What is the Blue Economy?
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Thought leaders on the blue economy
Peter Thomson
United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean
“Q & A: All sustainable development goals relate in some way to the oceans”
Mahawa Kaba Wheeler
Director, Women, Gender and Development Directorate, Bureau of the Chairperson, African Union Commission
“Women must be at the heart of Africa’s blue economy”
Ambassador Macharia Kamau
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya
“Kenya looks to lead the way in developing the blue economy’s potential”
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Canada
“The start of an important global conversation on the blue economy”
Ambassador Toshitsugu Uesawa & Siddharth Chatterjee
Japan’s Ambassador to Kenya & UN Resident Coordinator to Kenya
“Africa’s giant blue economy potential”
Cameron Diver
Deputy Director-General at the Pacific Community (SPC)
“The blue economy for the blue planet”
Cyrus Rustomjee
Senior Fellow, Global Economy Programme, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Managing Director, CETAWorld
“The blue economy – a new frontier for small island developing states”
Lisa Stadelbauer
High Commissioner-designate of Canada to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
“Global, inclusive partnerships essential for the future sustainability of our oceans and seas”
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