The Government of Portugal and UMass Dartmouth signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to foster cooperation on ocean-related scientific and technological projects to promote collaborative educational, research, and economic opportunities.
VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal The fortunes of the Portuguese port city of Viana do Castelo have always been tied to the ocean.
During the 16th century, the port became a primary launch point for explorers and merchants seeking new trade routes. The harbor later became a hub for fishermen and merchant vessels sailing to the country s colonial possessions in Africa and Asia.
Now, a burgeoning offshore wind sector stands to transform Viana s economy yet again. This time, the hope is to turn the port into a major renewable power hub and a key player in the EU s green energy future.
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Volkan Bozkir urges govts, industries, civil society to join forces to develop, implement ocean solutions
June 2, 2021
NEW YORK: The world must harness clear, transformative and actionable solutions to address ocean crisis, UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir said, opening a meeting to generate momentum towards the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, when public health safety measures allow.
“Simply speaking, our relationship with our planet’s ocean must change,” he told a high-level thematic debate on the ocean and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14) – life below water. Against the backdrop that human activities have threatened to undo delicate balance of this ecosystem that supports nutritional, economic and social value to billions the world over, he upheld that there was simply no scenario wherein “we live on a planet without an ocean.”