The oceans supply substantial amounts of the world's food, but are often ignored in discussions about combating hunger and making food systems sustainable. With this in mind, Springer Nature has focused on SDG 14 with two principal approaches. We are publishing a number of high-level overviews from research consortia with a view to influencing discussions by heads of state and decision-makers in various sectors of society and policymaking. One example is the peer-reviewed outputs of the Norwegian government's international High Level Panel (HLP) for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, intended to stimulate the UN Ocean Summit. Another approach is to enhance oceans-related outputs across all of our imprints, all of our content types, and across the academic disciplines. On this page you can find some of our content highlights.
The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy is a group of world leaders committed to developing and catalysing solutions for ocean health and wealth that support the Sustainable Development Goals. The panel commissioned a series of ‘Blue Papers’ assessing the health and economic potential of the oceans. In this Collection we present peer-reviewed research papers, Reviews, Perspectives and Commentaries that distill and build on the findings in these Blue Papers to help navigate the transition to a more sustainable relationship with our seas. Discover the collection.
Oceanic Global
The Oceanic Global World Oceans Day 2020 event featured keynote speeches, panels, and presentations from leading names across industries including: Cara Delevingne, Ellie Goulding, Bill McKibben, Jean-Michel & Fabien Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, OceanX, Terracycle Founder & CEO Tom Szaky, Gayatri Reksodihardjo – Lilley (LINI), Youth Activist Lilly Platt and many more. The event which typically takes place in the UN headquarters was open to the public for the first time, and accessible live from all continents around the globe.
Here three of the speakers, Bill McKibben, renowned American environmentalist, Michael Selden, the Co-Founder of Finless Foods, and Olivier Ceberio, Co-founder of Resolute Marine Energy, share their thoughts on research collaboration, public engagement, and what it means to make meaningful change.
SDG14 and societal impact
Discover SDG14 researchers' attitudes towards societal impact in this downloadable infographic, part of a larger project in partnership with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), exploring the role of open research in accelerating progress on global societal challenges. Learn more.
A Good Old-Fashioned Sea Story
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SDGs Symposium 2021: Interdisciplinary science solutions for food, water, climate and ecosystems sustainable development goals
Achieving progress for the SDGs will require academia, business, policymakers and civil society to work together in a transdisciplinary manner.
To highlight and strengthen these connections, we are holding a SDGs Symposium " Interdisciplinary science solutions for food, water, climate and ecosystems sustainable development goals" at the University of Tokyo on March 26th, 2021.
We wish to take this opportunity to invite some of Japan’s renowned researchers working at this interface to discuss the best ways for research to both explain these multi-faceted phenomena and develop effective solutions.
We look forward to your participation in this event.
With Sir Phil Campbell and panelists from the University of Tokyo
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