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Save our Ocean: Engaging with SDG14 in support of the Ocean Conference

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he world’s seas and oceans are essential for our survival. The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface and contributes substantially to human development, including to the provision of food security, transport, energy supply, tourism and many of the planet’s most critical ecosystem services. Yet, today it is estimated that 40 percent of our oceans are heavily affected by unsustainable practices, including over-fishing, land-based sources of pollution and littering, habitat destruction, invasive species as well as climate change, particularly ocean acidification.

The United Nations Ocean Conference will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June 2017, co-hosted by Sweden and Fiji. World leaders, civil society representatives will come together to find a strategy to implement SDG 14 of the Sustainable Development Goals - “Life Below Water” and protecting the world’s oceans and seas on which we all depend.

To raise awareness of this conference and efforts by civil society and governments to achieve SDG14, Peace Boat and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) will organise a public event onboard Peace Boat's passenger ship as it is docked in Stockholm on June 2 - just days before the UN conference begins- as part of Peace Boat's 94th Global Voyage for Peace.

Join political leaders, civil society representatives and ocean experts onboard Peace Boat for a symposium co-organized on Engaging with SDG14 and The Ocean Conference. Learn more about the state of our oceans, what is being done internationally and in the Baltic, and what we can expect from the Ocean Conference in New York. The programme includes music and dance performance to celebrate the world’s oceans. Come onboard and raise your voice with the hashtag #SaveOurOcean.

Organizers:

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eace Boat is a Japan-based international NGO with consultative status with ECOSOC of the United Nations. Peace Boat is a committed campaigner for the Sustainable Development Goals, and sails with the Global Goals logo on the hull of the ship. Peace Boat was the first NGO to make a Voluntary Commitment to the implementation of SDG 14 at a Special Event at the Preparatory Meeting of the Ocean Conference in February with the Ecoship Project. Sailing in 2020 as a flagship for the SDGs, the 55,000 ton, 2000 passenger capacity nature-inspired vessel combines radical energy efficiency measures and the use of renewable energy at a level never achieved before in maritime transport. With zero Nox and sulphur emissions and 40% reduction in CO2, the Ecoship seeks to address ocean acidification. The ship has closed water and closed waste systems to combat marine pollution. The Ecoship will offer a solution to climate change and contribute towards the implementation of SDG14, and take thousands of people around the world every year to places that are directly affected by rising sea levels and the degradation of marine ecosystems.

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he Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is a charitable environmental organisation with the power to bring about change. SSNC spreads knowledge, charts environmental threats, proposes solutions and influences politicians and authorities, both nationally and internationally. Under democratic forms, SSNC works regionally in 24 county branches and locally in 270 community branches. Climate change, seas and fishing, forests, agriculture and environmental toxins are their priority areas of work, both nationally and globally. SSNC has made the voluntary commitment towards SDG 14 of Member driven advocacy for sustainable oceans, ecosystems and fisheries.

Organized in cooperation with the Government Offices of Sweden and Stockholm City.

Programme 08:30

Peace Boat arrival at Värtahamnen Port, Stockholm

10:15

Event Registration and Ship Boarding Procedures Open Exhibitions and displays onboard the ship prior to event

10:55

Soran Bushi Japanese dance performance

11:00 Engaging with the Sustainable Development Goals: SDG14 and the Ocean Conference Welcome from Peace Boat. Founder and Director, Yoshioka Tatsuya Sweden and the Ocean Conference H.E. Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate H.E. Karolina Skog, Minister for the Environment Ms. Katarina Luhr, Vice Mayor of Environment in the City of Stockholm State Secretary Elisabeth Backteman, Ministry for Enterprise and Innovation Civil Society and the Ocean Conference Ms. Karin Lexén, Swedish Society For Nature Conservation Ms. Karen Hallows, Peace Boat Ecoship Mr. Tom Arnbom, World Wildlife Fund Mr. Sören Kjellkvist & Mr. Glenn Mattsing, Row Around Svalbard Ms. Frida Bengtsson, Greenpeace Ms. Hannah Stanton, The Goals.org Ms. Merci Olsson, Race for the Baltic

12:00

Break

12:15

Questions from the audience to civil society

12: 50

Music Recital by the Caracas City Orchestra

13:00

Programme finishes

The Government Offices of Sweden

H.E. Karolina Skog, Minister for the Environment

H.E. Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate

State Secretary Elisabeth Backteman, Ministry for Enterprise and Innovation

Ms. Katarina Luhr

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atarina Luhr was born in 1973 and grew up in Ronneby in the south of Sweden. She has a background as a pharmacist and holds a PhD in neuroscience. She entered the Stockholm city council in 2010 representing the Green party. After the general elections in 2014 the City council elected Katarina Luhr Vice Mayor of Environment. She is also serves as a Member of the City Executive Board and Stockholm City Council, and is the Chair of the Environment and Health administration.

Vice Mayor of Environment in the City of Stockholm

Mr. Yoshioka Tatsuya

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Founder and Director of Peace Boat and Ecoship

oshioka Tatsuya is the founder of Peace Boat and a leading figure in Japanese civil society for the past 30 years heading Peace Boat’s global voyages for peace and sustainability and campaigner for the Sustainable Development Goals, sailing with the Global Goals Logo on the hull of the ship. Yoshioka is now leading Peace Boat’s Ecoship Project to build the world’s most sustainable passenger ship. A flagship for the SDGs and Peace Boat’s voluntary commitment to SDG14, Ecoship seeks to address ocean acidification with reduced carbon emissions and significantly reduce marine pollution. Yoshioka is a founding member of the UN-initiated Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) International Steering Group, Head of its Northeast Asia Secretariat, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.

Ms. Sara Fröcklin

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ara Fröcklin is Senior Policy officer in Tropical marine ecosystems and Fisheries at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC). The position includes advocacy work on national, EU and international level as well as close collaboration with SSNC's Sida-funded partners in Latin America, Asia and Africa. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC). Prior to this position, she was employed at Stockholm University and further holds a Ph.D. in social-ecological marine science, with special focus on gender in coastal settings in East Africa

Policy officer Tropical marine ecosystems and fisheries, Swedish Society For Nature Conservation

Ms. Karen Hallows

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aren Hallows is International Coordinator for Peace Boat, based in Europe. She has been working on peace and sustainability education programmes and advocacy onboard Peace Boat, sailing on more than ten Global Voyages. She is currently Project Coordinator for Peace Boat’s Ecoship Project and coordinating Peace Boat’s involvement in The Ocean Conference to be held in June at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Project Coordinator, Peace Boat Ecoship Project

Ms. Karin Lexén

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Director, Swedish Society For Nature Conservation

arin Lexén is Secretary General of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC). She has broad experience – over 25 years of work – in environmental policy work and international partnership. She served as Director for International Policy and the World Water Week at Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (2012-2017) and as the Director for the Swedish Water House at SIWI (2007-2012). Prior to this position, Ms Lexén has worked at the Swedish Ministry for the Environment, responsible for marine issues as well as tasks related to domestic and international Climate policy. She has also held the position of International Policy Director at the Church of Sweden and worked with research on marine pollutants at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Stockholm University.

Mr. Tom Arnbom

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om Arnbom is Senior advisor in Marine and Polar issues at WWF Sweden. He is associate professor in ecology and has a PhD in ecology (elephant seals) and a MSc in biopsychology (sperm whales). Arnbom was part of the International Whaling Commission for five years and also worked in media for ten years. He has also been at the Swedish Ministry of Environment. He has been engaged at WWF for the last ten years.

World Wildlife Fund Sweden

Ms. Frida Bengtsson

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rida Bengtsson has been working with Greenpeace for the past 10 years with a special focus on oceans and in particular polar regions. She has led several ship expeditions to the Arctic focusing on climate impacts on that part of the world. She has also been involved in campaigns against illegal fisheries and is currently leading Greenpeace’s global work on marine sanctuaries. She has recently attended UN negotiations for the establishment of the new Ocean Treaty to protect the high seas.

Greenpeace

Ms. Hannah Stanton

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The Goals.org

annah Stanton is Director of TheGoals.org, a program combining local action and global learning for on the SDGs even on the simplest mobile device., Hannah’s specialty is youth participation and non-formal education. Since 2012, she has been part of the post- 2015 process leading to the 2030 Agenda 2030. Currently Hannah is the Global Focal Point for the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) for SDG 14 - the Oceans Goal. Her task is to bridge the important issues of education, oceans literacy, and gender. MGCY facilitates the youth consultation process for the oOceans cConference. For her efforts she was last year awarded the prestigious Compass Rose by HM King of Sweden, a scholarship awarded to young leaders that have demonstrated courage, care, and willingness to take action.

Ms. Merci Olsson

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erci Olsson is Communications Director for Race For The Baltic, a foundation which convenes cities, companies, leaders and organizations working to restore the Baltic Sea and to ensure economic and social benefits. Merci has also worked as Communications Director for National Geographic Society Europe and is passionate about water issues and the future of our planet.

Race for the Baltic

Performances

Soran Bushi performed by Peace Boat participants

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oran bushi is a traditional dance from Hokkaido which represents the lives and work of the fishing communities of this island in the north of Japan. The choreography depicts the movements of the waves and the actions of fisherfolk as they haul in their nets of fish. It is performed by participants who are currently travelling onboard Peace Boat’s 94th Global Voyage, as part of an onboard education programme for peace and sustainability incorporating dance and music and taking place during their three-month journey around the world.

Ensemble from Caracas City Orchestra

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s part of a long collaboration between Peace Boat and El Sistema, a social music programme for youth, musicians from the Caracas City Orchestra are currently travelling onboard Peace Boat’s 94th Global Voyage. Throughout their journey, the musicians are performing in ports of call to support campaigns for peace and sustainability, including in programmes calling for a nuclear weapons ban with survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in Skaramagkas Refugee Camp in Athens, Greece.

Exhibitors Peace Boat’s Voluntary Commitment to SDG14: The Ecoship Project As our voluntary commitment, Peace Boat commits to building the “Ecoship”. We are constructing a 60,000 ton, 2000 passenger capacity, nature-inspired vessel, which will set sail in 2020 as the world’s most sustainable cruise ship, and a flagship for the SDGs. Ecoship will be the platform for Peace Boat’s global voyages for peace and sustainability, with onboard and in-port education programmes for passengers, targeting both youth and lifelong learners, and sustainable tourism to benefit small island states and coastal communities, target 14.7. The ship will directly address target 14.3, ocean acidification, with a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions achieved through renewable technologies and energy efficiency. Closed water and closed waste loop systems onboard will mean zero discharge and close to zero waste, helping to reduce marine pollution, target 14.1. The technologies the ship uses will be shared publicly through exhibitions in ports in 100 countries per year, and there will be laboratories onboard for further study of the oceans as the ship sails, as a contribution to target 14a.

NonHazCity Project

NonHazCity project wants to address small-scale emitters directly, and tries to reduce the consumption of hazardous substances at the source. Municipalities, small and medium sized enterprises and private households will be addressed by various means, adapted to each specific target polluter with the main goal to prevent hazardous substances ending up in the sewer and, ultimately, in the Baltic Sea. The NonHazCity project has made the voluntary commitment of Innovative management solutions for minimizing emissions of hazardous substances from urban areas in the Baltic Sea Region for the implementation of SDG 14 at The Ocean Conference.

Stockholm Future Wastewater project Stockholm’s Future Wastewater Treatment - New Demands for Future Generations The city council of Stockholm has decided to double the capacity of the Henriksdals treatment plant, close the Bromma treatment plant, and build a new drain tunnel 30-90 meters below the ground from Bromma to Henriksdal. Stockholm is one of Europe's fastest growing cities. Every year, we get 30,000 more to shower, brush your teeth, go to the bathroom, wash clothes, dishes and anything else that gives rise to wastewater that needs to be cleaned. The planned tunnel will be about 14 km long and extend from Bromma via Eolshäll to a pump station in Sickla near Henriksdal. The expansion of Henriksdal's purification plant will be mainly carried out in Henriksdalsberget.

Svealands kustvattenvårdsförbund (SKVVF) Svealands kustvattenvårdsförbund (SKVVF) is a non-profit organization performing regular monitoring of the water quality of Stockholm, Uppsala and Södermanland coastal waters. Members consist of 22 coastal Municipalities, County Boards, 13 Companies and several NGOs. SKVVF provides science-based knowledge about the coastal area´s ecological status and need for measures to improve water quality.