A Clean Ocean
A clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and removed.
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To sustain life and economic activity, the ocean must be clean. Stakeholders will collaborate to identify pollutants and their sources to the ocean by 2025, remove contaminants from the ocean by 2030 and support society’s transition to a pollutant-minimizing circular economy.
Societies worldwide generate plastic, noise, and harmful chemicals. Whatever the source, these actions on present or increased scales are unsustainable stressors for a clean ocean. The critical gaps in our knowledge of the causes and sources of ocean pollution and its effects must urgently be addressed with interdisciplinary science and transformation of the generated knowledge to society, policy and economy - for the clean ocean we want.
DRAFT PROGRAM CORE EVENT
17 NOVEMBER, 4.00 PM – 8.00 PM CET
MODERATOR
— Monika Jones, International TV and Conference Host, Germany
OPENING
Opening remarks
— Vladimir Ryabinin, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
— Angelika Brandt, chair expert group “clean ocean”, Senckenberg Society for
Nature Research, Germany
WHAT IS A CLEAN OCEAN?
Panel discussion
Co-moderation
— Colin Devey, ocean expert, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Panelists
— Sewage pollution: Hugo Tagholm, Surfers Against Sewage
— Effects of pollution on shallow and deep seas: Judith Gobin, University of The West Indies
— Reducing plastic pollution of the seas: Ben Jack, Director, Programmes Common Seas
Q&A with audience
THE QUEST FOR CHANGE – the need for knowledge sharing and capacity building
Interactive breakout session
Co-moderation
— Elva Escobar, deep-sea life expert, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
— Colin Devey, seafloor expert, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
— Kaveh Samimi, corals of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean expert
— Harriet Harden-Davies, biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction expert
Speakers
— Cutting marine litter: Heidi Savelli, UN Environment Programme
— Improving governance of large marine ecosystems: David Vousden, Rhodes
University, Republic of South Africa
— Understanding and decreasing trace metals and radioactive discharges:
Peter John Kershaw, Independent consultant, UK
— Seabed governance: Luciana Genio, International Seabed Authority, Jamaica
Wrap-up breakout session
— Monika Jones, International TV and Conference Host, Germany
— Colin Devey, seafloor expert, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
ARTISTIC BREAK
Music
“CLEAN UP”
Panelists
— Waste as a cultural challenge: Jana Steingässer, Okeanos Foundation, Pacific Island voices
— Peia Patai, Fleet Commander
— Smarter shipping: Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Industry representative
— More and better education for sustainable development: Gina Bonne,
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
Q&A with audience
ENDORSED PROGRAMS
Speakers (in speaking order)
— Cleaner estuaries: Kenneth Mei Yee Leung,
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong)
“Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme”
— Quieter oceans: Dr. Kyle Becker, Office of Naval Research, USA
“Ocean Decade Research Programme on the Maritime Acoustic Environment”
— Comparing the ocean 150 years ago and today: Kerry Howell, University of Plymouth, UK
“Challenger 150 – A Decade to Study Deep-Sea Life”
— Spreading know-how for cleaner oceans: Jörn Schmidt, International Council for
Exploration of the Seas, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems through global knowledge networks”
Q&A with audience
LOOKING FORWARD
Wrap-up and next steps
Cleaner oceans from near shore to mid-ocean, sea floor to sea surface, and Antarctica to the North Pole: Angelika Brandt, deep-sea biodiversity expert, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Germany
Satellite Activities
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One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System for a Clean Ocean (English/French)
This event explores how the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) can strengthen the scientific knowledge on marine litter pollution to support research, innovating solutions, and mitigating actions.
How to Achieve a Clean Ocean in the Southern Ocean Region
This Activity is an opportunity to discuss how to maintain a Clean Southern Ocean by strengthening links between science, industry & policy in order to develop techniques suitable for polar conditions & activities for solving gaps in knowledge/data.
Remould: Improving Plastics Management in Asia Pacific
A practical workshop that will draw on the Plastic Management Index - the first attempt to quantify plastic management practices at a country level - to provide policymakers and stakeholders with tools to improve national plastic management efforts.
Inspiring Science and Society to tackle Marine Litter
The Marine Litter challenge must prompt scientists, governments, industry, environmental groups and citizens to take urgent action and to work together. This webinar aims to strengthen those interactions, contributing to a Joint Strategy.
OPUS Whales. Do you copy?
Opus Whales explores the invisible threat of underwater anthropogenic noise from an artistic slant. A brief experience to empathize with creatures that rely on sound to survive.
Stockholm Convention on POPs: 20 Years of Action
This webinar is a general guide to the current implementation of the Stockholm Convention regarding the problem of POPs pollution and prospects of further actions within the framework of the UN Ocean Program.
Toward a Clean and Sustainable Mediterranean Sea
This Satellite Activity aims to give voice to several Mediterranean experiences of tackling marine litter, looking at best practices between marine litter, its prevention and remediation, and highlighting programs implemented in Mediterranean areas.
Uniting Maritime with Ocean Science for a Clean Ocean
3 hypotheses for a clean ocean: 1. Maritime activities can provide enablers for clean ocean science and research, 2.The shipping sector can be stimulated to support a clean ocean, 3.The opposite of a clean ocean will greatly impact shipping.
OCEAN DECADE LABORATORIES
AN INSPIRING AND ENGAGING OCEAN
An inspiring and engaging ocean where society understands and values the ocean.
A PREDICTED OCEAN
A predicted ocean where society has the capacity to understand current and future ocean conditions.
A PRODUCTIVE OCEAN
A sustainably harvested and productive ocean ensuring the provision of food supply.
A HEALTHY AND RESILIENT OCEAN
A healthy and resilient ocean where marine ecosystems are mapped and protected.
AN ACCESSIBLE OCEAN
An accessible ocean with good governance, open access to data, information and technologies.