1 June 2021 | 11 am to 3:30 pm (CEST)
High-Level Launch of the Ocean Decade
David Eades, News Anchor, BBC World News TV
Ranga Yogeshwar, Science Journalist
Anja Karliczek, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Video showcasing international marine research projects with an emphasis on the international efforts and networks of marine science.
This round table aims to provide a platform for high-ranking leaders from government, the United Nations, civil society and philanthropy to express, firstly, their support for the Ocean Decade in general, but more importantly, to discuss prevalent topics, put forward questions and challenges that will be faced by the Ocean Decade, and inspire action and engagement across the world.
Speakers
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Head of State – Principality of Monaco
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, Youth and Sport
Anja Karliczek, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Sanda Ojiambo, Executive Director & CEO, United Nations Global Compact
Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles
The Decade, both in terms of action and outcomes, needs to move beyond business as usual to a true revolution in ocean science. This Round Table will discuss and explain the rationale and key elements of the Decade.
Speakers
Dr. Elva Escobar Briones, Professor in Oceanography at Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML) UNAM
The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG Special Envoy for the Ocean
Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
The Ocean We Want for a sustainable future is represented by seven Decade Outcomes: A Clean Ocean, A Healthy and Resilient Ocean, A Productive Ocean, A Predicted Ocean, A Safe Ocean, An Accessible Ocean as well as An Inspiring and Engaging Ocean. This session gives a brief introduction to each Outcome with a focus on the problem as well as the challenges. Also, cooperation partners are invited to express their ideas about what ocean we want to live with, and which challenges we have to overcome on the way to “Creating the Ocean We Want”.
Moderators
Prof. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Prof. Peter Ng Kee Lin, National University of Singapore
The Ocean Decade is designed to facilitate global communication and mutual learning across research and stakeholder communities. Discussion of experts with international stakeholders; providing context to a cross-cutting topic as well as the importance and mechanisms for inclusivity in the Decade’s implementation.
Speakers
Nouzha Alaoui, Secretary General of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection
Prof. Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
The Honorable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, South Shore – St. Margarets, Canada
Farah Nibbs (ECOP), Early Career Disaster Scientist, University of Delaware
The Honorable Henry Puna, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
The ocean is our planet’s largest ecosystem. It stabilizes climate, stores carbon, nurtures unimaginable biodiversity, and directly supports human well-being through food and energy resources, as well as by providing cultural and recreational services. All these effects have to be taken in account and thought through.
Speakers
Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Dr. Heide Hackmann, Chief Executive Officer, International Science Council
Mark Heine, Chief Executive Officer, Fugro
Dr. Stuart Minchin, Director General, Pacific Community
Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo (ECOP), Postdoctoral Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre
The Ocean Decade supports new, collaborative partnerships that can deliver more effective science-based management of our ocean space and resources and will implement a series of stakeholder engagement mechanisms which will be discussed in this session.
Speakers
Ulrike Decoene, Chief Communications, Brand and Sustainability Officer and Member of AXA’s Management Committee
Taylor Goelz (ECOP), Program Manager, Shipping Decarbonization Initiative, Aspen Institute
Prof. Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom
Jan Ole Huseby, EVP, Global Head of the Ocean Industries Division, DNB Bank ASA
Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea, Portugal
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Colin Devey, Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Speakers
Gesine Meissner, Former MEP, Chair National Committee for the UN Decade Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Julian Barbière, Head of Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, UNESCO/IOC
Maya Gabeira, 2x World Record holder and Oceana Ambassador
Thando Mazomba (ECOP), South African All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassador
Speakers
Anja Karliczek, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Fiona-Elaine Strasser (ECOP), German All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassador
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Thando Mazomba (ECOP), South African All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassador
Formal handover to the Virtual Early Career Ocean Profession (V.ECOP) Day – starts at 4:00 pm (CEST)