InterviewGlobalEconomy – Martin Koehring 🌏 Global Blue Economy and Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Trustee

Martin is a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert and futurist with 20+ years of experience. His recent roles include Director/Trustee at the Marine Conservation Society (the UK’s largest marine conservation charity), Sustainable Blue Economy consultant at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Senior Strategic Expert in Blue Economy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Global Director of Impact at the international sustainability NGO Forum for the Future, Director/Trustee at the New Economics Foundation (a leading sustainable-development think tank), Head of The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, and Practice Lead for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (part of The Economist Group).

A prolific global speaker, Martin has chaired the World Ocean Summit since 2019 and spoken at other major global ocean, climate and sustainability events such as the UN Ocean Conference, UN World Ocean Day, COP26/World Biodiversity Summit, Island Finance Forum, Virtual Island Summit, World Water Week, Blue Earth, edie, Climate Week NYC, London Climate Action Week, Economist Sustainability Week and the World Green Economy Summit. He has published widely on ocean and sustainability issues on Economist Group platforms and in other reputable outlets such as UN Today, BusinessGreen, the T20 compendium for India’s G20 presidency and the Ocean Yearbook.

Martin is known for accelerating the growth and impact of the World Ocean Initiative, helping to establish Economist Impact’s Sustainability Project (winner of a Webby Award for “Best Writing – Editorial”), serving as project director for the award-winning Food Sustainability Index, and giving a TEDx talk on “How a just & regenerative mindset can help us navigate the polycrisis”.

Martin is available for consulting and speaking opportunities.

Martin Koehring 🌏 Global Blue Economy and Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Trustee | TEDx Speaker

Martin’s TEDx talk about the power of mindset shifts

Category: InterviewGlobalEconomy

Unemployment in Greece reaches another record high (BBC World News)

Euro zone recovery (BBC World News)

Euro zone deal on Greek debt (EIU Risk Briefing discussion)

Euro zone recession (BBC News)

Greece austerity vote (BBC News)

Protests in Greece and Spain (BBC News)

Federal Reserve stimulus programme (BBC News)

ECB plan for sovereign bond market intervention (BBC News)

Troika visit to Greece (BBC News)

Greek PM meets French and German leaders (BBC World News)

Euro zone crisis talks (BBC News)

Spain gets bail-out for its banks (BBC News)

Decline of business activity in euro zone (BBC News)

Ongoing euro zone debt crisis (BBC News)

Higher borrowing costs in euro zone (BBC News)

Unemployment in Europe (BBC News)

EU questions Greek commitment (Voice of America)

Portugals debt is unsustainable (BBC News)

Martin Koehring debates Nigel Farage (Sky News)

Second Greek bail-out (BBC News)

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