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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