News and Blogs
Hub’s contributions to Africa-Europe partnerships on ocean governance
The Africa-Europe Foundation, the European Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), and the government of Portugal co-hosted a high-level debate ‘Fostering a cross-continental Africa-Europe dialogue on ocean governance: An Africa-Europe high-level dialogue on oceans’ on 14th February 2022. This blogpost reflects on the extent to which One Ocean Hub research contributes to […]
New poetry anthology reflects on climate change and anthropogenic impacts on coastal and ocean environments
Reflecting on the role of poetry in human life, I once said that poetry offers ‘opportunity for a pause’. However, thinking back on this statement, I would now say that poetry does much more than this. It provides a way of remembering the past, of allowing all the intangible aspects of being alive to easily […]
Including the ocean in international guidance on children’s right to a healthy environment
The One Ocean Hub contributed to the first global consultation on the future content of General Comment No. 26 of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child – which will provide international guidance on how children’s rights are impacted by the environmental crisis and what governments must do to uphold these rights. Hub researcher Mia Strand […]
Contributing to a policy dialogue on the international recognition of the human right to a healthy environment
Hub Director Elisa Morgera was invited to a policy dialogue on the international recognition of the human right to healthy environment, and its meaning for States, rights-holders and for nature. The dialogue was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN in Geneva in cooperation with the Universal Rights Group, ahead of the 2022 […]
Bringing local voices to the Global Partnership on Marine Litter
The One Ocean Hub researchers contributed to share local experiences on the impacts of ocean plastics at an international webinar on the Global Partnership on Marine Litter focused on environmental justice on 17 February 2022 – the video-recording is available here. The webinar aimed to advance the conversation on the need for stronger action to […]
Partnering with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries
The One Ocean Hub, together with UN partners the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme, have now engaged the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize a series of engagements to strengthen the recognition and protection of human rights of small-scale fishers and their communities during the International […]
Contributing to the EU-Africa Joint Ocean Governance Agenda
The European Commission published their final report ‘Feasibility Study on establishing an EU-Africa Task Force for policy cooperation and dialogue on International Ocean Governance’ in January 2022. The purpose of the study is to further the EU’s cooperation with Africa in a joint ocean governance agenda. The One Ocean Hub Director, Professor Elisa Morgera, was […]
New DEEP Fund Projects
One Ocean Hub is thrilled to announce the addition of two new DEEP Fund projects to our programme of community-based art research. We are very proud to have formed new partnerships in Africa and the South Pacific in what has been an extremely challenging time given the ongoing global impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, along […]
fishers tales: stories with the sea
Subsistence and small-scale fishers in KwaZulu-Natal practice a livelihood that holds deep spiritual and cultural meaning. In this coastal province of South Africa fishers make up a dynamic and diverse group that has vast intergenerational knowledge of the ocean, yet their voices are seldom heard in the rush for the Blue Economy. Hub researchers in […]
