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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.

The Pelagos Initiative Coordination Committee will meet during Monaco Ocean week to review the Initiative’s projects and their progress, as well as how the Initiative can contribute to the new Pelagos Agreement Management Plan.

Recent scientific breakthroughs have revealed the extreme resilience of Red Sea corals to global warming, a reality that represents humanity’s best chance of preserving a major coral ecosystem beyond the end of this century. This discovery led to the creation of the Transnational Red Sea Center, in 2019 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, with the official support of the Swiss government. An independent, non-profit organization, the Center capitalizes on Switzerland’s neutrality, its long tradition of promoting dialogue, and EPFL’s reputation for scientific excellence to bridge science and diplomacy in the name of saving coral reefs – in the Red Sea and beyond.

The Transnational Red Sea Center aims to be a prime example of science diplomacy and to become a key player in future global environmental protection efforts.

This 48-hour workshop will bring together 20 international scientists to lay the groundwork for a scientific report on “Plastics and Global Health”, which aims to increase the understanding of scientists, policy makers and civil society on how the uncontrolled production of plastics and the unregulated disposal of chemically-laden plastic waste is harming the planet, fouling the oceans, damaging the ecosystems that support all life on earth, and ultimately causing human illness, disability and premature death in countries around the world.

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?

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?

The Ocean Innovators Platform is a private event dedicated to cutting-edge technologies and inventive solutions aiming at conserving the world’s ocean, seas and marine resources. It will highlight the essential role of entrepreneurship, innovation and investment to develop a sustainable blue economy.

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This 48-hour workshop will bring together 20 international scientists to lay the groundwork for a scientific report on “Plastics and Global Health”, which aims to increase the understanding of scientists, policy makers and civil society on how the uncontrolled production of plastics and the unregulated disposal of chemically-laden plastic waste is harming the planet, fouling the oceans, damaging the ecosystems that support all life on earth, and ultimately causing human illness, disability and premature death in countries around the world.

Sharing of experiences between the 2021 laureates of the 2020 call for micro-initiatives and some laureates of previous years. Through this meeting, BeMed wishes to facilitate and amplify the projects in progress.

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 steering committee of Monaco Explorations Indian Ocean mission ensures that the mission implements a holistic approach based on a multidisciplinary programme including natural and social sciences.

This workshop is a follow-up to the Ocean Governance Workshop held during MOW 2021, where it was suggested to create an Expert Panel on Ocean Change (IPOC) based on the GIEC and IPBES models.

The objective of this platform would be 1) to provide decision makers with reliable, shared decision bases and 2) to inform public opinion on all topics related to these changes 3) to develop and share this knowledge with ocean stakeholders.

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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BeMed supports island-based projects to fight against marine plastic litter. 18 months after the beginning of the programme, first results are ready to be shared by modular projects’ representatives, and to be included to the Blue Print the IUCN-Med will publish on plastic pollution on Med islands. The aim is to create synergies with related regional initiatives and other participants to achieve a long-term impact in reducing plastic pollution at sea. The session is organised by the IUCN-Med and the BeMed-Islands capitalisation process, led by SCP/RAC and SMILO.

Team Malizia is a professional sailing team that uses their sport platform to create awareness about ocean health and the climate crisis while doing ocean research to help the scientific community on the exploration of the big blue planet. The team was founded by Pierre Casiraghi in 2016 and skippered by German sailor Boris Herrmann, the yacht has an on-board oceanbox that collects ocean data which is directly transmitted to the teams’ scientists. The team also developed an education programme called ‘My Ocean Challenge’ which aims to inspire and educate the next generation about climate change and climate solutions.

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Informal welcome drink between the winners of the BeMed micro initiatives call of the previous years and the administrators of the association.

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?

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 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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• 10:00am-3:45pm : 11th Environmental Symposium “La Belle Classe Superyachts
• 4pm-5:50pm: Monaco Energy Boat Challenge meetings
• 6pm: Presentation of the Wisamo / Michelin project
• 7:30pm: Presentation of the YCM Explorer Awards by La Belle Classe Superyachts followed by a dinner. (Private by invitation)

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.

Presentation by appointment only.boutiquemonaco@repossi.com+377 93 50 89 59

In collaboration with the team of the scientific mediation programme adopt a float (Culture Océan – Institut de la Mer de Villefranche), 3rd graders from the Monegasque school Charles III present the cacophony of the world of silence! Between experiments, games and quizzes, come and discover and listen to the little-known sounds of the ocean.

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 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 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.

See the programSee the press release