TM14 | Bringing the Outside, In: Voices for The Science We Need for the Ocean We Want

TM14

Bringing the Outside, In: Voices for The Science We Need for the Ocean We Want
Convener: Linwood Pendleton | Co-convener: Veronica Relano, Frank Muller-Karger
Wed, 04 Jun, 09:00–10:00 (CEST)|Room 5
Wed, 09:00
The nations of the world have set ambitious goals for human and planetary well-being, e.g., Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), biodiversity (CBD and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework); Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), climate (UNFCCC), and ecological restoration (UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration). 144 countries have also pledged to recognize and respect the rights of all people, including Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP). Through its Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the UN has set out to transform how ocean science and knowledge are gained, shared, and used in the pursuit of sustainable development. Achieving these goals will require new ways of amplifying the perspectives of all people and communities who depend on the ocean, and emphasizing the needs of Small Island Developing States and coastal Indigenous peoples.

In the lead-up to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, the Ocean Knowledge Action Network is convening “Listening Sessions” around the world to gather insights for actionable ocean science to support sustainable development. Listening sessions have been held for Latin America and Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, and with students at many different universities. Additional listening sessions are planned in West Africa, among the Indigenous members of the Ocean KAN from eight Indigenous communities, and for Early Career Ocean Professionals and students.

This town hall will present findings of these listening sessions and gather additional input towards a joint statement reflecting bottom-up voices for the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want. We invite participants to join us in building this statement so that we can offer these often unheard perspectives to and solicit additional input from all those who will gather together at the UN Ocean Conference.

In addition to hearing from the voices represented by listening sessions around the world, our Town Hall will also include breakout groups to gather your inputs for our declaration to UNOC.  The breakouts will be held in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Chinese led by Lord Offei-Darko, Risper Oteke, Veronica Relano, Frank Muller-Karger, Joana Soares, Denis Bailly, and Hsiao-Chun Tseng. 

Speakers

  • Ulsia Urrea Mariño
  • Anna Zivian, Ocean KAN, United States of America
  • Hsiao-Chun (Jean) Tseng, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
  • Ngozi Oguguah, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Nigeria
  • Frank Mirobo, Tanzania
  • Linwood Pendleton, University of Western Brittany, France