Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean Geostrategic Shifts and
This book examines the nexus of cities and oceans and the interrelations between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 14, just after the first two critical years following the milestone year of hope in 2015. It advocates for actions both for su
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Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean Geostrategic Shifts and the Sustainability Trilemma
Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean
Voula P. Mega
Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean Geostrategic Shifts and the Sustainability Trilemma
Voula P. Mega DG Research & Innovation European Commission Brussels, Belgium
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“I think of the ocean as the blue heart of the planet. Well, how much of your heart do you want to protect...?” … “With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. Health to the ocean means health for us” Dr. Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence “The Sea is the future of the Earth” Ségolène Royal, COP21, Paris 2015 “Ignoranti quem portum petat nullus suus ventus est” (If you do not know to which port you are sailing, there is no such thing as a favourable wind) Seneca, L. A., Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales. LXXI, 3 “Cities also believe they are the work of the mind or of chance, but neither the one nor the other suffices to hold up their walls. You take delight not in a city’s seven or seventy wonders,
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