Featured: Countries sign onto a joint declaration on ocean and climate action
Expert Group member Elva Escobar discusses how saving the oceans is advancing the COVID-19 pandemic and fighting climate change in this op-ed published in Causa Natura, featuring insights from the Special Report ‘A Sustainable and Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis’.
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.
The Indonesia Water Portal features the Special Report ‘A Sustainable and Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis’.
Nature publishes an adapted version of the Blue Paper ‘Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy’.
Euronews living covers the launch of the Ocean Panel’s new ocean action agenda.
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.
The Economist Group World Ocean Initiative features the Ocean Panel’s set of recommendations and actions to enable better ocean management.
Ocean Panel supporting member Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, calls for more support for sustainable ocean practices in this Al Jazeera op-ed.
Ocean Panel country member Japan passes a new law which will prevent IUU-sourced seafood from entering their market. The law aligns Japan with the European Union and the United States of America’s positions on IUU fishing, marking a pivotal moment as the world’s three largest seafood consumers all definitively bar products sourced by IUU fishing […]
Ocean Panel co-chair Prime Minister Solberg of Norway discusses the new Ocean Action agenda in this BBC World Service Newsday interview by Lawrence Pollard.
