Follow the Ocean Embassy around the Ocean Visions Biennial Summit that took place from April 4-6 at the Georgia Aquarium. You will hear exclusive insights from the conference and its particular focus on ocean-based climate solutions such as ocean-based carbon removal. This is a special episode, featuring many guests and panel observations.
Ocean Visions is a non-profit organization that catalyzes innovation at the intersection of the ocean and climate crises. They facilitate multisector collaborations from within their network and beyond, working with leading research institutions, the private sector, and public-interest organizations to fully explore and advance responsible and effective ocean-based climate solutions.
[00:03:10] In the beginning of this episode, we hear from Ocean Visions cofounder and current chairman Dr. Emanuele di Lorenzo, who is also a professor at Brown University.
[00:08:00] Then, you will get to listen to some insights from the conference’s opening keynote by Dr. Julie Pullen, Partner and Chief Scientist at Propeller VC, a venture capital firm that launched last fall, specifically dedicated to funding ocean climate solutions.
[00:23:28] Working closely with research institutions, Julie’s interview then hands over to Dr. Peter deMenocal, President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who tells us about some of the observation capacities and gaps of carbon measurements in the ocean as well as international collaborations.
[00:32:00] Some of these collaborations are, for example, with the Ocean Frontier Institute, which led another panel where you will hear from Dr. Anya Waite, who is their CEO & Scientific Director as well as Associate Vice-President of Ocean Research at Dalhousie University.
On this panel, we will also hear from Dr. Will Burt for the first time. Will is the Chief Ocean Scientist at Planetary, a Canada-based Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement startup. He will talk more about the challenges around monitoring, reporting and verification of ocean-based carbon removal challenges in the context of a startup company trying to sell carbon credits.
[00:49:00] Alongside him, Freya Chay, Program Manager at carbon(plan) and Matt Long, cofounder of the [c]worthy initiative, discuss these challenges and opportunities around robust and fit-for-purpose MRV.
[01:20:00] With all these ocean-based solutions and interventions come ethical and societal challenges. We dive a bit deeper with this in an interview with Dr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Director of the Marine Policy Center, an Senior Advisor to the President on Ocean and Climate Policy at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
[01:39:00] Closing the episode, we hear from the CEO and President of the Georgia Aquarium, Dr. Brian Davis, who will tell us about the social and educational importance of aquariums in a time of oceans in crisis.
I hope you enjoy this episode!
Cover art: Simon + Anna Madlener. Based on the Spilhaus world projection.
Music and Sound Effects: Lukas Bindel
Mixing: Anna Madlener
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