Event

Take part in Oceans and Human Health: the importance of SDG14 to other Sustainable Development Goals A Side-Event to the United Nations Ocean Conference June 29, 2022, 1 p.m.

Event Website: https://sites.uab.edu/ohh 

Webinar Registration: https://go.uab.edu/ohhwebinar

What to expect: A 75-minute session showcasing a variety of perspectives and subjects within the theme of Oceans and Human Health through a panel of voices from universities, nonprofits, and governments on multiple continents. This webinar intends to foster the cultivation of a global community of practice and the furtherance of knowledge-sharing networks in support of SDG14 and its connections to other SDGs; and is conceived in the spirit of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. This will provide important public health context for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference and is a step forward for the 2030 UN Agenda: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership. 

This Lightning Talks session features speakers from:

US National Institutes of Health, US Food and Drug Administration, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Geophysical Union, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, WorldFish, Surfrider Foundation Europe, Surfrider Foundation Maroc, Medical IMPACT, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Exeter, University of São Paolo, Western Philippines University, Nanjing University, and Massey University