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YOUTH FOR OCEAN
DIGITAL SUMMIT

Check out the recorded webinars!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Nov 18: "1-week Kick-off with our project manager, Hana!" Recording is available here.

Nov 20: "How do we balance rights and obligations in a space conceived to be beyond national jurisdiction?" with Nkeiru Scotcher. Recording is available here.

Nov 21, 14:00 CET: "What is done to protect marine biodiversity and how to contribute to its conservation, especially in the Polar Regions?" with Katharina Heinrich. Recording coming.

Nov 23, 14:00 CET: "Islands as spaces of innovation for marine biodiversity, beyond established socio-technical paradigm" with Karina Barquet. Recording is available here.

Nov 25-27: Youth for Ocean Digital Summit. Registration closed.

The ocean was our beginning, and the ocean is our future

There is nothing as boundless or as breathtaking as the ocean. Covering 70% of the planet’s surface, the ocean is the most extensive ecosystem on Earth. The ocean is the blue lungs of the planet, contributing with over 50% of the oxygen that the Earth’s living beings breathe, and absorbing over 70% of the carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere every day.

It is clear that human activity is profoundly damaging the ocean. For instance, more than 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. As an example, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is currently 4.5 larger than Germany in size. Also, overfishing corresponds to 34.2% of the global fish population. Notably, nowadays scientists are capable of tracing only 1% of all plastic pollution in the ocean, while the location of the rest is unknown.

The Summit

The Youth for Ocean Digital Summit is an initiative organized as part of Youth for Our Planet in close partnership with Earth Advocacy Youth, Reserva: The Youth Land Trust, and other youth organizations from around the world.

This Summit, planned for November 25-27 2021, will generate a powerful space where 200 young change-makers will co-build 8 bold campaigns to demand tangible implementation of the targets defined through the High Seas Treaty, the CBD COP15, the UNFCCC COP26, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

This initiative also involves 3 inspirational and informative pre-summit webinars in early August with knowledgeable researchers, to provide young mobilizers an overview of the state of the ocean and how it relates to the above-mentioned gatherings and agreements.

Meet our Speakers, Mentors and Facilitators

Read their bios here

The four tracks are:

1) The High Seas (how to advance the youth voice in the High Seas Treaty and emphasize the rights of the ocean, tying into the High Seas Treaty) (Full)

2) National Waters and Island States (focus on glocal solutions for local marine biodiversity and island governance, tying into the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration) (Full)

3) Ocean and Biodiversity (tying into the CBD COP15) (Full)

4) Ocean and Climate (tying into the UNFCCC COP26) (Full)

The Summit's four tracks

During Day 2 and 3 of the Summit, we will focus on guiding the
200 young mobilizers in the development of their campaigns.

How the tracks work
When a young mobilizer signs up for the Summit, they are asked to select a theme they wish to touch upon in their campaign. At the Summit, this theme is turned into a track guided by two mentors where you team up and develop your campaign together with fellow mobilizers who have chosen the same theme.

After the Summit
The 8 campaign ideas are carefully reviewed for the next phase of this initiative, and 2 of them are selected and offered free support and coordination assistance by the Summit team for a successful implementation. Awesome, right?

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YOUTH FOR OCEAN DIGITAL SUMMIT