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Five Years of Ocean Leadership: Edinburgh Ocean Leaders 2025 Impact Report

We are pleased to share the 2025 Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Impact Report, released five years after the launch of the programme. The report captures how this growing global community is advancing practical, scalable solutions to some of the ocean’s most complex challenges. To better understand the reach and influence of the programme, we conducted a …

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Kristina Gjerde receives prestigious Elisabeth Haub Award

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On 24th October, Kristina Gjerde, IUCN Senior High Seas Advisor and valued member of the Edinburgh Ocean Leaders International Advisory Panel, was honoured alongside Singapore’s Ambassador for International Law, Rena Lee with The Elisabeth Haub Award. The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is the world’s most prestigious award in the field of …

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Edinburgh Ocean Leaders @ New York Climate Week

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This event brings together Yale faculty and alumni including EOL co-director Dr Meriwether Wilson and Advisory Panel member Dr Marea Hatziolos. Through an interactive panel convened by Meriwether and audience discussions they will share experiences on current and future ocean strategies to secure long-term health for the planet, and society.

Introducing the 2024 Ocean Leaders

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On Oceans Day at COP28 UAE (9th December), Edinburgh Ocean Leaders announced the eight ocean professionals named the 2024 Ocean Leaders. The leaders – from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, UK, France, Mozambique, USA, South Africa and the Maldives – join a community of globally-distributed ocean change-makers, working on vital solutions for the ocean and society. The 2024 …

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Stories from the field: EOL in the Maldives

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In October, the 2023 Ocean Leaders gathered from around the world for the annual Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Field Mission. The field mission serves as a pivotal component of the year-long Edinburgh Ocean Leaders executive leadership program, designed to be an immersive, ocean-centred week of team building and learning. This years’ field mission took place in …

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Edinburgh Ocean Leader 2023 Field Mission: The Maldives

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Kicking off on October 21, 2023, the 2023 cohort of Ocean Leaders will convene for the third Edinburgh Ocean Leader Field Mission, this year, in the Maldives. What is the field mission? The field mission constitutes a fundamental pillar of the Ocean Leaders executive leadership program. It is multiday gathering of the present cohort of …

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Ocean Leaders at the African Climate Summit 2023

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Last week (4th – 8th September 2023) marked Africa Climate Week, an annual gathering that brings together leaders from governments, businesses, international organizations, and civil society to strategize on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the mounting impacts of the climate crisis in Africa. This year, African Climate Week was complemented by the inaugural African …

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At the innagural Blue Climate Summit

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From the 14th to 20th May 2022 over 200 scientists, innovators, policymakers, business and financial experts, government representatives, community leaders, and environmental and youth activists convened in French Polynesia for the Blue Climate Summit. Blue Climate Summit in French Polynesia. Image: Blue Climate Summit Blue Climate Summit in French Polynesia. Image: Blue Climate Summit Previous …

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Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Annual Meeting 2022

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From 23rd to 26th March 2022, Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (EOL) held the first in person Annual Meeting. Following two years of delay due to Covid-19, the meeting was held in our hometown of Edinburgh and convened Ocean Leaders across the three cohorts (2020, 2021 and 2022) and members of the international advisory panel. For many …

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Ocean Leadership at Scale: Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Event at Monaco Ocean Week 2022

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On the 22nd March 2022, Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (EOL) hosted an event at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in the framework of Monaco Ocean Week. The event was attended by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, attendees of Monaco Ocean Week and over 40 local university students. Master of Ceremonies Harriet Harden-Davies | @ JC …

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