Planet Beyond x Ocean Decade mini series
Ocean Decade Conference Collaboration and Determination
Published
12 Apr 2024
This week, Planet Beyond is recording live at the 2024 Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. In this last of our three daily live episodes, we speak to Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a non-profit foundation established in 2009. The Institute's goal is to advance innovative oceanographic research and discovery. It provides collaborators with free ship time aboard its research vessel.
Jyotika tells us why collaboration and open access to scientific tools is vital to ensuring the health of our ocean, and planet. She shares her thoughts on the importance of the conference, looks back over highlights of the first two days, and ahead to the final day.
We also hear calls to action from Paula García Rodriguez, Mark Heine and Pooja Mahapatra.
Host
Jon Baston-Pitt, Fugro
Guest
Jyotika Virmani, Executive Director, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Additional comments
Paula García Rodriguez, Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPS) programme member
Mark Heine, CEO, Fugro
Pooja Mahapatra, Principal Advisor for Climate and Nature, Fugro
Photo credit IISD/ENB | Mika Schroder
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