Ocean Holds Solutions to Help Tackle Climate Change, Report Finds
China Dialogue features the Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’.
Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Could Deliver 21 Percent of Needed Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Study Finds
Newsweek features the Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’.
Climate Change Solutions
This Ocean Panel video highlights five opportunities for ocean action on climate change.
Canada Is Joining an International Agreement to Close Ports to Illegal Fishers. It’s a Big Deal for Global Food Security
Nicola Frost, WRI’s Deputy Head Of Secretariat for the Sustainable Ocean Initiative highlights Canada’s recent announcement to join an international agreement to close ports to illegal fisheries in this WRI Insights blog.
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.
6 Recent Signs of Hope for the Ocean
Kristian Teleki, WRI’s Director for the Sustainable Ocean Initiative highlights new positive developments for the ocean, including the creation of the Ocean Panel in this WRI Insights blog.
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 […]
