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LOCATION:Palais des Nations and Virtual\, 
SUMMARY:Seminar - The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:As human beings multiply their numbers and economic activities\
 , they press ever harder on planetary boundaries. The most important bound
 aries are set by resources on which all depend: the atmosphere and the oce
 ans. These are the ultimate commons.\n\nIn his new book\, The Blue Commons
 : Rescuing the Economy of the Sea\, economist Guy Standing looks at the ex
 ploitation of the oceans by overfishing\, mining\, waste and rising temper
 atures and offers radical ideas for creating new forms of common property 
 to safeguard our oceans. UNCTAD has also begun to explore ways that the re
 sources of the oceans can be mobilised by developing countries in a more e
 quitable and sustainable manner.\n\nJoin a seminar to look at the policy c
 hallenges around managing the oceans\, and the role of multilateral instit
 utions ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal this m
 onth.\n\nProgramme\n\n\nIntroductory remarks: Paul Ladd\, Director of the 
 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development\n \nPresentation
 : Guy Standing\, author and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS Univer
 sity of London \n\n\nDiscussants:\n\n\nSofía Boza\, Ambassador of Chil
 e to the World Trade Organisation\n \nGothami Silva\, Ambassador of Sri 
 Lanka to the World Trade Organisation \n\n\nClosing remarks:\n\n\nRichard
  Kozul-Wright\, Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies D
 ivision\, UNCTAD\n\n\n \n\nHybrid event - please register via Indico\n&lt
 \;p&gt\;As human beings multiply their numbers and economic activities\, t
 hey press ever harder on planetary boundaries. The most important boundari
 es are set by resources on which all depend: the atmosphere and the oceans
 . These are the ultimate commons.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;In his new boo
 k\, The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea\, economist Guy Stan
 ding looks at the exploitation of the oceans by overfishing\, mining\, was
 te and rising temperatures and offers radical ideas for creating new forms
  of common property to safeguard our oceans. UNCTAD has also begun to expl
 ore ways that the resources of the oceans can be mobilised by developing c
 ountries in a more equitable and sustainable manner.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;Join a seminar to look at the policy challenges around managing the o
 ceans\, and the role of multilateral institutions ahead of the UN Biodiver
 sity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal this month.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4&gt
 \;&lt\;strong&gt\;Programme&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\
 n&lt\;li&gt\;Introductory remarks: Paul Ladd\, Director of the United Nati
 ons Research Institute for Social Development&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&
 lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Presentation: Guy Standing\, author and Professo
 rial Research Associate at SOAS University of London&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&g
 t\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Discussants:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\
 n&lt\;li&gt\;Sofía&amp\;nbsp\;Boza\, Ambassador of&amp\;nbsp\;Chile&amp\;
 nbsp\;to the World Trade Organisation&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&
 gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Gothami Silva\, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the World Tra
 de Organisation&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Clos
 ing remarks:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Richard Kozul-Wright
 \, Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division\, UNC
 TAD&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n
 &lt\;p&gt\;Hybrid event - please register via Indico&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView
  meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/seminar-blue-commons-re
 scuing-economy-sea
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