For the fourth year in a row, One Ocean Hub participated in the Bonn Climate Conference. This blogpost reflects on the Hub’s contributions to the preparations of the first children’s dialogue at an international climate meeting, and discussions on the ocean-climate nexus. The Bonn Climate Conference encompasses the intersessional meeting of subsidiary bodies under the ..read more

Hub Director Elisa Morgera has published a new, open-access monograph ‘Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing in International Law’ with Oxford University Press, assessing how and to what extent international law is supporting equity in environmental sustainability through the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing at the intersection of international environmental law, international human rights law, and ..read more

The importance of public participation, meaningful consultation, and the cultural and spiritual heritage of the ocean to South Africa’s small-scale fishers and coastal communities. In 2021, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell and Impact Africa’s exploration right for a seismic survey along the Wild Coast was unlawful due to the lack of meaningful ..read more

In May 2024 the One Ocean Hub team held their closing conference in Cape Town, and as one of the co-founders of the Hub it was a special privilege for me to invite the incredible Hub community to visit and participate in the opening of a new exhibition I curated, drawing deeply from our research ..read more

To mark World Ocean Day on 8 June 2024, Hub Director Elisa Morgera participated in a webinar organized by the UNEP Faith for Earth Youth Council and the Child and Youth Major Group to UNEP. This youth-led event offered a space for guided discussion with youth ocean defenders and allied adult leaders working to support young people in ocean awareness ..read more

Recreational angling (defined here as fishing that is not the individual’s main source of food and is not generally sold) is a significant industry in Namibia, with thousands of anglers visiting every year to take part in either rock-and-surf or ski-boat angling. Recreational angling provides a myriad of economic, social, and ecological benefits to society ..read more

A new special episode of the One Ocean Hub podcast dedicated to small-scale fishers has just been launched. Joined by Maria Honig (Coastal Communities Lead, World Wide Fund for Nature), Milica Prokic  had the honour and pleasure to meet and discuss with  small-scale fisher representatives from South Africa in person, as the episode was recorded ..read more

The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its much-awaited Advisory Opinion requested to clarify States’ obligations to protect the marine environment from climate change. This blog post collects relevant extracts from the first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, Hub Director Elisa Morgera, which reflects on the historic importance ..read more

This blog post unpacks the findings from two latest reports on the impacts of mangrove deforestation in Ghana. Mangroves are a kind of marine vegetation that exists in coastal areas. These incredible plants are well adapted to the ocean environment and provide many different functions such as acting as nursery habitats for young (juvenile) fish ..read more

As the international negotiations continue on a new instrument on the full life-cycle of plastics pollution, it remains unclear to what extent human rights and marine plastics will be addressed by the new instrument. To further raise awareness about the transformative potential of taking these considerations more centrally into the negotiations, the Hub was invited ..read more