Enhancing coastal resilience for a thriving blue economy
How can the blue economy contribute to coastal resilience? Join us for a session at the UN Ocean Conference where this will be explored by a broad range of knowledgeable speakers with innovative ideas on how to mobilize finance.
Topics include the future of blue carbon financing, investment in nature-based solutions and how blue bonds can move from the national level to the global. We explore how to enable sustainable co-existence between different sectors (e.g. small-scale fishing, tourism, energy) to holistically drive triple-bottom-line returns. How can Marine Spatial Plans facilitate this? What is the role of new technologies like off-grid services and multi-use solutions? How can blended finance mechanisms support co-existence?
Speakers share best-practice examples from various parts of the world but will also analyze trade-offs and barriers.
SEI at the UN Ocean Conference
The UN Ocean Conference will be convened in Nice, France, on 9-13 June 2025. For the third time, the world will come together for a global conference on how to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.
SEI will be organizing two side events and contribute to several other activities. Learn more here.
The session is organized in collaboration with the Government of Fiji; the Government of Sweden; the Global Fund for Coral Reefs of the UN Capital Development Fund; World Bank; Pacific Islands Development Forum; DHI and French Water Partnership.
Welcome and introduction – moderator Karina Barquet, Stockholm Environment Institute
Keynote presentations – Sivendra Michael – Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Government of Fiji; Erik Korsgren, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Lessons from blue investments – Karina Barquet interviews Pierre Bardoux, Director of Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR), Maria José Gonzalez, Executive Director of MAR Fund, and Tuukka Castrén, Acting Practice Manager for the Environment Global Unit, the World Bank
What are the major trends in blue financing? – Panel discussion between Ole Larsen, Director for Strategic Partnerships, Marine & Coastal, DHI, Arpana Pratap, Director Blue Economy of the Pacific Islands Development Forum and Grit Martinez, Ecologic Institute.
Next steps – Announcement of voluntary commitments, including the launch of a new community of practice. Speakers: Arpana Pratap and Karina Barquet
Sivendra Michael – Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Government of Fiji
