5 Pillars of a New Ocean Agenda
Head of Secretariat Kristian Teleki and Deputy Head of Secretariat Nicola Frost discuss the five pillars of the Ocean Panel’s new ocean action agenda in this WRI blog.
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 […]
4 Opportunities to Shore Up the World’s Coastal Ecosystems and Communities
Blue Paper authors Ghislaine Llewellyn and Andy Steven discuss new opportunities for action to ensure coastal zones are sustainable and resilient, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements’.
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’.
Integrated Ocean Management
Nature publishes an adapted version of the Blue Paper ‘Integrated Ocean Management’.
Ensuring a Robust “Blue” Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau and Ocean Panel member speaks at The Economist’s World Ocean Initiative webinar on Blue Recovery, featuring insights from the Economic Analysis Special Report ‘A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating its Benefits and Costs’.
Without the Ocean, National Accounts Are Incomplete
Blue Paper authors Eli Fenichel, Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Yale School of the Environment and Ben Milligan Scientia Fellow, University of New South Wales highlight the critical role of national accounting in achieving a sustainable ocean economy, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘National Accounting for the Ocean and the Ocean Economy’ in this […]
Every $1 Invested in Ocean Sustainability Generates $5 of Benefits for the Planet
Fast Company features the Special Report ‘A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating Its Benefits and Costs’.
