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Advancing ocean governance research in the Solomon Islands through the UN-Nippon Fellowship Programme

Under the ongoing partnerships between the Hub and the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS), the Hub has hosted two researchers from the Solomon Islands as United Nations-Nippon (UN-Nippon) Fellows to focus on critical themes for sustainable and inclusive ocean governance. One of the Fellow has then become a […]

Key messages from the UNEP Winter/Summer School on Human Rights “From Oceans to Taps” (Part 2): Children, Ocean Defenders, and Plastics

The second blogpost will on the Hub’s contribution to the 2022 Summer/Winter School on Human rights and the Environment organized by UNEP and the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment focuses on key messages and next steps from panels on children rights to a healthy ocean, art and ocean defenders, and ocean plastics. […]

Shedding light on children’s rights to environmental education and to healthy biodiversity

As part of the One Ocean Hub’s partnership with CERI (the international Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative), Hub Director Elisa Morgera contributed to two further thematic consultations on children’s right education and on the inter-dependency of children’s human rights with biodiversity in July-August 2022. The consultations served to support the preparation of the “zero draft” of […]

Contributing to the UN negotiations of a new “high seas treaty”

In preparation for the latest round of international negotiations on a new treaty on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (nick-named “the high seas treaty”), Hub researchers have published three policy briefs identifying key priorities for an ambitious and equitable outcome based on insights from marine sciences, social sciences and law from the Global […]

Raising the visibility of the ocean before and during climate negotiations

This year is the second year running that the One Ocean Hub is involved in co-developing the Virtual Ocean Pavilion at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP). The Pavilion is the product of a coordinated effort among the Global Ocean Forum, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the Ocean Policy […]

Claire Lajaunie selected to be a member of the Eklipse Expert Working Group on Biodiversity and Pandemics

Hub researcher, Claire Lajaunie, has been selected to be a member of the Eklipse Expert Working Group (EWG) on Biodiversity and Pandemics that aims to support the development of a strategic research agenda on biodiversity and pandemics, jointly with relevant agencies and initiatives, and aligned with relevant sectoral policy agendas. The Expert Working Group ‘builds […]

early-career researcher Kirsty McQuaid receives an Award for Excellence in Deep-Sea Research

Deep-sea researcher, Dr Kirsty McQuaid, has been presented with the Secretary-General’s Award for Excellence in Deep-Sea Research at the 27th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly in August. The award is given to early-career researchers from developing nations who make ‘an outstanding contribution to advancing scientific knowledge of the deep-sea environment’. Dr McQuaid’s nomination […]

Creating an interdisciplinary framework to advance sustainable fisheries in Ghana

The One Ocean Hub held a workshop in Ghana from 26th-29th July 2022 to create an interdisciplinary analysis framework, building on the Hub research across different research programmes to achieve a ‘whole system’ perspective in understanding issues surrounding sustainable fisheries in Ghana. This blogpost provides an overview of the topics explored during the workshop. Objectives […]

Key messages from the UNEP Winter/Summer School on Human Rights “From Oceans to Taps” (Part 1): focus on Small-scale Fishers

In June 2022, the Hub co-developed with the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and UNEP  six panels for the Summer/Winter School on Human rights and the Environment (20-28 June 2022) that highlighted the theme ‘Water – from Oceans to Taps’. Key messages and next steps from these panels are summarised into […]