UPCOMING EVENTS
March 11th – 13th 2024: World Ocean Summit 2024
The eleventh annual summit
returns to Lisbon, Portugal in 2024 following last
year’s
successful event in a city—and country—leading the way in
advancing the sustainable ocean economy. The summit convenes
the widest cross-section of the ocean community from
business and finance to government, national and
international policy-makers, civil society,
and academia.
To build on the findings from the
discussion paper and issues paper and to begin to
conceptualise a draft roadmap, Back to Blue is convening a
series of virtual stakeholder workshops in 2023. Each
workshop will focus on a theme identified within the issues
paper, and workshop discussions will inform the development
of the draft roadmap
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Workshop Summaries
Past Events
Feb 6th 2024: Eliminating marine chemical pollution: a roadmap for Japan and beyond
This event will bring together
experts and stakeholders in
research and policy on marine chemical pollution to
highlight the severity of the problem, share the best global
solutions and discuss what action to take next. The session
will also explore policy recommendations for boosting the
priority of invisible chemical pollution on national and
international agendas, and for raising awareness across
the population.
Nov 14: Ocean acidification: a threat to marine ecosystems and economies in the Commonwealth and beyond
The ocean absorbs up to 30% of
annual carbon emissions, resulting in a fall in the pH value
of its seawaters, thus signifying a rise in their acidity.
The past 20–30 years have seen a rapid increase in ocean
acidification and, unless decisive actions are taken to
mitigate this, it will continue to rise. This event will
bring together policymakers, scientists and other ocean
experts from within and outside of the Commonwealth to
discuss this growing crisis. It will explore the threat
ocean acidification poses to marine ecosystems; identify
what’s at stake for economies, communities and individuals;
and highlight best practices that can help stem
its tide.
OCT 11 - 12: Global plastics summit
The Global Plastics Summit 2023
is an independent forum facilitated by Economist Impact to
build momentum for an ambitious UN plastics treaty. Working
groups will discuss the issues at the heart of the treaty,
and devise creative solutions to the challenges in the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process.
Collaborate with senior leaders in the plastics sector to
support and influence INC decision-making in our
plenary sessions.
Nov 29th-30th 2022: World Ocean Summit APAC
The Asia-Pacific is the region
that is perhaps most vulnerable to climate change and ocean
degradation, being heavily dependent on the seas for food
provision and economic development.
Feb 27th 2023: World Ocean Summit Lisbon 2023
Last year’s agenda kicked off
with focus sessions on “blue finance” and “ocean science and
data” on day one. The main agenda ran on days two and three,
where each morning started with a plenary session.
Feb 2nd 2023: Ocean Acidification Japan
Ocean health and climate change
are inextricably linked: as CO2 becomes more concentrated in
the atmosphere, it also builds up in the seas.
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