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Year 2018

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January 26, 2018

– DavosSwitzerland

Taking action on oceans

This is the situation and these are the reasons why there is an urgent need to reconcile humanity with the seas and to take action. This requires everyone to be mobilised.
January 26, 2018
April 9, 2018

– Edinburgh, Scotland

Monaco Blue Initiative – Opening

In order to succeed in reversing the cycle of decline, we must adopt a new approach, respectful and based on diminishing our resource use. We must stop taking the Ocean for granted and believing it is permanent, that we can take from it and pour into it without consequences. Finally, the aim is to bring together skills and means that are all too often dispersed, to encourage dialogue between experts, and to mobilize concerted action.
April 9, 2018
April 13, 2018

– Monaco

Friends of the Ocean Action – Monaco Ocean Week 2018

Whether we wished for it or not, whether we are aware of it or not, the oceans lie at the heart of our economic system. Our trade routes cross them, our food supplies partially depend on them, we build our settlements on their shores. Whether or not we anticipate it, the oceans will play an even more important role in the decades and centuries to come.
April 13, 2018
5 May 2018

– Brussels, Belgium

Air, Sea and Land: Vital Issues of this Century

The air, sea and land form a system. A system billions of years old. A system that has, of course, evolved over the centuries and millennia, while remaining governed by the same mutual interactions. But a system that is now being disrupted by the growing influence of anthropogenic impact.
5 May 2018
10 May 2018

– Bermuda

Ocean Risk Summit

Because these risks have only one cause. This damage has only one culprit. These problems have only one solution. The cause is our development model. The culprit is us. And the solution, is to change our development model.
10 May 2018
September 2018

– Helsinki, Finland

“Arctic Agenda 2030: a challenge?” – Introduction

If we manage to achieve this goal in the Arctic, then we can do it for the rest of the world. Because this Region is both the crux of many environmental issues and a universal symbol. The Arctic is both local and global.
September 2018
September 2018

– Helsinki, Finland

“Arctic Agenda 2030: a challenge?” – Conclusion

By 2030, it is therefore my hope that we will be capable of coordinating these various levels and putting these levers into full action. If we do this, we will definitely have helped to ensure the future of this region!
September 2018
September 4, 2018

– Helsinki, Finland

2nd UArctic Congress – Opening ceremony

Nature and humanity, science and technology, indigenous peoples and those who have just moved here, the neighboring States and humankind as a whole: we now need to reconcile all of the latter, and this is what the University of the Arctic makes possible.
September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018

– Helsinki, Finland

2nd UArctic Congress – Opening ceremony

Nature and humanity, science and technology, indigenous peoples and those who have just moved here, the neighboring States and humankind as a whole: we now need to reconcile all of the latter, and this is what the University of the Arctic makes possible.
September 4, 2018
September 13, 2018

– University of Newcastle, Australia

Challenger Society Conference

The challenge faced by our oceans, the challenge at the heart of this Conference, it is humankind. It is our development paradigm, which has thrived for centuries on the destruction of nature.
September 13, 2018
29 October 2018

– Bali, Indonesia

The Future of Coral Reefs in a Sustainable Blue Economy

Without them, their capacity for understanding, deciphering and anticipating the phenomena we have spoken of, we would not be able to respond. Without them, we would not be able to grasp the complexity, the adaptability and the variety of corals, which call for special strategies.
29 October 2018
29 October 2018

– Bali, Indonesia

Ocean and Climate Plenary Session

This is the reason why the oceans are not only a victim of global warming. They must be a valuable ally for us. They must be the starting point for new balances that we have to build for our world. Once again, as the French historian Jules Michelet wrote, “it is by the sea that we begin all true understanding of Geography. To start to write a new geography for a world fighting efficiently against global warming: this is the challenge facing this meeting, and this is one of the major challenges we all face in this century.
29 October 2018
December 11, 2018

– Katowice, Poland

UNFCCC COP24

The IOC is proud to have taken a leadership role in this Initiative. As the world’s leaders present in Katowice prepare to turn their climate commitments into action, we stand ready to leverage the power of sport to fully support their efforts. The IOC looks forward to working with all of you towards our common goal of building, for future generations, a better world through sport.
December 11, 2018

Year 2019

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January 21, 2019

– Düsseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf International Boat Show (50th anniversary)

Conservationists, recreational fishermen, boat owners, yachtsmen, sports, tourism professionals: we all have a common interest in protecting our oceans, in forging a sustainable relationship with them. Nothing will be gained by opposing one against the other and by believing that the requirements of some will go against the interests of others. We share one ocean and we all need this ocean.
January 21, 2019
January 23, 2019

– Davos, Switzerland

Ocean Action agenda leadership meeting

Progress is being made. Solutions do exist. The path is therefore mapped out. It is up to us to follow it. The world is counting on us to have this courage and determination. I know that we can rise to this challenge. That is why we are here and that is the purpose of our discussions.
January 23, 2019
February 19, 2019

– Brussels, Belgium

High-level Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Preservation

I also want to believe that we will be able to go beyond and turn away from our habits, for the sake of our seas and oceans.
February 19, 2019
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