Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
The World Ocean Council (WOC) CEO, Paul Holthus, engaged with stakeholders from business, government, science, environment and other communities at major Arctic events in Tromso, Norway in late January. At the Arctic Business Council Summit, Holthus outlined the WOC initiative to develop Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets and indicators particularly relevant to Arctic industries. The
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
The Opening Plenary of the World Ocean Council (WOC) Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), Rotterdam, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2016, will include: • Erik Solheim, Director, U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP); U.N. Under-Secretary-General • Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) • Joao Aguiar Machado, Director General, DG MARE, European Commission Additional industry leaders and senior