The EAS Congress 2024 will be held in collaboration with Xiamen World Ocean Week from 6 to 8 November 2024.
It will be hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, the Xiamen Municipal People’s Government and Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia.
This year’s theme is Blue Synergy for a Shared Future: One Sustainable and Resilient Ocean and resonates strongly with the vision and approaches of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA).
The theme emphasizes the importance of harnessing collective synergies across governments, organizations and local communities to secure the sustainability and resilience of our shared ocean resources.
The Congress will assess the progress made and challenges faced in actualizing regional targets and global commitments, as it looks ahead at pathways for building greater collective action through cooperation, coordination and knowledge exchange among various stakeholder groups, driven by the goal of securing sustainable and resilient oceans for a shared future.
Expected Outcomes:
- Validated or novel best-practice models and locally-optimized solutions for sustaining the ocean while enabling prosperity, with such innovations amplified through regional knowledge sharing.
- Expanded connections between innovators across borders to accelerate the development and application of technologies and approaches that drive ‘triple wins’ for environmental, social and economic gains.
- Renewed momentum and mobilization of partnerships and resources to fulfill the collectively-endorsed SDS-SEA vision, with progress gaps overcome through concerted, near-term actions that countries shall agree to through the 8th Ministerial Declaration and other commitments of the East Asian Seas Congress.
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