Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface for Ocean Sustainability - Webinar - 1 March 2020
The UN Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, has the honour to invite you to the Webinar on "Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface for Ocean Sustainability", organized in cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, in connection with the release of the Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA II), the start of the third cycle of the Regular Process (2021-2025), and the start of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
The Webinar will be held remotely via MS Teams on Monday, 1 March from 9 AM to 11 AM (EST).
The objective of this webinar is to raise awareness of the importance of the science-policy interface for ocean governance at all levels, showcase links between the science-policy interface and society including ocean users, and reinforce the understanding of the role of citizen science, as well as traditional, indigenous and local knowledge in strengthening the science-policy interface.
The webinar will be open to all who pre-register through this link.
Programme:
9:00-9:15 - OPENING
Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, UN/OLA
Juliette Babb-Riley, Co-Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole of the General Assembly on the Regular Process and Deputy Permanent Representative of Barbados to UN
Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
9:15-9:55 - PANEL I: Knowledge needs to inform sustainable ocean governance at all levels
Jacqueline Uku, President of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association
Jian Liu, Chief Scientist of UN Environment Programme and Director of the Science Division, UN Environment Programme
David Millar, FUGRO, US based group active in the Seabed 2030 Ocean Mapping project (under GEBCO)
Moderator: Juliette Babb-Riley, Deputy-Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations
9:55-10:05 - Q&A
10:05-10:45 - PANEL II: Mechanisms to strengthen the science-policy interface at all levels
Ana María Hernández, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Alan Simcock, Joint Coordinator of the Group of Experts for the Regular Process
Clement Yow Mulalap, Mission of the Federated States of Micronesia to New York
Moderator: Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
10:45-10:55 - Q&A
10:55–11:00 - CLOSING
Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Oceanographic Explorer, Environmental Advocate and Founder of the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center
