Navigating the Currents: Europe’s Ocean Leadership After Nice

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CLI
Navigating the Currents: Europe’s Ocean Leadership After Nice
Sunday, 24. August
Content
CCA – Flora-Heiss-Rogger Saal
60 minutes
English
First come first serve

With the EU poised to ratify the High Seas Treaty and launch its Ocean Pact, 2025 is a defining moment for Europe’s role in global ocean governance. This session brings together leaders from policy, science, and diplomacy to explore how the EU can move from political ambition to practical implementation. What will it take to safeguard biodiversity beyond national borders, and how can Europe lead in translating international commitments into binding protections? Against the backdrop of the post-UN Ocean Conference in Nice agenda, this conversation highlights the risks of delay and the opportunities for coordinated action.

Hosted by Club Alpbach France
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Speaker

Peter Thomson

United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean United Nations
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Mathilde Ollivier

Senator French Senate
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Jennifer Morgan

Former State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action Federal Foreign Office, Germany
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Moderator

Geneviève Pons

Director General Europe Jacques Delors