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and Global Sea Mineral Resources NV, Ostend, Belgium) and Phil Weaver (Seascape Consultants Ltd N... more and Global Sea Mineral Resources NV, Ostend, Belgium) and Phil Weaver (Seascape Consultants Ltd National Oceanography Centre) for the time and advice provided in the course of reviewing this report. There is no question that it benefited greatly from the expertise and perspective they so generously shared. Sandor Mulsow at the ISA provided much-needed maps for this publication, for which we are grateful. We also would like to thank NOAA for making a photographic record of its many deepsea expeditions publicly available and to all the others who allowed us to use their photographs and/or illustrations: Claire Armstrong
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020
npj Ocean Sustainability
The ocean has recently taken centre stage in the global geopolitical landscape. Despite rising ch... more The ocean has recently taken centre stage in the global geopolitical landscape. Despite rising challenges to the effectiveness of multilateralism, attention to ocean issues appears as an opportunity to co-create pathways to ocean sustainability at multiple levels. The ocean science community, however, is not sufficiently well organised to advance these pathways and provide policy input. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services demonstrate how knowledge consensus and integration have been instrumental in charting global pathways and eliciting commitments to address, respectively, climate change and biodiversity loss. An equally impactful global platform with a thematic focus on ocean sustainability is needed. Here we introduce the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) as a coordinating mechanism to integrate knowledge systems to forge a bridge across ocean science-policy divide...
npj Ocean Sustainability
With a new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity... more With a new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) on the horizon, now is the time to start laying the foundation for successful implementation. This paper provides some initial reflections for supporting rapid, effective, and equitable implementation of the BBNJ Agreement in three priority areas: (1) bringing the Agreement into force; (2) establishing the institutional framework, including financial mechanisms; and (3) developing capacity, science, and technology. With reference to selected examples from other international processes, the paper makes suggestions for encouraging wide ratification of the BBNJ Agreement, establishing a Preparatory Commission (PrepCom), mobilizing resources, and building partnerships to advance science and capacity. The growing impacts of climate change and human activities on the global ocean necessitate urgent action, so we must begin to work on the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement as soon as possible to secure ocean health for the benefit of present and future generations.
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, 2018
The common heritage of mankind as a means to assess and advance equity in deep sea mining. Marine... more The common heritage of mankind as a means to assess and advance equity in deep sea mining. Marine Policy .
OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto, 2021
The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cable... more The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cables are working to integrate environmental sensors (temperature, pressure, seismic acceleration) into submarine telecommunications cables. This will support climate and ocean observation, sea level monitoring, observations of Earth structure, tsunami and earthquake early warning and disaster risk reduction. Recent advances include regional SMART pilot systems that are the initial steps to trans-ocean and global implementation. Building on the OceanObs’19 conference and community white paper (doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00424), this paper presents an overview of the initiative and a description of ongoing projects including: InSea wet demonstration project off Sicily; Vanuatu and New Caledonia; Indonesia; CAM-2 triangle system connecting Lisbon, Azores and Madeira; New Zealand; and Antarctica. In addition to the diverse scientific and societal benefits, the telecommunications industry mission of...
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cable... more The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cables, is working to integrate environmental sensors for ocean bottom temperature, pressure, and seismic acceleration into submarine telecommunications cables. The purpose of SMART Cables is to support climate and ocean observation, sea level monitoring, observations of Earth structure, and tsunami and earthquake early warning and disaster risk reduction, including hazard quantification. Recent advances include regional SMART pilot systems that are the first steps to trans-ocean and global implementation. Examples of pilots include: InSEA wet demonstration project off Sicily at the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory Western Ionian Facility; New Caledonia and Vanuatu; French Polynesia Natitua South system connecting Tahiti to Tubaui to the south; Indonesia starting with short pilot systems working toward systems for the Sumatra-Java megathrust zone; and the CAM-2...
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2019
1. Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth\u27s interconnected oc... more 1. Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth\u27s interconnected ocean, hosting complex ecosystems that play key roles in sustaining life and providing important goods and services. 2. Although ABNJ encompass nearly half the planet\u27s surface, biological diversity found in these areas remains largely unprotected. Mounting pressures generated by the escalation of human activities in ABNJ threaten vital ecosystem services and the fragile web of life that supports them. 3. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely acknowledged as an important tool for the conservation of biological diversity. Currently less than 1% of ABNJ are protected, with the vast majority of MPAs located in waters within national jurisdiction. 4. The existing legal framework for protection and sustainable use of ABNJ lacks common goals, principles or standards, multi-sectoral coordination and comprehensive geographic coverage to ensure conservation or good governance grounded in scie...
Frontiers in Marine Science
London School of Economics and Political Science, Jan 19, 2021
COVID recovery packages offer big opportunities to invest in climate and ocean resilience. But fo... more COVID recovery packages offer big opportunities to invest in climate and ocean resilience. But for that to happen, the climate emergency needs to be recognised as a threat to financial stability. Swenja Surminski (LSE), Torsten Thiele (LSE), Karina Rodriguez (LSE) and the LSE Maryam Forum Climate Change and Oceans Working Group set out their recommendations. Humanity faces horrendous risks if it ignores "global commons"-that is, goods or assets whose benefits and/or costs transcend national borders. COVID-19 is one of these. Climate change and the oceans are primary global commons, and the urgency to act on them has never been greater. Fortunately, the global context in which to do so has recently improved. The G7 UK Presidency and the G20 Italian Presidency in 2021 are expected to bring these issues back to the global emergency list, with the COP26 conference being hosted in Glasgow next November.
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2018
Mandates to execute ecosystem-based management exist but are not implemented sufficiently enough ... more Mandates to execute ecosystem-based management exist but are not implemented sufficiently enough to reap the benefits of a growing blue economy.
Nature Communications, 2022
The original version of this Article contained an error in Box 2, in which the Seychelles Conserv... more The original version of this Article contained an error in Box 2, in which the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust funding was written as (USD 75,000 in competitive grants per year). The correct value is USD 700,000. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.
Whereas previous AORA discussions have focused on mandate challenges that may be inhibiting the i... more Whereas previous AORA discussions have focused on mandate challenges that may be inhibiting the implementation of the EBM, this mandates Task Group workshop led to the insight that while there were some legislative gaps in governance that contrib-uted to the implementation challenges, it was the implementation structure of those mandates that was a significant locus for EBM challenges. This observation resulted from applying the policy-stages heuristic to the overall workshop discussion and de-marcating those aspects that were specific to governance and those that related to im-plementation. In this analysis, it was concluded that there were sufficient legislative mandates to support the decision making to proceed with an EBM approach. Some of the gaps that remained included mechanisms to empower cross jurisdictional or inter-departmental decision making. The majority of identified challenges to the successful implementation of EBM were specific to the implementation process itself,...
Science, 2021
[Figure: see text].
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2017
1. Innovative financing, that is the development of new funding sources and mechanisms including ... more 1. Innovative financing, that is the development of new funding sources and mechanisms including from the private sector, can be used to deliver promising ocean conservation opportunities. Capital markets are increasingly accessible for sustainable development and climate finance, and are gaining traction for biodiversity conservation. Such financing concepts could also be
and Global Sea Mineral Resources NV, Ostend, Belgium) and Phil Weaver (Seascape Consultants Ltd N... more and Global Sea Mineral Resources NV, Ostend, Belgium) and Phil Weaver (Seascape Consultants Ltd National Oceanography Centre) for the time and advice provided in the course of reviewing this report. There is no question that it benefited greatly from the expertise and perspective they so generously shared. Sandor Mulsow at the ISA provided much-needed maps for this publication, for which we are grateful. We also would like to thank NOAA for making a photographic record of its many deepsea expeditions publicly available and to all the others who allowed us to use their photographs and/or illustrations: Claire Armstrong
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2020
npj Ocean Sustainability
The ocean has recently taken centre stage in the global geopolitical landscape. Despite rising ch... more The ocean has recently taken centre stage in the global geopolitical landscape. Despite rising challenges to the effectiveness of multilateralism, attention to ocean issues appears as an opportunity to co-create pathways to ocean sustainability at multiple levels. The ocean science community, however, is not sufficiently well organised to advance these pathways and provide policy input. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services demonstrate how knowledge consensus and integration have been instrumental in charting global pathways and eliciting commitments to address, respectively, climate change and biodiversity loss. An equally impactful global platform with a thematic focus on ocean sustainability is needed. Here we introduce the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) as a coordinating mechanism to integrate knowledge systems to forge a bridge across ocean science-policy divide...
npj Ocean Sustainability
With a new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity... more With a new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) on the horizon, now is the time to start laying the foundation for successful implementation. This paper provides some initial reflections for supporting rapid, effective, and equitable implementation of the BBNJ Agreement in three priority areas: (1) bringing the Agreement into force; (2) establishing the institutional framework, including financial mechanisms; and (3) developing capacity, science, and technology. With reference to selected examples from other international processes, the paper makes suggestions for encouraging wide ratification of the BBNJ Agreement, establishing a Preparatory Commission (PrepCom), mobilizing resources, and building partnerships to advance science and capacity. The growing impacts of climate change and human activities on the global ocean necessitate urgent action, so we must begin to work on the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement as soon as possible to secure ocean health for the benefit of present and future generations.
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, 2018
The common heritage of mankind as a means to assess and advance equity in deep sea mining. Marine... more The common heritage of mankind as a means to assess and advance equity in deep sea mining. Marine Policy .
OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto, 2021
The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cable... more The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cables are working to integrate environmental sensors (temperature, pressure, seismic acceleration) into submarine telecommunications cables. This will support climate and ocean observation, sea level monitoring, observations of Earth structure, tsunami and earthquake early warning and disaster risk reduction. Recent advances include regional SMART pilot systems that are the initial steps to trans-ocean and global implementation. Building on the OceanObs’19 conference and community white paper (doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00424), this paper presents an overview of the initiative and a description of ongoing projects including: InSea wet demonstration project off Sicily; Vanuatu and New Caledonia; Indonesia; CAM-2 triangle system connecting Lisbon, Azores and Madeira; New Zealand; and Antarctica. In addition to the diverse scientific and societal benefits, the telecommunications industry mission of...
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cable... more The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cables, is working to integrate environmental sensors for ocean bottom temperature, pressure, and seismic acceleration into submarine telecommunications cables. The purpose of SMART Cables is to support climate and ocean observation, sea level monitoring, observations of Earth structure, and tsunami and earthquake early warning and disaster risk reduction, including hazard quantification. Recent advances include regional SMART pilot systems that are the first steps to trans-ocean and global implementation. Examples of pilots include: InSEA wet demonstration project off Sicily at the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory Western Ionian Facility; New Caledonia and Vanuatu; French Polynesia Natitua South system connecting Tahiti to Tubaui to the south; Indonesia starting with short pilot systems working toward systems for the Sumatra-Java megathrust zone; and the CAM-2...
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2019
1. Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth\u27s interconnected oc... more 1. Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth\u27s interconnected ocean, hosting complex ecosystems that play key roles in sustaining life and providing important goods and services. 2. Although ABNJ encompass nearly half the planet\u27s surface, biological diversity found in these areas remains largely unprotected. Mounting pressures generated by the escalation of human activities in ABNJ threaten vital ecosystem services and the fragile web of life that supports them. 3. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely acknowledged as an important tool for the conservation of biological diversity. Currently less than 1% of ABNJ are protected, with the vast majority of MPAs located in waters within national jurisdiction. 4. The existing legal framework for protection and sustainable use of ABNJ lacks common goals, principles or standards, multi-sectoral coordination and comprehensive geographic coverage to ensure conservation or good governance grounded in scie...
Frontiers in Marine Science
London School of Economics and Political Science, Jan 19, 2021
COVID recovery packages offer big opportunities to invest in climate and ocean resilience. But fo... more COVID recovery packages offer big opportunities to invest in climate and ocean resilience. But for that to happen, the climate emergency needs to be recognised as a threat to financial stability. Swenja Surminski (LSE), Torsten Thiele (LSE), Karina Rodriguez (LSE) and the LSE Maryam Forum Climate Change and Oceans Working Group set out their recommendations. Humanity faces horrendous risks if it ignores "global commons"-that is, goods or assets whose benefits and/or costs transcend national borders. COVID-19 is one of these. Climate change and the oceans are primary global commons, and the urgency to act on them has never been greater. Fortunately, the global context in which to do so has recently improved. The G7 UK Presidency and the G20 Italian Presidency in 2021 are expected to bring these issues back to the global emergency list, with the COP26 conference being hosted in Glasgow next November.
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2018
Mandates to execute ecosystem-based management exist but are not implemented sufficiently enough ... more Mandates to execute ecosystem-based management exist but are not implemented sufficiently enough to reap the benefits of a growing blue economy.
Nature Communications, 2022
The original version of this Article contained an error in Box 2, in which the Seychelles Conserv... more The original version of this Article contained an error in Box 2, in which the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust funding was written as (USD 75,000 in competitive grants per year). The correct value is USD 700,000. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.
Whereas previous AORA discussions have focused on mandate challenges that may be inhibiting the i... more Whereas previous AORA discussions have focused on mandate challenges that may be inhibiting the implementation of the EBM, this mandates Task Group workshop led to the insight that while there were some legislative gaps in governance that contrib-uted to the implementation challenges, it was the implementation structure of those mandates that was a significant locus for EBM challenges. This observation resulted from applying the policy-stages heuristic to the overall workshop discussion and de-marcating those aspects that were specific to governance and those that related to im-plementation. In this analysis, it was concluded that there were sufficient legislative mandates to support the decision making to proceed with an EBM approach. Some of the gaps that remained included mechanisms to empower cross jurisdictional or inter-departmental decision making. The majority of identified challenges to the successful implementation of EBM were specific to the implementation process itself,...
Science, 2021
[Figure: see text].
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2017
1. Innovative financing, that is the development of new funding sources and mechanisms including ... more 1. Innovative financing, that is the development of new funding sources and mechanisms including from the private sector, can be used to deliver promising ocean conservation opportunities. Capital markets are increasingly accessible for sustainable development and climate finance, and are gaining traction for biodiversity conservation. Such financing concepts could also be