Parliamentary Ocean Evening on 8 July
The UN Ocean Conference in Nice sent an urgent call for help to the global community: it is time to act - with concrete measures for the largest habitat on our planet, the ocean. Numerous marine organisms could go extinct before we even discover them. And yet the ocean is perhaps our only chance of effectively countering the devastating effects of climate change.
Against this backdrop, the German Ocean Foundation and the Planetarium Berlin Foundation - with the support of the German United Nations Association (DGVN) - cordially invite you to the first Parliamentary Ocean Evening 2025.
The evening will focus on the urgent need to protect marine biodiversity and a promising solution from the ocean that could help us win the fight against global climate change. With renowned speakers and a lively panel discussion, we want to provide political impetus and jointly develop perspectives for effective action.
Programme
18:30 - Admission
19:00 - Start of programme
Antonia Spielvogel ‘Young Ocean Protection Ambassador and representative of the Young Citizens Council for the Ocean’ - experiences at the UNOC
Steffi Lemke, former Federal Minister for the Environment, Member of the German Bundestag, with a statement on the UN Ocean Conference
Keynotes
Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht, evolutionary biologist and author
‘Biodiversity in the ocean and on our planet is sending out an SOS signal’
Hans-Josef Fell, President of the Energy Watch Group
Dr Miriam Philippi, marine biogeochemist from the Alfred Wegener Institute's Marine Climate Change Impacts and Solutions Laboratory and MACROCARBON
Prof. Dr Victor Smetacek, marine researcher
‘How large algae in the ocean could save us from climate change’
Shamim Wasii Nyanda, Lead, Tanzania Ocean Climate Innovation Hub
Collaboration appeal to Germany
Panel discussion (from approx. 20:00)
Followed by a reception in the foyer.
