Resources
Download the summary of the event [PDF- 6 pages]
See the summary report of the conference on the IISD Website
See more photos on the IISD/ENB Website
Three months before negotiations of an international instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of high seas biodiversity begin at the United Nations in New York, The High Seas Alliance organizes with the Oceanographic Institute, Albert I Foundation, Prince of Monaco, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Tara Foundation, the Institute on Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Nausicaá and with support from The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), The Pew Charitable Trusts an international conference about the stake of the high Seas.
The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, The French Ministry of Ecological and Solidary Transition and the Office of the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Ocean will also participate at this event.
Programme:
- 9h00: Doors open
Master of Ceremony for the Day: Valéry de Laramée de Tannenberg, Editor, Le Journal de l’Environnement
- 9h30-10h30: Opening Ceremony
Welcome Address by His Serene Highness Prince Albert 2nd of Monaco (via video)
Address by HE Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General
Message by Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Keynote speech by Serge Ségura, French Ambassador for Ocean Affairs
- 10h30-12h00: Round-Table 1: High Seas: Why we must act now?
Professor Françoise Gaill, Scientific Director, Ocean & Climate Platform
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
Dr. Joachim Claudet, Researcher, CNRS
Moderator: Dr. Julien Rochette, Director, Ocean Programme, IDDRI
- 12h00-12h30: Screening of The Last Frontier, a film produced by IUCN and FFEM
- 12h30-13h30: Networking buffet lunch courtesy of The High Seas Alliance
- 13h30-15h00: Round-Table 2: What obstacles must be removed?
Video message by Teresa Ribera, Minister of Energy and Ecological Transition, Government of Spain
Tidiani Couma, Secretary of External Relations, Department of External Relations and Cooperation, Government of Monaco
Anca Leroy, Policy and Legal Adviser, Ministry of the Ecological Transition (TBC)
Andreas Papaconstantinou, Head of Unit, Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea, Arctic Policy, DG MARE, EU Commission
Pierre Boussaroque, Deputy Director, Legal Directorate (DJ/Mer), Foreign Ministry
Moderator: Romain Troublé, CEO, Tara Foundation
- 15h00-16h30 Round-Table 3: What can we expect from negotiations in New York?
Elie Jarmache, Adviser to the President of IFREMER
HE Eden Charles, Former Ambassador of Trinidad & Tobago to the United Nations
Dr. Kristina Gjerde, High Seas Policy Adviser, IUCN
Christine Valentin, World Ocean Council
Moderator: Rémi Parmentier, The Varda Group
- 16h30-17h00: Coffee/tea break
- 17h00-17h45: Closing ceremony
Peggy Kalas, Coordinator, High Seas Alliance
Brune Poirson, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Government of France
