The Economist World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific

CWR is a on a the panel “The World If… Asia’s governments adopted a source-to-sea approach to river management” and is a media partner for the Summit.

The Asia-Pacific is the region that is perhaps most vulnerable to climate change and ocean degradation, being heavily dependent on the seas for food provision and economic development. Challenges with pollution, climate change impacts, biodiversity loss and patchy governance, among others, make the transition to a sustainable ocean economy in the Asia-Pacific complex and occasionally even daunting. At the same time, the global conversation on the ocean typically happens elsewhere.

The summit will cover the length and breadth of the sustainable ocean economy with sessions on governance, climate change, finance, supply chains, innovation and technology, shipping, tourism, fishing and aquaculture. A key theme for the summit will be marine pollution and addressing the problems of plastics and chemicals in the ocean.

Actions taken in Asia-Pacific, perhaps more than in any other region, will profoundly affect the health of the global ocean and the development of a truly sustainable blue economy. For policy-makers, business leaders, investors and activists who want to be part of the solution, the summit will orient the discussion firmly in the region: a conversation focused on the ideas and innovations flourishing in Asia and the Pacific.

The health of Asia’s rivers is vital for the ocean’s health. Yet pollution, overfishing, damning and overdevelopment threaten the Mekong, Yangtze, Ganges and countless other rivers— and the communities that rely on them. This future-focused session will begin by imagining an Asia-Pacific region with its rivers in robust health and then ask: what would it take to make this vision a reality? See more here.

To see more on the agenda, speakers and Summit click here and to register click here – contact us for a special CWR network rate.

Date: Nov 30th (Wednesday) 2022
Time: 3:00 – 3.30PM (HKT)
Location: Online via Zoom