Healthy Oceans

Healthy oceans and seas are vital to the well-being of the planet and to the economic and social prosperity of coastal states such as the Nordic countries. Therefore, Agenda 2030 and Global Goal #14, Life below Water, will form the central theme of this seminar, in which experts from the Nordic countries will discuss sustainable utilisation of the oceans and seas, international frameworks and cooperation; and the impact of and actions to prevent marine litter.

Program

12:30 Lunch and registration

13:30 Welcome by Ambassador of Iceland Martin Eyjólfsson

13:40 Introduction by Oliver Hasenkamp DGVN, Moderator

13:45 Germany’s policy on the oceans, sustainable use of the resource, regional and international cooperation
Dr. Regina Dube, Head of Department Water Management, Resource Conservation and Adaptation to Climate Chante, German Ministry for the Environment

14:00 Agenda 2030 in the Nordic region in the context of GG #14

14:15 Panel discussion
Mr. Christian Lorenzen, KIMO Denmark
Ms. Helena Tuuri, Finland’s Baltic Sea Ambassador
Ms. Sigríður Ragna Sverrisdóttir, General Manager, Icelandic Center of Excellence for Sustainable Use and the Conservation of the Ocean
Dr. Peter M. Haugan Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway
Ms. Helen Ågren, Sweden’s Ambassador for the Ocean
Dr. Regina Dube, German Ministry for the Environment
With youth delegates from the Nordic countries

15:20 Q&A

16:00 End of seminar. Preparations for the plogging event

16:30 Plogging in the Tiergarten park adjacent to the Embassies