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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 […]

Heads of Government Unite for the Ocean and People Who Depend on It

PRESS RELEASE 12 world leaders form new High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy NEW YORK (SEPTEMBER 24, 2018) — A group of world leaders came together in New York City today to form a panel that will assess the value of Ocean goods and services in economic planning and support the sustainable use […]

Inaugural Meeting of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Monday, 09/24/2018 | Founders Room, Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA The Inaugural meeting of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy consists of the original 12 heads of government and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean. This marked the first time serving heads of government […]

Press Conference: Friends of the Ocean

Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Ocean Panel member, announces the launch of the Ocean Panel in this World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018 press conference.

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