The Anthropocene Ocean
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Humans have become a dominant force of planetary change. This epoch, referred to as the Anthropocene, implies profound alterations to the Earth’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems upon which so many people depend. The prospect of a new era of blue growth, in particular, poses unprecedented sustainability and governance challenges to the ocean, as marine ecosystems face cumulative pressures from local human impacts, global climate change, and distal socioeconomic drivers. This session will explore what the Anthropocene means for the ocean and how to steer it in a sustainable and equitable way. With the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development poised to begin, panelists will present new research frontiers at the science-policy-practice interface and discuss how to approach ocean sustainability in the 21st century.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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Jan Bebbington
Director, Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, University of Lancaster, UK
Jean-Baptiste Jouffray
Postdoctoral Researcher at Stockholm Resilience Center
Douglas McCauley
Associate Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara
Elizabeth Selig
Deputy Director at Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
John Virdin
Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University