9th annual World Ocean Summit to debate developments

The World Ocean Summit, the leading conference on the marine economy, today announced the final speaker line-up for the 2022 event, which will run from Tuesday, March 1 to Friday, March 4 The theme of the four-day global event, organised by Economist Impact, is “How to achieve 2030 targets”. Programming will consist of online conversations, interactive sessions, roundtables and a virtual exhibition. Over 150 leading figures from across the ocean community, from business to science, government, investors, and civil society, will explore this year’s theme by looking at developments in shipping, fishing, aquaculture, energy, tourism, and plastics. Last year, the event attracted over 8000 registrants from 175 countries.

Speakers include:

● John Kerry, special presidential envoy for climate, US

● Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general, UN and chair, UN Sustainable Development Group

● HSH Albert II, sovereign prince of Monaco

● John Briceño, prime minister, Belize

● Razan Al Mubarak, president, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

● Virginijus Sinkevičius, commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries, European Commission

● Mariam Bint Mohammed Almheiri, minister of climate change and environment, UAE

● Jane Ewing, senior vice-president for sustainability, Walmart

● Ana Gascon, world without waste director, Coca Cola Europe

● Whitney Johnston, director of oceans sustainability, Salesforce

● Brune Poirson, chief sustainability officer, Accor

● Maya Gabeira, professional big wave surfer, activist and board member, Oceana