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Presentation skills

Open Learn

The Open University

This is a short lesson from a course called "Effective communication in the workplace". This has useful tips and tricks to help plan for a presentation.

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PowerPoint for Windows training

Microsoft

Microsoft

PowerPoint for Windows training from Microsoft Office Support

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Massive online open course on marine litter

UNEP

UN environment programme

This course is designed to share the latest knowledge and approaches to measuring and managing marine plastic pollution from land-based sources to achieve local, national and regional goals.

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The Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26)

Mitchell Lennan and Elisa Morgera

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

There is an urgent need to address how climate change impacts the ocean's health and, in turn, affects human rights.

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International legal requirements for environmental and socio-cultural assessments for large-scale industrial fisheries

Julia Nakamura, Daniela Diz and Elisa Morgera

University of Strathclyde, UK

Legal requirements for environmental impact assessments in large-scale industrial fisheries are explored, advocating for inclusion of social and cultural impacts to ensure sustainable practice.

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Addressing the ocean-climate nexus in the BBNJ agreement: strategic environmental assessments, human rights and equity in ocean science

Elisa Morgera, Kirsty McQuaid, Giulia La Bianca, Holly Niner, Lynne Shannon, Mia Strand, Sian Rees, Kerry Howell, Bernadette Snow, Alana Malinde SN Lancaster and Warwick Sauer

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

Providing a global assessment of international obligations addressing the ocean-climate nexus, this paper calls for fair research partnerships considering context, diverse knowledge, power dynamics.

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Ocean-based climate action and human rights implications under the international climate change regime

Elisa Morgera, Mitchell Lennan, Kati Kulovesi, Giulia La Bianca, Holly J. Niner, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb , Eugenia Recio Piva, Jeremy Hills, Mara Ntona, Alana Malinde SN Lancaster, Mia Strand, Bernadette Snow, Kira Erwin, Lynne Shannon, Sian Rees, Kieran Hyder, Georg Engelhard and Kerry Howell

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

This article focuses on the need for preventative and precautionary approaches to the interdependence of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Ocean and human rights under the international climate change regime

Morgera, Elisa, Mitchell Lennan, Kati Kulovesi, Giulia La Bianca, Holly J. Niner, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Eugenia Recio Piva, Jeremy Hills, Mara Ntona, Alana Malinde SN Lancaster, Mia Strand, Bernadette Snow, Kira Erwin, Lynne Shannon, Sian Rees, Kieran Hyder, Georg Engelhard, and Kerry Howell

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

After stressing the role of marine biodiversity in the ocean-climate nexus, the limited extent to which the international climate change regime has so far addressed the ocean is highlighted.

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Ocean-climate nexus: understanding the changes, responding to the challenges

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

European Commission

Strengthening the nexus between the ocean and climate change is a priority for the EU and scientific research on the ocean and climate nexus reinforces the understanding of change in the ocean.

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Ocean and climate change dialogue 2022

Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Key messages, a summary of proceedings and ways forward identified in the dialogue.

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Open Online Course on Gender and Environment

UNCCLearn

UNCCLearn

This course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment.

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Tackling the challenges confronting women in the Elmina fishing community of Ghana: a human rights framework

Harrison K. Golo and Bolanle Erinosho

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

This paper unearths the challenges facing women in the small-scale fisheries sector in their daily interactions with their environment.

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Introductory Course to Gender and the Environment

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme, One Ocean Hub University of Strathclyde

This course provides an introduction to gender and the environment including in relation to issues such as access to resources and the exacerbation of gender inequalities caused by climate change.

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The emergence of marine recreational drone fishing: regional trends and emerging concerns

Alexander C. Winkler, Edward C. Butler, Colin G. Attwood, Bruce Q. Mann and Warren M. Potts

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

This article discusses the emergence of marine recreational drone fishing and examines its social-ecological sustainability.

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Poaching of marine living resources: can the tide be turned?

Hendrik, Van As

Institute for Security Studies & University of Cape Town

This article argues South Africa's inadequate national management and international cooperation in IUU fishing control stem from legislation and policies drafted without consultation.

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Casting the net wider? The transformative potential of integrating human rights into the implementation of the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies

Stephanie, Switzer, Elisa, Morgera, Elaine, Webster

Law School, University of Strathclyde

The article emphasizes the importance of incorporating human rights concerns into the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to protect the rights of small-scale fishers in non-LDC developing countries.

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Transdisciplinarity in transformative ocean governance research – reflections of early career researchers

E Strand, M., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Niner, H., Wahome, M., Bell, J., Currie, J. C., Hamukuaya, H., La Bianca, G., Lancaster, A. M. S. N., Maseka, N., McDonald, L., McQuaid, K., Samuel, M. M. and Winkler, A.

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

This paper highlights the challenges faced by early career researchers and emphasizes the need for a shift to knowlegde co-production with non-academic collaborators.

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Designing transdisciplinarity for transformative ocean governance

Jeremy M. Hills and Payal N. Maharak

The paper presented here emphasizes the significance of transdisciplinary research in transformative ocean governance, distinguishing between Mode 1 (scientific basis) and Mode 2 (inclusive systems).

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Surfacing solidarity praxis in transdisciplinary research for blue justice

Taryn Pereira and Kira Erwin

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

The inclusion of scholar-activists in transdisciplinary research is highlighted in this paper, citing lessons from the Coastal Justice Network in South Africa.

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Exploring and expanding transdisciplinary research for sustainable and just natural resource management

Margaret G. Wolff, et al.

Ecology and Society

Transdisciplinarity is gaining acceptance in sustainability science research as an approach to work across types of knowledge and practices in order to tackle complex social-ecological problems.