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Webinar: The Case for the Ocean as a Dual Solution to Climate Change and COVID-19 Recovery

As part of London Climate Action Week 2020, Head of Secretariat, Kristian Teleki moderates this discussion on the role that ocean-based climate action can play in delivering the environmental, social, health and financial benefits we need to see as humanity emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, featuring supporting Ocean Panel member Peter Thomson; Special Report lead […]

Webinar: The Link Between Ocean Energy and Mineral Resources

Supporting Ocean Panel member Peter Thomson; Blue Paper authors Peter Haugan, Lisa A. Levin, Diva Amon; and Advisory Network member Francisco Boshell discuss actions that can help ensure that the scaling up of ocean-based renewable energy, and decisions taken about deep-seabed mining, maintain ocean health and achieve a sustainable ocean economy.  

PODCAST: Seeing the Ocean as a Solution, Not a Victim

WRI podcast featuring Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean; Vidar Helgesen, Norway’s Ocean Panel Sherpa; Jane Lubchenco, Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair; and Mary Ruckelshaus, Blue Paper author, on the transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Ocean Panel Perspectives: Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Olai Uludong, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Palau; Vidar Helgesen, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Norway; Peter Thomson, honorary Ocean Panel member; Jane Lubchenco, Expert Group co-chair; and Mary Ruckelshaus, Blue Paper co-lead author share reflections on the road ahead for building a sustainable ocean economy, featuring insights from Blue Paper ‘The Ocean Transition: What to Learn […]

Plastic as a Key to Addressing Ocean Pollution

Tamaki Tsukada, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Japan and Jenna Jambeck, Ellie Moss, and Brajesh Kr Dubey, authors of the Blue Paper ‘Leveraging Multi-Target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean’ discuss actions to tackle plastic and other sources of ocean pollution in this webinar hosted by WRI.  

Integrated Ocean Management

Ricardo Serrão Santos, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Portugal and Vidar Helgesen, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Norway we well as Minhan Dai, Jan-Gunnar Winther, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, and Amy Trice, authors of the Blue Paper ‘Integrated Ocean Management’ discuss how an Integrated Ocean Management approach offers the tools to enable a more balanced approach to the […]

Integrated Ocean Management Can Accelerate Blue Growth

‘Integrated Ocean Management’ Blue Paper co-lead author Jan-Gunnar Winther reflects on how Integrated Ocean Management can accelerate blue growth in this blog published on The Economist World Ocean Initiative.

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