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Torsten Thiele

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Torsten Thiele, Founder of Global Ocean Trust and Vice President of Institut Choiseul, is currently Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics Institute of Global Affairs and was recently a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam). In 2014, he was Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. His research focuses on ocean governance and the concept of blue finance as a means to develop solutions to preserve and enhance natural capital. The use of innovative technologies and financing can serve to address ocean risk and strengthen coastal resilience.

Policy Briefs

G20 India 2023

Generating Finance for Blue Economy Transition

TF-6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Kapil Narula (Economic Commission of Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)), Mark J. Spalding (The Ocean Foundation), Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)), Jack Dyer (Blue Economy Future and Lecturer in Marine Resources/Blue Economy), Angelique Pouponneau (Islands and Small States Institute), Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan (Retd) (National Maritime Foundation)
G7 Germany 2022

Safeguarding the Blue Planet – Eight Recommendations to Sustainably Use and Govern the Ocean and Its Resources

Climate and Environment
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Mirja Schoderer (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)), Henry Bittig (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)), Françoise Gaill (CNRS Institute for ecology and environment (INEE)), Kristina M. Gjerde (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)), Sheila JJ Heymans (European Marine Board (EMB)), Birgit Klein (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)), David Obura (CORDIO East Africa), Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)), Sebastian Unger (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)), Anna-Katharina Hornidge (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS))
G20 Germany 2017

Sustainable Ocean Economy, Innovation and Growth: A G20 Initiative for the 7th Largest Economy in the World

TF1 - 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Policy area: Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs
Kristian Teleki (Prince of Wales’ Charities International Sustainability Unit (ISU)), Mia Pantzar (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), Michael K. Orbach (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions), Daniela Russi (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), John Virdin (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions), Andrew Farmer (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Patrick ten Brink (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)), Rajni Bakshi (Gateway House), Rajiv Bhatia (Gateway House), Benjamin Boteler (Ecologic Institute), R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)), Miguel Herédia (Fundação Ocean Azul – Oceano Azul Foundation), Ina Krüger (Ecologic Institute), Grit Martinez (Ecologic Institute), Akshay Mathur (Observer Research Foundation (ORF)), Linwood Pendleton (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions), Tiago Pitta e Cunha (Fundação Ocean Azul – Oceano Azul Foundation), Julien Rochette (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)), Cyrus Rustomjee (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)), Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)), Scott Vaughan, Anna-Katharina Hornidge (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS))
G20 Germany 2017

The Ocean Dimension of the 2030 Agenda: Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Ocean, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development

TF1 - 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Policy area: Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs
Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Sebastian Unger (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)), R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)), Jane Lubchenco (Oregon State University), Alexander Müller (ThinkTank for Sustainability), Barbara Neumann (Kiel University), Julien Rochette (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)), Stefanie Schmidt (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)), Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
G20 Italy 2021

Fixing financial, economic and governance structures to save forests and the ocean, and enhance their contributions to climate change solutions

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)), Leonardo Massai (Coalition for Rainforest Nations, New York NY (USA)), Michael Orbach (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA)), Nico Stelljes (Ecologic Institute, Berlin (Germany)), Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)), John Virdin (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions), Paul De Noon (London School of Economics (LSE))

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