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The Blue Reset: Building Resilient and Equitable Ocean-Based Economies Post-COVID

The Commonwealth Blue Charter
Tuesday , June 08, 2021

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Location: Online

Time: 13:00 – 14:15 BST

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World Ocean Day 2021

The Blue Reset: Building Resilient and Equitable Ocean-Based Economies Post-COVID

8th June 2021 | 13:00 – 14:15 BST

The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the interconnectivity of nature and humanity on this planet. The ocean economy, which contributes approximately $1.5 trillion annually to the global economy, was particularly hard hit by the pandemic. The links between ocean-based sectors and land-based economies mean that these impacts have had widespread economic and social repercussions. The pandemic has also offered an unprecedented opportunity to press the ‘blue reset’ to ensure a sustainable and equitable blue recovery so that people and the ocean can thrive for years to come.

Speakers

Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

HE Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
President of the Republic of Maldives

Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith
Minister for Pacific and the Environment, United Kingdom

Hon Bernadette Jordan
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Canada

Hon Kirk D M Humphrey
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Barbados

Josh Thomas
CEO, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

Lewis Pugh
United Nations Patron of the Oceans

Patricia E Harris
CEO, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Josheena Naggea
Doctoral Candidate at Stanford University, CW Youth Voice

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