Ocean Policies
Objectives
Adopt and advocate a holistic view on the ocean issues.
Recognize the ocean´s important role towards climate change and other environmental problems.
Identify the different threats and opportunities related to the ocean; list the most relevant actors at the different levels; outline the available tools to overcome, minimize or respond to the threats, to use positively the existing opportunities, and to create new ones.
Explain the potential opportunities for a sustainable blue economy.
Identify and evaluate the most relevant political instruments and lines of action at a global, regional, national at local levels, and diagnose the need for further development.
General characterization
Code
33247
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Assunção Cristas,Maria Damanaki
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 112
Teaching language
Available soon
Prerequisites
Not Applicable
Bibliography
Not Applicable
Teaching method
Lectures comprise a broad discussion of all topics, with a special focus on concrete examples; special participants might be invited to join the classes.
Individual presentation of student´s papers followed by discussion with the professor and colleagues.
Evaluation method
Completion of a written assignment, presentation and oral discussion of the same.
Subject matter
2. Old and new uses of the ocean. Main challenges, opportunities, and threats. The digital transition. Maritime Spatial Planning.
3. A healthy, productive, and resilient ocean for all: sustainable food, carbon storage and ecosystems protection and restoration, clean energy, well-being, and connectivity.
4. Sustainability as the central concern and guiding principle. Research, knowledge, and technology. Public awareness, ocean literacy, and citizen science.
5. Critical discussion on the need of binding or non-binding political and legal instruments.
Programs
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