Lorna Inniss

Oceanographer, UN Coordinator

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

Today, Heads of Government and Ministers making statements of commitment to the Sustainable Blue Economy, Nairobi, Kenya

[UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. @UNEP_CEP]

Thanks to @OurOcean and @tesskrasne for excellent presentation at Regional Experts Workshop on Marine Litter. Looking forward to future collaboration.

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

How can we work together to detoxify the environment? A panel addressed this wicked problem at the XXI Forum of Ministers meeting today in Buenos Aires.

[UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. @UNEP_CEP]

Definitely some greater awareness needed here.

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

New partnerships forged to address climate change in the Caribbean. PM Holness, Dr Usain Bolt, IDB President Luis Moreno and Sir Richard Branson launch the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator today

[Jhannel Tomlinson-Evans @Jaybritz]

"The private sector, the financers , the technological innovators... Will all be brought together through the climate smart accelerator. We can no longer think in billions but in trillions as to the resources that need to be invested"- @AndrewHolnessJM

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

26 Caribbean Member States, partners like Sir Richard Branson and Dr Usain Bolt today launch an ambitious initiative to create first Climate-Smart Zone, delivering resilience, social development and broad-based economic growth.

[Richard Branson @richardbranson]

Tune in now to watch the launch of the #caribbeanaccelerator live: https://t.co/jVMYFF0NMf

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

Minister Jesus-Leito of Curacao, other Caribbean Governments and non-state actors agree to strengthen coordination across the Caribbean to implement provisions of the Oil Spills Protocol, MARPOL, OPRC and Ballast Water Conventions.

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

We learned so much about ocean governance from our collegues across the Atlantic. This partnership will support the Caribbean in addressing marine pollution and ecosystem-based management https://t.co/ZO3dhAWlEc

[OSPAR @osparcomm]

OSPAR and @UNEnvironm_CEP Executive Secretaries meet at the Collective Arrangement meeting in Berlin #OceanAction21204 First action and kick-off for #2018cooperationproject across the Atlantic #SDG14

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

"My current enemy is not a combat enemy, what I am fighting very hard now is rubbish, it is our biggest enemy." - The army has been called in to #BeatPlasticPollution in Indonesia. https://t.co/BAkJCpZEG3

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

In the Caribbean we struggle to manage that area of our ocean within national jurisdiction. Now we focus on Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. Great meeting held in Kingston this week!

[Fernando D. Mora Rodríguez @fermorar]

Iniciamos con la reunión preparatoria para las Américas de la Convención RAMSAR @RamsarConv @CRMinae @sinac_cr

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

The Cartagena Convention works with 25 countries to promote the conservation of these important ecosystems. We need to get everyone involved. One of these days, they may be our safety!!

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

"Our goal is for this generation to be the first to leave the environment in a better place than we found it" says @michaelgove
#CleanSeas
https://t.co/skm3LmFqqb

[UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. @UNEP_CEP]

Let us continue to place specific environmental issues on the table and challenge players to find solutions to that problem. Dialogue from the UN Global Science Policy Business Forum prior to #UNEA3
How to #BeatPollution

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

BBC News - Mexico creates huge national park to protect marine life https://t.co/cVLk0rDzQn

[UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. @UNEP_CEP]

A new integrated approach is to be taken for fisheries, pollution and habitat protection in the Southern Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf in order to preserve the region's critical coastal and marine resources. See link for more on workshop happening now.https://t.co/38P0UX2T8X

[Lorna Inniss @ilvocean1]

Dr Dawn Philip, Ecology Lecturer at the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus, a great female Caribbean Scientist, and my very good friend, passed away last weekend. Rest in Peace, my friend!!

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

“If Europe thinks they have a problem with migration today… wait 20 years.”
https://t.co/4iNGvs9Shm

[ICRI Secretariat @ICRI_Coral_Reef]

Smithsonian Scientists Help Pave Path To Large-Scale Coral Reef Restoration https://t.co/46GR7xNzN0