Category: Meetings and Events

Blue Transformation Advancing aquatic systems for people, planet and prosperity Aquatic foods are crucial for enhancing food security and nutrition while addressing climate change. Transforming aquatic food systems can increase the supply of nutritious food sustainably, while contributing to decent and equitable employment and community resilience. Blue Transformation acknowledges the need to support the 2030…

Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems Food security and nutrition within planetary boundaries The potential of sustainable aquatic foods should be released to contribute to sustainable food systems, providing food security and nutritious food, within planetary boundaries. What could be the solutions for overcoming our challenges, accelerating the effort, and taking advantage of the opportunities that lie…

An Ocean of Food Science and Solutions for Ocean-Climate-Food Challenges The Global Action Network is pleased to co-host with the AIR Centre and Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions a satellite event at the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference. This event brought together UN Ocean Decade Actions that are working to address Challenge 3: “Sustainably feed…

Food security The role of sustainable aquatic blue foods in the green transition While one of the main services of the oceans is to provide food, achieving food security is also one of the fundamental pillars of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), so it is important to ensure that our planet’s growing population…

The case for aquatic blue food in achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) Reducing hunger and improving nutrition outcomes Event DescriptionThe world faces the triple challenge of meeting food security/nutrition, climate change and biodiversity goals; The UN Committee on World Food Security emphasizes the importance of including aquatic foods in food security and nutrition policies and to…

The Ocean We Depend On Achieving SDG 14 Through Sustainable Governance This mini conference is a celebration of longstanding ocean partnerships, joining forces to ensure sustainability in environmental, economic and social dimensions. The conference highlighted the importance of ocean governance for human prosperity protecting the role of the ocean as a source of food security,…

Optimising the potential of aquatic food systems – Science needs for a Blue Transformation The high and growing prevalence of hunger and malnutrition in the world suggests that global food systems are failing to provide equitable access to safe, nutritious, sustainable, affordable, and culturally preferred food. A transformation of food systems is therefore needed, as…

Demystifying the nutritional power of aquatic foods This hybrid side event will feature a keynote from World Food Prize recipient Shakuntala Thilsted and a panel discussion of experts including blue food producers, government, and nutritionists. They will highlight how diverse aquatic foods can address malnutrition and its impacts like stunting while supporting sustainable and equitable…