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Moderating Blue Economy Finance Forum (BEFF 2025)

🔵 On Sunday 8 June 2025, I had the pleasure and the privilege to moderate two plenary sessions in the framework of the Blue Economy Finance Forum held in Monaco. We had a very constructive discussion with esteemed global shipping personalities Christine Cabau Woehrel Jean-Pierre Clamadieu Joe Kramek Chavalit Frederick Tsao Thomas Thune Andersen ChanAmy Thierry DĂ©au Edouard Philippe Francesco Prazzo LiuTao on the green transformation of shipping and ports! 🔵 The decarbonization of the shipping sector is a prerequisite to the preservation and sustainabledevelopment of our oceans! It requires leadership with vision at global and national level, holistic planning and collective efforts. There is a need to utilize effectively our human capital whilst unlocking all possible financing opportunities towards protecting our oceans' ecosystem and ensuring a sustainable climate neutral future for the shipping sector! Congratulations to the Organizers Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco Institut ocĂ©anographique, Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco Gouvernement Ministère des Affaires Ă©trangères français Gouvernement Monaco Ashok AdicĂ©am UN Biodiversity UN Climate Change International Maritime Organization hashtagBEFF2025 hashtagUNOC2025   Watch the video of the two panels: https://mediatheque.oceano.org/share/340B4669-E2C0-4CFD-883FEAB78405AE23/?viewType=grid&mediaId=DC7DE037-BFD5-4F91-B0150037258ED76F