The Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network organises a special ocean science diplomacy event in Brussels on 21 February. The event “Ocean Futures 2030: Science and diplomacy for ocean governance – our common ocean” brings together scientists and diplomats with the EU system to discuss how to protect, explore, exploit, and share the goods from the high seas as the common heritage of humankind. Converging ocean-related themes across the recently adopted Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with the COP15 framework for biological diversity will be discussed.

The event is free and open to all. Read more and register here

The Network and the event are funded by the Research Council of Norway and is led by UiT – the Arctic University of Norway with partners the University of Bergen, Arctic Frontiers, and the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance.

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