Sarah Lewis
Sharing transferable findings for a new WHO pandemic treaty
Hub findings and policy recommendations related to fair partnerships in bio-based discovery were shared at an international workshop on current negotiations of a new international instrument on pandemics, to enhance preparedness and response and to support the sharing of pathogens, genetic sequence data and benefits, under the aegis of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Hub […]
Contributing to the UN Biodiversity Summit
The One Ocean Hub contributed to two side-events at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Montreal, Canada, from 7-19 December 2022, on small-scale fishers and on biodiversity-health linkages. Small-scale fishers The Hub partnered with WWF and the Aquatic Blue Food Coalition, in organising the side-event “Small-Scale […]
Exploring the Links between One Health, the Ocean and Climate Change
To ensure a holistic approach to ocean-climate action, different actors working from the local to the global level have shared their insights on the links between One Health, the ocean, coastal communities’ resilience, marine bio-discovery, fisheries and blue food, and ocean plastics. The roundtable titled ‘One Health, the Ocean and Climate Change’ was held on […]
Advancing children’s rights through nature-based solutions
As part of the inaugural Children and Youth Pavilion at COP27, children and youth representatives, organisations that work closely with youth, and experts engaged in inter-generational learning about climate change mitigation and adaptation through nature-based solutions and their implications for human rights and climate finance. The event explored what lessons can be learned from nature-based […]
The ocean is included in the zero draft of the UN General Comment on Children’s rights to a healthy environment
We are delighted to see the ocean included in the Zero Draft of a new UN General Comment No. 26 on children’s human rights and a healthy environment (‘the Zero Draft’). This development follows months of inputs and engagements with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, and partners based on our […]
The First Hub special issue is out – drawing focus on The ocean, sustainable development and human rights
The One Ocean Hub is pleased to announce that we have published the first special issue of an international peer-reviewed journal as a collective endeavour across Global South and Global North researchers at different stages of their career. The special issue is focused on the ocean, sustainable development and human rights and appears in the […]
