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14 World Leaders Commit to 100 Percent Sustainable Ocean Management to Solve Global Challenges; Call for More Countries to Join

Leaders of Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Palau and Portugal commit to sustainably manage nearly 30 million sq km of their national waters by 2025.   Leaders put a healthy ocean at the top of the global policy agenda to accelerate economic recovery.   LONDON (December 2, 2020)—The […]

Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements

This webinar launches the Blue Paper ‘Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements’ which highlights the trends in coastal behaviour and comments on the dynamics that weaken and strengthen coastlines, including infrastructure, shipping, tourism and future development plans. Moderated by Kristian Teleki (WRI) and featuring Australia’s Sherpa Russel Reichelt as well as Blue Paper authors […]

Financing for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: High-Level Dialogue

This webinar discusses the importance of ocean finance and investment into a sustainable ocean economy to set us on the path to economic recovery in a post COVID-19 world. This event also presents key insights from the Blue Paper ‘Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy’ which examines how the next generation […]

7 Ways to Bridge the Blue Finance Gap

Blue Paper authors Rashid Sumaila and Melissa Walsh discuss ways to bridge the blue finance gap, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy’. Republished in Hellenic Shipping News.

Using the Ocean As a Tool for Global Economic Recovery

Special Report authors Eliza Northrop, Mansi Konar, Nicola Frost and Liz Hollaway look to the ocean as a tool for global economic recovery post COVID-19 in this WRI Insights blog, featuring insights from the Special Report ‘A Sustainable and Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis’.

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