In October I attended the annual Our Ocean conference in Oslo. The conference was established in 2014 under the leadership of then US Secretary of State John Kerry and took place in Washington DC.
Eye-catching commitments from governments, businesses and civil-society organisations are a hallmark of the conference. In Oslo 370 pledges were made, totalling almost US$64bn. But the transformation towards a truly “blue” economy requires more fundamental changes.
Read my summary article for the World Ocean Initiative here.
More posts on the ocean economy:
- Financing ocean observations: matching public, philanthropic and private capital to where value is created
- Beyond ESG: how companies can turn ocean exposure into strategy
- From mobilisation to development impact
- Why the ocean belongs in mainstream investment decision-making
- From Compliance to Capital Allocation: Reflections from Lille