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Deep Dive 1.4 (Plastic-free Oceans Track) - Advancing Circularity: Supporting Investible Startups with a Connected Network

27 January 2022

Deep Dive 1.5. Better Together: Innovating Socially Inclusive Waste Management Systems

27 January 2022

Deep Dive 3.3 (Ocean Finance Track) - The Pearl: Identifying and Accelerating Bankable Ocean Projects

27 January 2022

Deep Dive 3.4 (Ocean Finance Track) - The Surfer: Harnessing Ocean Risk to Innovate Ocean Finance: The Case for Parametric Insurance

27 January 2022

Day 2 Forum Recap

27 January 2022
Day 2 Recap of Plenary Session

Scene Setter for Plastic-free Oceans

26 January 2022
Plastic waste and pollution are urgent issues for Asia and the Pacific and the health of its ecosystems and communities. Over 80% of all marine plastic pollution comes from Asia, while Pacific island countries are exposed to ocean currents that accumulate large volumes of marine litter that…

Scene Setter for Coastal Resilience

26 January 2022
Coastal Resilience. Massive investment at scale is needed in both nature and transformational adaptation to build the resilience of Asia and the Pacific’s critical coastal and marine ecosystems, communities, cities, and island nations to climate and disaster-related shocks and stresses. Nature-…

Scene Setter for Ocean Finance

26 January 2022
Ocean Finance. The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine ecosystems. While science and policy are important tools to protect the oceans, the biggest challenge for ocean protection in finance. The cost to save the oceans and scale up investments is…

Scene Setter for Blue Foods

26 January 2022
Blue Foods. Edible aquatic animals, plants, and algae captured or cultivated in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people; they are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and inland communities…

Opening Plenary, Inspiring Keynote Speech, and Seaside Chat

26 January 2022
ADB Vice-President Bambang Susantono, including a keynote speech by WorldFish Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, and a panel discussion Session Synopsis: The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine…