Ocean and Climate Security

This category of blogs offers a mix of own contributions and a number of reviews mostly of highly relevant events to keep us current on the connection of major challenges and responses bridging global and local. It touches on many governance opportunities for more citizen engagement and blending scientific and empirical knowledges of practitioners to enable robust solutions.

Help Design the European Ocean Pact, Brussels, 5 March 2025

Help Design the European Ocean Pact, Brussels, 5 March 2025

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced the Commission wants to develop a new Ocean Pact in order to ensure coherence across all [...]

3rd Starfish Mission Forum, Brussels, 4 March 2025

3rd Starfish Mission Forum, Brussels, 4 March 2025

The EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ held its third annual forum meeting on 4 March 2025 in the Charlemagne Building in Brussels. The [...]

The 7th Halieutis Conference was titled “Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Fisheries Sector”

The 7th Halieutis Conference was titled “Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Fisheries Sector”

The 7th Halieutis series of events in Agadir started on 1st of February 2025 with an International Exhibition complete with high-level Conference under the High [...]

Human – Biodiversity Relationships Across Scales

Human – Biodiversity Relationships Across Scales

This was the title of an exciting workshop convened from 3 to 7 February 2025 in the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, by a [...]

Mundus maris at Boot 2025 on the ‘love your ocean’ platform

Mundus maris at Boot 2025 on the ‘love your ocean’ platform

This year’s motto at the Boot fair in Düsseldorf, from 18 to 26 January 2025, was ‘We love water’, complete with a specially composed song [...]

What future for European fishers?

What future for European fishers?

Not a trivial question; especially considering that nine years back a detailed study on the state of fisheries resources in European waters demonstrated the enormous [...]

Maritime Security 2024: Innovations and Partnerships for the Future, Praia

Maritime Security 2024: Innovations and Partnerships for the Future, Praia

courtesy UNITAR The 'Maritime Security 2024: Innovations and Partnerships for the Future' was a 2-day meeting from 8-9 October, 2024, hosted by the [...]

Driving the Energy Transition and Climate Resilience in EU Fisheries

Driving the Energy Transition and Climate Resilience in EU Fisheries

The energy transition in the fisheries sector is not just about reducing emissions and fighting climate change—it's about ensuring the sector remains competitive on the [...]

Senegalese youths need better futures at home!

Senegalese youths need better futures at home!

A broad coalition of local organizations in Senegal is calling on the new government to take decisive action to improve conditions for its people. A [...]

Mundus maris at the FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium

Mundus maris at the FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium

The annual FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium is the occasion to showcase advances in biodiversity research and use of the global information systems to promote recovery and sustainable use [...]