Webinar: Closing the gap: financing the transition towards an inclusive blue economy
Marine and coastal resources that support the livelihoods of millions of women and men face growing pressures, including overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution and climate change. Financial instruments can offer a solution to deliver positive socioeconomic and environmental outcomes for resource management.
Join IIED for an online discussion on 10 June how to mobilise public and private finance to enable the transition to a sustainable and inclusive blue economy. Register now for Closing the gap: financing the transition towards an inclusive blue economy
This event will explore how private and public capital can support the transition to a sustainable and inclusive blue economy. How can these flows be maximised and complementary in meeting the financing gap? What are the advantages and risks? And how might the coronavirus pandemic impact the transition?
With speakers
- Angelique Brathwaite, director wider Caribbean and co-founder of Blue Finance
- Rashid Sumaila, professor of ocean and fisheries economics at the University of British Columbia
- Torsten Thiele, senior research associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
The event will be facilitated by Laura Kelly, the director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group
Find out more and register now
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