Statement by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy at COP26 We, the members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), recognise that the health of the ocean, and the livelihoods and economies […]
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, lead author of the Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’ and Ocean Panel supporting member Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, calls for more efforts and resources towards impactful action to save coral reefs in this Guardian op-ed.
Euronews living covers the launch of the Ocean Panel’s new ocean action agenda.
Ocean Solutions report co-author Peter Haugan discusses the opportunities to achieve the ‘ocean we want’ by 2030 in this op-ed published on The Conversation.
Waldemar Coutts, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Chile, discusses how countries can transform the climate crisis with ocean-based action in this op-ed published on Mongabay.
Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair Jane Lubchenco comments on the Ocean Panel’s commitment to 100% sustainable ocean management in this WRI podcast.
The Global Seafood Alliance features the Special Report ‘Ocean Solutions that Benefit People, Nature and the Economy’.
