Featured: Read the new Blue Paper: ‘Co-producing Sustainable Ocean Plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders’ 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: Leaders Call for All Ocean States to Join Alliance For 100% Sustainable Ocean Management; Welcomes UAE as Newest Member Arrow

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 […]

Ocean Energy is Critical to Recovery

On World Ocean Day, Benj Sykes and Stephen Bull, Co-Chairs of the Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition (OREAC), highlight ocean-based renewable energy – including offshore wind, tidal, wave and floating solar power – as the next transformative force to reshape our energy systems and power a green recovery in this op-ed published on Foresight. OREAC […]

Joint Statement on the Role of a Sustainable Ocean Economy in a Post-COVID-19 World

Today, we celebrate World Oceans Day under unprecedented circumstances, as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated health and economic challenges. We, the members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, propose the ocean as a solution to a more resilient and prosperous world. This will be more important than […]

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.

OREAC: 1,400 GW of Offshore Wind Is Possible by 2050, and Will Be Key for Green Recovery

On World Ocean Day, the Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition (OREAC) announces its vision for 1,400 GW of offshore wind by 2050 to drive decarbonisation and green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis in this press release published by Global Wind Energy Council and republished by Orsted, MingYang Smart Energy, JERA, and CWind, amongst others. OREAC […]

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.

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 […]

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