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

Africa’s Blue Economy – African Union Summit 2020

President Faure of Seychelles together with President Kenyatta of Kenya (Ocean Panel member) and President Gnassingbe of Togo convene a high-level side event on Africa’s Blue Economy at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event released the Blue Paper ‘Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers’ and featured interventions from Prime […]

Fast-Tracking Law-Abiding Ships at Ports Could Help End Illegal Fishing

Nicola Frost, Tony Long, Stephanie Juwana and Mansi Konar highlight how fast-tracking law-abiding ships at ports could help end illegal fishing, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers’ in this WRI Insights blog.

The Future Of The Ocean

Christopher Costello and Reniel Cabral, Blue Paper lead authors of ‘The Future of Food from the Sea’ and ‘The Expected Impacts of Climate Change on the Ocean Economy’ present key findings in this event hosted by WRI.  

The Ocean: From Victim to Solution to Climate Change

Jane Lubchenco, Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, lead author of the Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’ present key findings in this webinar.    

Building the Resilience of the Ocean Economy

Taholo Kami, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Fiji and Elena Ojea, Willow Battista and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Blue Paper contributing authors, discuss the impact of climate change across three key ocean sectors – reef tourism, wild capture fisheries, mariculture – and offer a set of solutions for decision-makers, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘The Expected Impacts […]

Climate Change Set to Devastate Regional Fisheries and Cause Reef Tourism Revenue Losses of Over 90%. Adaptive Management Processes Must Be Fast Tracked by World Leaders

PRESS RELEASE Madrid, December 6th, 2019: Unabated climate change could cause coral reef tourism revenue losses of over 90%, while some West African countries are forecast to see fish stocks decline by 85% (1), according to a first-of-its-kind analysis2 into country-by-country climate impacts on key ocean sectors, published today as world leaders gather at the […]

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