• Date: Monday 9 June 2025
• Venue: FOAM, Place du Pin (10min walk from the Blue Zone)
• Arrival: from 16:30 Talks and Q&A: 17:00

Join ClientEarth, Seas At Risk and BirdLife Europe and Central Asia for this thought-provoking event to explore how proper funding allocation can help us achieve nature restoration targets and support a just transition in the fisheries sector. We will also discuss how the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies can make a difference in this context.

A successfully-implemented transition of the fisheries sector would result in a brighter future for the environment, for current and future generations and for the economies of coastal communities.

Speakers:

• Ken Kawahara – Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) / Ligneurs de la pointe de Bretagne
• Tristan Irschlinger – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Cyrielle Goldberg – BirdLife Europe and Central Asia
• Songlin Wang – Founder and President, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society
• MEP Yon-Courtin - Vice-Chair of the PECH Committee and member of the SEArica intergroup
• Rémi Cossetti - Marine Policy Officer, Seas At Risk
• Juliet Stote - Law and Policy Advsior, Marine Ecosystems, ClientEarth

Join us to find out how this triple positive impact can be achieved.

Drinks and food will be provided. Guests will have the chance to ask questions to the panel and mingle with like-minded individuals. 

Programme for the evening:

• Arrival: from 16:30 
• Talks and Q&A: 17:00
• Networking, food and drinks 18:15pm

Interpretation in French and Spanish will be available.