Building partnerships to advance the blue economy

The event emphasized the need for partnerships between scientific, policy, and private sector communities to commercialize research and innovations in the blue economy. It highlighted the importance of strengthening science and technology capacity in Africa to meet the African Union Agenda 2063 and discussed the road toward the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, focusing on SDG 14 and the global instrument to end plastic pollution.

• The event aimed to encourage collaboration between the private sector, policy makers, and scientists to drive investment and the commercialization of blue economy research and innovations.
• Strengthening science and technology capacity in Africa is viewed as essential for the continent to achieve the development goals outlined in the African Union Agenda 2063 through the implementation of the Africa Blue Economy Strategy.
• A primary objective for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon is to accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, which concerns the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources.
• UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen identified the need to support a global instrument to end plastic pollution by finding technology and policy innovations that make economic circularity feasible.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Building partnerships to advance the blue economy. https://www.sei.org/features/building-partnerships-to-advance-the-blue-economy/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Building partnerships to advance the blue economy. 2022. https://www.sei.org/features/building-partnerships-to-advance-the-blue-economy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022building, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Building partnerships to advance the blue economy}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/features/building-partnerships-to-advance-the-blue-economy/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }