The theme of this inaugural summit is: Fostering global collaboration to accelerate plastics recycling and redesign.

The plastics pollution crisis is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. While plastic pollution is a global problem, research and innovation in this area is not yet globally connected. However, the steps to ultimately tackle this problem will necessitate collaboration and perspective on a global scale.To that end, the first annual World Plastics Summit is being organized to assemble international research leaders in plastics recycling and redesign in Monaco. This meeting will be held on March 24-26 at the Novotel Monte Carlo Hotelas part of the prestigiousMonaco Ocean Week 2022.

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This scientific workshop will assess pathways for resilience to counter risks from climate change and ocean acidification, with a focus on atoll islands.

Which solutions are ready to put in practice right away, and which ones need more time to mature? Policymakers lack information about which solutions (mitigation and adaptation) are most effective today, which ones have the potential to be effective in the longer term, and what solutions could be combined over time. In other words, what can be done, when and where?

REPOSSI and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite you to discover, on the occasion of the Monaco Ocean Week, the brand new Berbere Chromatic Ocean ring created to raise awareness about the preservation of the Ocean and the fight against plastic pollution.

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This is the 23rd annual meeting of the International Argo Steering Team, with representatives of the 30 countries that contribute to the Program, and our commercial partners. The status and future plans for the new OneArgo will be reviewed, covering its 3 missions of Core, Bio-geochemical and Deep (full ocean depth).

This event identifies the technological and legal lessons to be learned for marine biodiversity conservation from the use of satellite data in the monitoring and enforcement of area-based management tools in high seas fisheries.

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This is the 23rd annual meeting of the International Argo Steering Team, with representatives of the 30 countries that contribute to the Program, and our commercial partners. The status and future plans for the new OneArgo will be reviewed, covering its 3 missions of Core, Bio-geochemical and Deep (full ocean depth).

THE MONACO BLUE INITIATIVE IS A UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR DEBATE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER MAJOR PLAYERS IN OCEAN CONSERVATION AND GOVERNANCE TO REFLECT ON THE KEY CHALLENGES FACING OUR FUTURE OCEAN, IN A CONCRETE AND FORWARD-LOOKING WAY.

Representatives of Governments, international organizations, civil society, NGOs, the private sector, the scientific community and the media meet every year to explore and promote synergies between the protection of the marine environment and the development of a truly sustainable blue economy.

The results and recommendations of the MBI are brought to high-level international discussions and negotiations on ocean protection and governance, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the negotiations on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction and the International Marine Protected Areas Congress.

Programme: Welcome address and keynotes speeches.

Session 1 :The need for a new bold vision for Ocean conservation: raising the ambition in the face of emerging challenges. Building on successes and failures in Ocean conservation and major challenges to come, panelists will reflect on what is needed to step up ambition for Ocean protection in the next decade and beyond.

Session 2 : Ocean protection — everyone’s business. Building on best practices and success stories to scale up the sustainable blue economy. This session will explore how it is in every company’s interest, even if not directly connected to the ocean, to contribute to the protection and the sustainable use of ocean resources, keeping in mind that beyond the protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030, 100% of the ocean needs to be sustainably managed.

Session 3: Blue finance: how to accelerate the transition to an Ocean-positive economy? This session will explore how to channel and scale up financial investments towards Ocean protection, and sectors and businesses with a positive impact on the Ocean.

Ocean Updates  This edition will also include updates on the BBNJ negotiations, the 5th International Marine Protected Area Congress, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) negotiations, as well as on recent progress related to the protection of the Mediterranean Sea, notably through the Barcelona Convention.