A conference exploring current opportunities and threats in the era of climate and anthropogenic change and pathways to investigate the realm of ‘people and the sea’ from new angles.
Date: Monday-Friday, 26-30 June 2022
Oceans have always imbued seafarers with fear: fear of storms, pirates, and shipwrecks, and fear of the creatures that live beneath the surface. We are also afraid of what we have ourselves unleashed: the realities of sea level rise, climate change, pollution, overfishing, and biodiversity loss.
Scientists, including WorldFish's Acting Director for the Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems Research Program, Eddie Allison, will join the dialogues and discussions to fine-tune the understanding of causes and effects and to provide possible solutions. International policy fora – such as those involved in the current Ocean Decade – are prodding policymakers and politicians to initiate meaningful mitigatory and adaptive action.
This conference takes Blue Fear as its starting point and invites us to look it in the face. It explores current opportunities and threats in the era of climate and anthropogenic change. Blue Fear challenges us to ask ourselves what social scientists can contribute to understanding and dealing with Blue Fear, and to investigate the realm of ‘people and the sea’ from new angles.
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We look forward to your active participation.