Webinar: Small-scale fisheries on the brink: harmful fisheries subsidies must be eliminated Friends Of Ocean Action 2020-10-20 | On Monday 19 October, Friends of Ocean Action hosted a webinar spotlighting the negative impact of harmful fisheries subsidies on small-scale fishing communities around the world. We released a short film produced by the Environmental Justice Foundation on the plight of artisanal fishers in Ghana and how perverse subsidies are negatively affecting their livelihoods. The film was followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A session.Subsidized industrial fishing fleets are decimating small-scale fishing communities in West Africa and around the world. It is thus urgent that a deal is reached by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of 2020 to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies, in line with the commitment of global leaders in target 6 of the Sustainable Development Goal for the ocean, SDG 14.Panelists:- Steve Trent, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)- Nana Jojo Solomon, Former Chief Fisherman of Elmina, Ghana- Cristelle Pratt, Assistant Secretary-General for Environment and Climate Action at the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)- Brian O'Riordan, Executive Secretary, Low-Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE)- Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the OceanModerator:- Gemma Parkes, Communications Lead, Friends of Ocean Action, World Economic Forum
Global Sustainable Aquaculture Roadmap Launch | Our Ocean Friends Of Ocean Action 2023-03-04 | The World Economic Forum’s Blue Food Partnership and FUTUREFISH are delighted to invite you to the hybrid launch event Global Sustainable Aquaculture Roadmap: Charting a Course for Sector Transformation as part of the Our Ocean Conference in Panama.An instrumental tool for action across aquaculture value chains and the sector, the recommendations of the roadmap’s four pathways will guide us toward the shift to sustainable, healthy food systems in our communities, markets, and the environment by 2030.This launch with a panel session will bring together representatives across geographies, sectors, and production systems to explore how responsible production, better livelihoods, healthy consumption and an enabling environment can deliver transformation of the aquaculture sector.Explore the roadmap: aquacultureroadmap.org
#BlueThread - Who are the Friends of Ocean Action Friends Of Ocean Action 2022-10-17 | Friends of Ocean Action has launched a new campaign to use your voices to shine a spotlight on the ocean – why it matters, how it is in trouble, and what brings hope in the potential for positive change. The #BlueThread campaign aims to amplify the ocean link between key events in 2022 and beyond and galvanize the global community to act for ocean health.This video explains who the Friends of Ocean Action are and what they are doing to advance ocean health.
#BlueThread - Why the Ocean Matters Friends Of Ocean Action 2022-10-17 | Friends of Ocean Action has launched a campaign to shine a spotlight on the ocean – why it matters, how it is in trouble, and what brings hope in the potential for positive change. The #BlueThread campaign aims to amplify the ocean link, or blue thread, between key events in 2022 and beyond and galvanize the global community to act for ocean health.This video outlines a few reasons why we need the ocean and why we need to advocate for ocean health.
Supply Chain Risk Project Friends Of Ocean Action 2022-05-16 | Have you tried opening your eyes underwater? Your vision is distorted and nothing is clear. Similarly, our understanding of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is unclear, making it difficult for fishing companies to properly assess IUU risk in their supply chain. Friends of Ocean Action, FishWise, Global Fishing Watch, and the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions are working together to leverage available ocean data to increase transparency across the fisheries sector and enable companies to choose sustainable and ethical products throughout their supply chains.
The Blue Food Partnership Friends Of Ocean Action 2022-02-01 | We need to transform global food systems at speed and scale to meet the needs of people and planet as our population grows. Blue foods - food from aquatic sources - need to be central to this transformation. If scaled sustainably, the sector can offer a solution to rising malnutrition and food insecurity, while creating jobs and shoring up economic growth.Friends of Ocean Action’s Blue Food Partnership works with its members to integrate the critical role of blue food in sustainability narratives at a policy level in international fora and identify and scale pre-competitive initiatives on priority blue food topics.
Global Voices on Ending Harmful Fisheries Subsidies: HIGHLIGHTS Friends Of Ocean Action 2021-07-14 | Watch this short video of powerful quotes from the speakers of the "Global Voices for an End to Harmful Fisheries Subsidies - Is there light at the end of the tunnel?".
Friends of Ocean Action webinar: Global Voices for an End to Harmful Fisheries Subsidies in 2021 Friends Of Ocean Action 2021-07-05 | This webinar, the latest in the Friends of Ocean Action series, took place on 1 July 2021, two weeks before the long-awaited World Trade Organization Special Ministerial Meeting convened by WTO Director General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The WTO Special Ministerial Meeting on 15 July is convened to break the deadlock of negotiations for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 Target 6 (SDG14.6) – the elimination of fisheries subsidies contributing to overfishing, overcapacity and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Moderated by Gemma Parkes, Communications Lead at Friends of Ocean Action, this webinar featured a selection of stakeholders who have been actively involved in aspects of the discussion at some point over the last twenty years to share their experiences, frustrations, hopes and unique perspectives with regards to action on this critical issue.For more information please visit friendsofoceanaction.org or follow us on Twitter @FriendsofOcean.
Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2021: HIGHLIGHTS Friends Of Ocean Action 2021-06-08 | This second edition of the Virtual Ocean Dialogues, 25-26 May 2021, was designed to foster inclusive, constructive and practical dialogue on the global ocean action agenda. The online event provided an opportunity to connect communities across the world who are seeking solutions and taking bold action for a healthy, resilient, thriving ocean, bringing about much needed opportunities for positive change. This year's event focused on the critical importance of mainstreaming the ocean in critical multilateral international environment-focused forums and summits, from climate and biodiversity to food and science. They will provide a space for advancing action ahead of a range of key international moments for the environment over the coming year. For more go to wef.ch/oceandialogues
Webinar: Sea of Trust, Creating a robust and inclusive global ocean data system Friends Of Ocean Action 2021-05-26 | Organised by the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the Ocean in the context of the Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2021 conveyed by the World Economic Forum. Improving our understanding of the ocean and our ability to act on what we know requires trust in the data and trust in the analysis that is built upon it. Building trust means finding new ways of working with end-users. The Ocean Decade calls for “inclusive and participatory approaches” in co-creating data systems, gathering data, and engaging in data-driven decision-making. This requires us to leverage and incorporate social-science approaches and science co-creation directly into the data lifecycle. New types of data, including indigenous and traditional knowledge, citizen science, and corporate and private sector data, need to be incorporated into the new ocean data ecosystem. We also need to democratize the ability to collect and access data, reducing the digital divide both by removing physical limitations, like internet access, and by increasing local capacities for data literacy, management, governance, and analytics. By doing so, we can increase ocean data equity, so that everyone can contribute to “the science we need for the ocean we want.”
Eliminating harmful fisheries subsidies in 2020 Friends Of Ocean Action 2020-10-13 | WTO members have been tasked with reaching a deal to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies by the end of 2020. This coincides with the sixth target of the Sustainable Development Goal for the ocean, SDG 14, in which global leaders committed to "prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies". The mandate is clear; now we need action. These speakers on a recent Friends of Ocean Action deep dive webinar, during the Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2020, agree:• Dr Rashid Sumaila, Professor and Director of Fisheries Economics Research Unit at the University of British Columbia, Canada• Ambassador Santiago Wills, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the WTO, Chair of the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies • Ambassador David Walker, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the WTO, Chair of WTO General Council• Ambassador Stephen de Boer, Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO• Ambassador Joao Aguiar Machado, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the WTO• Ambassador Dennis Shea, U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO
WORLD OCEANS DAY Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-06-07 | Message from Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
Panel: What will a changing Ocean mean to us, our jobs and markets, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | The world’s Ocean is worth $24 trillion and generates $2.5 trillion in goods and services annually, making it the seventh-largest economy worldwide. How can we continue to benefit from the Ocean in the face of climate change, increasing demand for resources and the long list of abuses we are inflicting on the global Ocean?Speakers:- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation- Katherine Garrett-Cox, Gulf International Bank- Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)- John Kerry, Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs, Yale University- Greta Thunberg, Climate activistModerated by:- Haley Edwards, Correspondent, TIME Magazine
30x30 vision - scaling up solutions for Ocean protection through new technologies Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | The Ocean fills our lungs, stomachs and wallets. However, we are protecting only 7% of it while its degradation is advancing fast. We have technologies able to offer scalable solutions to the Ocean challenges and the science is telling us we should protect 30% of the Ocean. The Ocean’s power of regeneration is remarkable, if we just offer it the chance.Speakers:- Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Iberostar Group- Enric Sala, Explorer-in- Residence, National Geographic SocietyModerated by:- Nina Jensen, Chief Executive Officer, REV Ocean
Panel: Slave free seafood - combating slavery & abuses in the seafood industry, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | Fishing activities happen far out from the shore, with abuses, slavery and child labor often going unreported. What are the enforcement measures and monitoring systems industry leaders and governments can adopt to combat slavery and abuses in the seafood industry?Speakers- H.E. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)- Camilla Hagen Sørli, Member of the Board, Canica- Jim Leape, William and Eva Price Senior Fellow, Woods Institute; Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University- Monique Villa, Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters FoundationModerated by:- Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, New York Times
Panel: Ocean crime – is illegal fishing fuelling the drug and arms trade, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | Illegal fishing is an estimated US$23 billion per year industry which is stealing fish from the wallets and plates of millions of people. These activities - frequently transnational and organized in nature – also include document fraud, drugs, human and arms trafficking, and money laundering. How do we stop this?Speakers- Heather Coldewey, Fellow, National Geographic Society- Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General, Amnesty International- M. Sanjayan, Chief Executive Officer of Conservation International, Conservation International Moderated by:- Jim Leape, William and Eva Price Senior Fellow, Woods Institute; Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
Panel: Shipping emissions setting sail toward a carbon free future, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | CO2 emissions from international shipping could treble in 30 years. We have the technology to avoid this. How can we rapidly decarbonize the shipping industry?Speakers:- J. Adair Turner, Chairman, Energy Transitions Commission | Claus V. Hemmingsen, Vice-CEO A.P Møller-Maersk- Peter Thomson, UNSG Special Envoy for the Ocean- Christoph Wolff, Head of Mobility Industries, World Economic Forum- Bryony Worthington, Executive Director, Europe EDFModerated by: - Gillian Tett, Managing Editor, US, Financial Times
Panel: Human health, food security and the Ocean, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | What role can the Ocean play in sustainably meeting the nutritional needs of the world’s current and future population?Speakers:- Devry Boughner Vorwerk, Corporate Vice-President, Cargill- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) | Feike Sijbesma, CEO Royal DSM- Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and President, EAT FoundationModerated by:- Raj Kumar, Founding President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Panel: Ending a global crisis Turning off the tap on plastic pollution, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | We have built a society that depends on plastic. Now we are drowning in it. It is clogging our cities, Ocean, waterways, it is harming marine and terrestrial life and leaking into our food and bodies. How can we solve this? Speakers: H.S.H Prince Albert II of MonacoDiego Donoso, President Packaging & Specialty Plastics, MaterialsScience Division, Dow ChemicalMarco Lambertini, Director General, WWF InternationalBeatriz Perez, Senior Vice-President; Chief Communications, Public Affairs, Sustainability and Marketing Assets Officer, The Coca-ColaCompanyBrune Poirson, Secretary of State for the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, FranceModerated by: Tania Bryer, Journalist and Presenter, CNBC
Panel: The wild wet west The high seas an emerging opportunity or failed state, Ocean Day at Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | The high seas, which lie beyond any national jurisdiction, cover almost half the Earth’s surface. What happens there is extremely important for the habitability of our planet, from oxygen production to dealing with carbon dioxide and other pollution. How should we work together to protect this vital planetary lifeline?Speakers:- Brune Poirson, Secretary of State for the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France- Alex Rogers, Professor of Conservation Biology, Oxford UniversityModerated by:- Erik Schatzker, Editor-at-large, Bloomberg
Panel: The Next Wave of Ocean Solutions, Ocean Day in Davos Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-03-05 | As the 4th Industrial Revolution gathers pace, a wealth of opportunities for better managing and protecting our ocean is unlocked. Come discover the technologists, innovators, disrupters and entrepreneurs who are revolutionising the way we tackle ocean challenges, and give the next generation reason for hope.Speakers:Douglas McCauley, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara | Jan-Gunnar Winther, Director, Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic (other speakers to be confirmed)Tian Wei (moderator), Host, World Insight with Tian Wei, China Global Television Network (CGTN), People’s Republic of China
Ocean crime: Is illegal fishing fuelling the drugs and arms trade? Friends Of Ocean Action 2019-01-24 | Illegal fishing is an estimated US$23 billion per year industry which is stealing fish from the wallets and plates of millions of people. These activities - frequently transnational and organized in nature – also include document fraud, drugs, human and arms trafficking, and money laundering. How do we stop this?Speakers- Heather Coldewey, Fellow, National Geographic Society- Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General, Amnesty International- M. Sanjayan, Chief Executive Officer of Conservation International, Conservation International Moderated by:- Jim Leape, William and Eva Price Senior Fellow, Woods Institute; Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
