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CALL FOR PAPERS: COASTAL TRANSITIONS III CONFERENCE 2023. RE-IMAGINING COASTAL TRANSITIONS: DIVERSE BLUE ECONOMIES
RE-IMAGINING COASTAL TRANSITIONS: DIVERSE BLUE ECONOMIES. COASTAL TRANSITIONS III CONFERENCE will be held in November 8 to 10 at the University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus, Groton, Connecticut, 2023.
This conference aims to re-imagine the Blue Economy, not as a business-as-usual approach to economic development, but as an innovative framework that recognizes the diversity of economies, facilitates energized transdisciplinary dialogue and enables multi-stakeholder activation and empowerment in order to radically reframe coastal and marine economies.
Workshop "Strengthening the ecosystem-based approach in MSP and supporting sustainable blue economy"
The Workshop "Strengthening the ecosystem-based approach in MSP and supporting sustainable blue economy" will be held in Helsinki 13-15 June 2023. The event will take place over three days and will be a physical meeting, with the opportunity to follow the meeting online. It will consist of several sessions dedicated to four main themes.
Registration to the Workshop is opened until 15th of May 2023 for those who will join physically. For those who will attend online registration will be open until the 8th of June 2023.
The Workshop is organized jointly by the eMSP NBSR project Ecosystem-based Approach and Sustainable Blue Economy Communities of Practice with support of MSP4BIO project and EUSBSR Policy Area Spatial Planning.
Main themes:
1. MSP’s contribution to the establishing and maintaining a coherent MPAs network and other spatial conservation measures- an example of eMSP study case on MSP and MPAs.
2. The role of MSP in overall progress towards GES (opportunities and limits) – an example of eMSP study case on MSP and GES.
3. International framework for ecosystem-based approach in MSP – recommendations based on good EBA practices in MSP and gap-analysis.
4. MSP for sustainable blue economy –Natural capital & environmental impact as boundary condition for sustainable food and energy production in the long term and to contribute to biodiversity goals of Green Deal (including mitigation, nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, biodiversity, nature restoration, interaction between human and nature, …).
SAVE THE DATE: 26 April WWF and S&D webinar on offshore renewable energy
WWF, together with MEP César Luena, European Commission and Chris Davies, invite you to RSVP for this webinar on 26 April 2022, 9:30am - 11:00am CEST.
Offshore renewable energy constitutes an essential part of the EU’s energy transition towards a resilient and fully decarbonised economy, and is indispensable in achieving a climate neutral Europe. However, offshore renewable energy must also be seen through the lens of other activities, particularly safeguarding biodiversity, which is already under pressure from other activities and whose loss contributes to the climate crisis.
We stand at a critical juncture, where policymakers determine the best way forward for harmonious offshore renewable growth and biodiversity recovery. Offshore renewable energy development will only achieve its objective of supporting the EU’s transition towards truly sustainable societies if it offers solutions for the climate crisis that are fully compatible and contribute to a healthy sea, well-being of coastal communities, forward-looking maritime spatial planning, ocean resilience and a just energy transition.
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