Ocean and Climate Security

This category of blogs offers a mix of own contributions and a number of reviews mostly of highly relevant events to keep us current on the connection of major challenges and responses bridging global and local. It touches on many governance opportunities for more citizen engagement and blending scientific and empirical knowledges of practitioners to enable robust solutions.

Science and how to use it in a changing world

Science and how to use it in a changing world

On 27 October, fisheries biologist Cornelia E. Nauen visited Leiden University (LU) to give the 7th Environmental Humanities LU talk about her work with Mundus [...]

Belgian Ocean Decade Committee reviews its programme

Belgian Ocean Decade Committee reviews its programme

Maria del Carmen Patricia Morales represents Mundus maris asbl in the Belgian Ocean Decade Committee. The Committee which provides scientific guidance met for its last session of [...]

Towards a global network of MPAs for ocean governance

Towards a global network of MPAs for ocean governance

Marine protected areas (MPAs) rightly attract more attention as international biodiversity agreements see them as major instruments to stop mass species extinctions and recover ocean [...]

Mundus maris supports Climate marches, 15 and 17 September 2023

Mundus maris supports Climate marches, 15 and 17 September 2023

This was a great day for climate protection. On 15 September, 250,000 people turned out in 250 cities and towns in Germany alone demanding Climate [...]

Join the Global Climate Strike, 15 September 2023

Join the Global Climate Strike, 15 September 2023

Fridays for Future and a very large number of organisations, including Mundus maris, invite you to join the world-wide marches to wean our economies from fossil [...]

The appropriation by modern humans of the Earth and the Oceans

The appropriation by modern humans of the Earth and the Oceans

Excellent opportunity to join a lecture of acclaimed author and long-time friend, Daniel Pauly, at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands, on 2 September 2023. [...]

Maritime Security Awareness in Africa: Elevating Youth Voices

Maritime Security Awareness in Africa: Elevating Youth Voices

Africa remains the world’s youngest continent with a median age of 19.7 years.By 2050, one in three young people will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates suggest [...]

EU Ocean and Rivers Recovery Mission – Mediterranean Lighthouse

EU Ocean and Rivers Recovery Mission – Mediterranean Lighthouse

Palermo, Sicily, 30 and 31 May 2023. The regional Lighthouse Activities to recover the badly affected Mediterranean and Black seas brought together representatives of countries, regions, [...]

Beyond Growth – EP Conference, 15 to 17 May 2023 – Moving forward towards sufficiency and wellbeing

Beyond Growth – EP Conference, 15 to 17 May 2023 – Moving forward towards sufficiency and wellbeing

Excitement in and around the European Parliament. Droves of primarily young people standing in line to get their entry passes. They were among the 2000+ [...]

Mundus maris at the Boot 2023 fair, 21 to 29 January

Mundus maris at the Boot 2023 fair, 21 to 29 January

Big relief and a lot of excitement - those were the predominent sensations for participants heading for the 2023 edition of the 'love your ocean' [...]