Interdisciplinary collaboration to stimulate efficient decisions to reduce our impact on the oceans.
The oceans have always been seen as an infinite source of production and an easy way to massively develop the economy of countries. The anthropic activities have non-stop continued to develop, structure and industrialise. Today, the oceans have never been so exploited: fisheries, fossil extraction, marine traffic, coastal installations...
These economic activities currently generates billions of dollars at local, national and international scales. They have a direct critic impact on the human societies and also on the marine environment.
Now, what will be the ocean for the next decade?
What do we really want from the oceans?
Is it possible to seriously speak about sustainability? If yes, what should be the blue economy?
This webinar will bring together professionals, economists, researchers and students from financial companies, universities, research institutes, governmental and non-governmental organisations, working on the blue economy. The goal is to provide a forum to share current and future solutions on economy to make the ocean sustainable.
This webinar will be a contribution to the One Ocean Summit initiated by President Macron. This international event will will focus in particular on the regulation of the pelagic sea. It will be held in Brest, France, from Feb 9 to 11.
Speakers (alphabetic order):
Scott Barrett (Columbia University, USA),
Sven Biermann (Fisheries Transparency Initiative, Seychelles),
Nick Branigan (HMRC Fraud Investigation Service Edinburgh, UK),
Tanya Bryan (GRID-Arendal, Norway),
Mario Caña (GRID-Arendal, Norway),
Daniela Diz (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland),
Claire Jolly (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France),
Julia Kercher (WoMen+Sea, Norway),
Ricardo Mourinho Félix (European Investment Bank, Luxembourg),
Yoshitaka Ota (School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, USA),
Linwood Pendleton (Ocean Knowledge-Action Network, France),
Mauro Randone (WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative),
Olivier Thébaud (Ifremer, AMURE Research Center, France),
Piera Tortora (Co-ordinator of the Sustainable Ocean for All Initiative, OECD Development Directorate),
Cheung William (University of British Columbia, Canada).
Date: Feb 8, 2022
Location: virtual on Zoom.
Organised by Prof Olivier Adam, Sorbonne University (France), Dr Charlotte de Mille and Felix
Appelbe, Ocean Ambassadors (UK)
Contact : olivier.adam@sorbonne-universite.fr