Blake L Ratcliff

Fmr @StimsonCenter @StimsonEnvSec, anti-IUU fishing; Fmr Acq Editor @OUPLaw, Int’l Law & National Security. Personal views only.

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

🌳The 2024 Forest Declaration Assessment (@Forest_Assess) - launched today - used @TraseEarth & @Forest500 data & found that 6.37 million hectares of forest loss occurred in 2023, putting the world starkly off track for halting #deforestation by 2030.

https://t.co/g6MAWjbpUZ

[OUP Law @OUPLaw]

We’re excited to announce that three of our authors have won ASIL book awards this year! Congratulations to @dsolawuyi, @boyd_vandijk and René Provost 👏

See our thread below for more information on each book 🧵

[Forest Declaration Assessment @Forest_Assess]

NOW AVAILABLE: Our first-ever Regional Assessment report, focused on the Congo Basin.

The full report is available now in FRENCH, while the Executive summary is also available in ENGLISH.

Read here 👉https://t.co/7dSa7dipQ7

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Nov 9, 4:30 pm at the Ocean Pavilion, Sally will moderate a discussion with @CPA_Secretariat on recent CORVI rapid assessments in Barbados, Sri Lanka, and Kiribati. We’re also excited to have @MonicaMedinaDC as our keynote speaker at this event.

[Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala]

Good focus on implementation of the @wto fisheries subsidies agreement. With the launch of the booklet on “Implementing the WTO agreement on Fisheries Subsidies”. A helpful guide to developing & least developed countries on implementation arrangements & support.

[Stimson Center @StimsonCenter]

At this year's #UNOceanConference, @StimsonEnvSec Director Sally Yozell will host 2 side events on Islands of the Future and Transforming Ocean Economies. Both will feature our CORVI project and related coastal city research.

Learn more about CORVI:
https://t.co/upJwntaaCL

[Blake L Ratcliff @BLRatcliff]

Starting in just a few minutes! @StimsonEnvSec

[NUPI @nupinytt]

🎣Join us from 2 PM (CEST), when @SeraphinDedi, @BLRatcliff, @DiplomaticIfe & @lucasdopaes will discuss the role of international cooperation and development assistance in addressing Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated ( #IUU ) #fishing 📺➡️ https://t.co/iUoT2SE2wW

[Blake L Ratcliff @BLRatcliff]

Congratulations, @WillsSantiago @wto on the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies! What a momentous victory, and a blow against overcapacity and IUU fishing in the seafood industry. All due to your dogged perseverance on getting a binding agreement done! Thank you!

[Santiago Wills @WillsSantiago]

The @WTO is back! Among many amazing deliverables, and after 21 years, members concluded the multilateral Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies 🐠🐟 during #MC12. Great contribution to Ocean sustainability, fisheries, and the livelihoods of millions of people. Historic. Well done!

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

The #QuadSummit IPMDA marks increased perception of #IUU as not only a threat to marine enviroments🐟 but to nat'l & regional security
Sally Yozell @BLRatcliff discuss how the new initiative will help fight IUU in the Indo-Pacific
https://t.co/zRSIC8ULOi
@quocdatzingnews

[IISD Economies @IISD_ELP]

NEW BRIEF: A @WTO fisheries subsidies agreement is possible this June! What is included and what questions remain?

As negotiations enter their final phase, IISD experts break down the draft text for policy-makers.

Full story:
https://t.co/FkkypWbtM9

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Program Director Sally Yozell speaking now at Blue Talks. #OceansMatter #SDG 14

Watch live: https://t.co/xlKCUR2JKW

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Happening Now: Blue Talks, a dialogue on sustainably using the ocean and marine resources and #SDG 14. Watch: https://t.co/xlKCUR2JKW #OceansMatter

[Climate Diplomacy and Security @ClimateDiplo]

Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss increasingly impact global peace and security. Join @adelphi_berlin and @WWF for a launch event of the new report 'The Nature of Conflict and Peace'

📅 18 May ⏰15:00 CET / 9:00 EST

Register ➡️https://t.co/etJT7Q5rDu

[UNCTAD Trade @UNCTADTrade]

Fisheries subsidies are estimated to be as high as $35 billion worldwide, and $20 billion directly contributes to overfishing. 🎣

As negotiations ramp up at the @wto for Fish Week, here's why we need a fisheries subsidies deal and how we can do it.▶️ https://t.co/L3AdIE5rSq

[Stimson Center @StimsonCenter]

Want to help foster a better understanding & policies of environmental challenges that impact national, regional, and global security? Don't miss out on a chance to work with our @StimsonEnvSec team!

Apply for the Research Associate position by May 3rd:
https://t.co/yUBk8jdoGC

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Today, our own Sally Yozell will testify before the House Natural Resources Committee on how expanded #traceability requirements are needed strengthen & enforce the recent Russian seafood ban. Tune in @ 1 EDT ⏰
https://t.co/OIuqOHWr7y
#SIMP #IUU

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

HAPPENING NOW ⏰ The Caribbean Regional Risk Conference is live! Tune in 📺 to learn how policymakers can address the diverse drivers of
of #climaterisk in the Caribbean
https://t.co/KCyRdNqaZF

[Stimson Center @StimsonCenter]

#ICYMI: Director of @StimsonEnvSec Sally Yozell along with other experts discussed the tools and policies that will assess coastal vulnerabilities at #MOW22 #SeaAndTheCity co-organized w/ @FPA2 and @ocean_climate

For more information:
https://t.co/VqFFksMsqn

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Interesting read 👉 New study from @dyhiapadilla @plebillon @Oceana links 1/3 of reported #IUU incidents by industrial vessels to just 20 companies, highlighting need to focus enforcement efforts on major repeat offenders, rather than artisanal fishers 🛶https://t.co/Bc6faHL1rE

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

We are almost underway at @SeafoodExpo_NA at @StimsonEnvSec Program Director Sally Yozell’s panel ‘Moving from Traceability to Transparency’ in Room 152.