Presentations – CoastMan Africa

2025

Feb 10. Sumaila, UR. “From Vanishing Fish to Infinity Fish: Three things we need to abandon”. Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus 2025 Conference. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica.
Jan 27. Sumaila, UR. Keynote Presentation Ocean Science for Sustainability. “How to better bridge silos including across science and policy, focusing on how ocean research can be better utilized in effective decision-making for improved ocean management”. 3rd ISC General Assembly at the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue, Muscat, Oman. Link
Jan 23. Sumaila, UR. Reaching the “Blue Billions”. World Economic Forum 2025, Davos, Switzerland. Link
Jan 22. Sumaila, UR. Raising Public-Private Ambition for Nature and Food. World Economic Forum 2025, Davos, Switzerland.
Jan 22. Sumaila, UR. Immersive Dialogue on the Blue Economy. Global Collaboration Village, World Economic Forum 2025, Davos, Switzerland.
Jan 21. Sumaila, UR. GAEA Agora: Can Wealth Be Catalytic in the Face of the Planetary Crisis? World Economic Forum 2025, Davos, Switzerland.
Jan 18. Sumaila, UR. “Manage blue wealth”. Congreso Futuro 2025, Santiago, Chile. Link

2024

Dec 11. Sunderland, T., Issifu, I. Progress and 2025 plans for mapping, governance, policy, media, and decision support systems (DSS). CoastMan Launch, Pemba, Zanzibar. View article.
Nov 1. Sumaila, UR. Utilizing basic income to create a sustainable, poverty-free tomorrow. IOF Fish 500 Seminar. Link
Oct 28. Sumaila, UR. Interdisciplinarity is key to achieving ocean sustainability. Stanford Ocean Seminar Series.
Oct 25. Sumaila, UR. “CHANGE MAKERS” screening panel discussion on fisheries subsidies, IOF Fish 500 Seminar. Link.
Oct 25. Sumaila, UR. From Fishing to Deep-Sea Mining: Sound Policies for Ocean Health. BLOOM 24 Event. Link
Oct 25. Sumaila, UR. De subsidios perversos a subsidios pro-naturaleza (From perverse subsidies to pro-nature subsidies). Part of panel at United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 16) Cali, Colombia
Oct 15. Sumaila, UR. International Marine Conservation Institute Conference (IMCC7). South Africa. Link.
Oct 9. Sumaila, UR. The African Pre-UNOC 3 Consultation, Tangier, Morocco. Link
Oct 7-8. Sumaila, UR. The 3rd High Level Conference of the Blue Belt Initiative, Tangier, Morocco. Link
Sep 24. Sumaila, UR. How can Universal Basic Income aid a Just Transition? Online, part of New York Climate Week 2024.
Sep 18. Sumaila, UR. SEA CHANGE: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada. Institute for the Oceans & Fisheries, University of British Columbia.
Sep 16-17. Sumaila, UR. OECD on The Goals of Development Co-operation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: Economic Development and Resilience & Social Inclusion, OECD. Paris, France.
July 15 – 19. Sumaila, UR. International Insitute for Fisheries Economics and Trade Conference (IIFET 2024). Malaysia. Link
July 5. Sumaila, UR. Incheon International Ocean Forum 2024. Incheon, Korea.
July 3. Sumaila, UR. Keynote: Interdisciplinarity: Putting indigenous and granny wisdom into environmental economics, The 29th European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics Conference Belgium (https://www.eaere.org/events/annual-conferences/eaere-29th-annual-conference/).
June 27. Sumaila, UR. Putting communities at the centre of sustainability, Villars Institute, Switzerland.
June 25-28. Sumaila, UR. Utilizing Basic Income to Create A Sustainable, Poverty-Free Tomorrow. Villars Symposium 2024. Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.
June 7-8. Sumaila, UR. Deep sea protection across the Pacific: the need for precaution. San José, Costa Rica
May 21-24. Sumaila, UR. Blue Global Canada Summit 2024. St. Andrews-On-The-Sea, NB. Conference Website
May 15-17. Issifu, I. Addressing Inequalities: Building Socio-economic And Environmental Resilience For Sustainable Development. 6th International Research Conference, Cedi Conference Centre, Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. View Slides
May 10. Sumaila, UR. Paul Storer Memorial Lecture Presents: Managing Shared Fish Stocks Between Canada and the U.S. Under Climate Change. WWU & Online. Presentation Video.
April 13-15. Sumaila, UR. The Ocean Retreat: “Bringing it all Together for the Ocean”. Hydra, Greece.
March 18. Sumaila, UR. Land and Sea: Mathematics of the Climate Crisis. Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences.
March 12. Sumaila, UR. The future of fish and fisheries in a changing climate: Economic implications. Climate Adaption Workshop.
Jan 31. Sumaila, UR. Net Cost of Deep Sea Mining. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workshop on Deep Sea Mining, New York.
Jan 24. Sumaila, UR. “Warming Seas, Cooling Economy: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Ocean Industries”. Presentation to United States Senate Committee, Washington D.C.