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UNDP-GEF Publication launch & discussion
Catalysing Ocean Finance: Transforming Markets to Restore
and Protect the Global Ocean
Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
University of California Washington Center
1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036
The world’s oceans provide trillions of dollars in goods and services every year, and healthy oceans are crucial to sustainable development. But many ocean ecosystems are in steep decline because of pollution, overexploitation, habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change—and without concerted near-term effort, the damage may become irreversible.
Drawing on 20 years of research and experience, Catalysing Ocean Finance demonstrates in two volumes how a modest investment of public finance — on the order of $5 billion over the next 10-20 years — can scale up proven ocean planning and policy tools, leverage financial flows, transform ocean markets, and reverse the global decline in ocean health. Catalysing Ocean Finance demonstrates that, far from being an intractable problem, sustainable ocean management could become a successful legacy of today’s generation of decision-makers.
- Opening Remarks:
- Dr. Naoko Ishii, Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment Facility
- Presentation of Catalysing Ocean Finance:
- Dr. Andrew Hudson, Head, Water & Ocean Governance Programme, United Nations Development Programme & Coordinator, UN-Oceans
- Catalysing Ocean Finance Expert Discussants Panel:
- Dr. Kenneth Sherman, US NOAA National Marine Fisheries Laboratory, Narragansett, RI
- Mr. Ivan Zavadsky, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, GEF and former Chief Technical Advisor, GEF-UNDP Danube/Black Sea Nutrient Reduction Programme
- Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, President, Global Ocean Forum (international NGO)
- Mr. Fredrik Haag, International Maritime Organization (IMO) and former Chief Technical Advisor, GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships
- Closing Remarks:
- Dr. Yannick Glemarec, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Dr. Gustavo Fonseca, Head, Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility
- Questions for presenters and panelists
Light refreshments provided.
Contact: UNDP Washington Representation Office +1 202 331 9130
If you can’t join us at the launch, please free to download Volumes I and II of Catalysing Ocean Finance starting Friday, December 14, at /gef/pubs/catalysing-ocean-finance
How to get to UCal Washington Center:
- Metro: The Center can be reached via Metro on the Red or Orange/Blue lines. It is approximately three blocks north up 17th Street (about a ten-minute walk) from the Farragut North Metro station on the Red line or Farragut West on the Orange/Blue line. It is approximately 3 blocks southeast down Massachusetts Avenue (about a fifteen minute walk) from the Dupont Circle Metro station on the Red line.
- Driving: For driving directions to the Center at 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, please click here.
- Parking: There is street and garage parking nearby. An outdoor pay surface parking lot is available next door and there are covered garages in the surrounding blocks on M street and 17th Street. Nearby hotels such as the Beacon Hotel, Courtyard Washington Embassy Row, The Dupont Circle Hotel and The Jefferson provide valet parking to their guests.