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.

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 [...]

Mundus maris contribution to the UNOC3 public consultation

Mundus maris contribution to the UNOC3 public consultation

The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) is scheduled for June 2025 in Nice, France. Costa Rica and France are the co-organisers. UNOC3 is to [...]

Sustainable Management of Marine Resources – Challenges and Possible Solutions

Sustainable Management of Marine Resources – Challenges and Possible Solutions

Fish Party and Mundus maris have several years of cooperation under their belt in the effort to address the challenges to people active in the fisheries [...]

Mundus maris Concert 2024 in Belgium: Oceanic Echoes

Mundus maris Concert 2024 in Belgium: Oceanic Echoes

On May 21, 2024, in honour of UNESCO Day and World Ocean Day (June 8, 2024), Mundus maris asbl presented the "Oceanic Echoes" concert, performed by [...]

Visiting the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Visiting the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of [...]