Firman Hidayat, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Maritime Resources, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs; Ridha Wirakusumah, CEO of Indonesia Investment Authority; Yaya W. Junardy, President, IGCN and Josephine Satyono, Executive Director, IGCN attended the High-Level Ocean of the Future Meeting hosted by the United Nations Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition on 23 September 2024. This significant gathering occurred during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, from 8:30 to 10:00 AM in the West Terrace Room on the 4th floor of the United Nations Headquarters.
This session aimed to strengthen cooperation among government representatives, heads of UN
Agencies, academia and the private sector, who together unpacked some of the solutions in
ocean-related industries. High level speakers provided perspectives on what it would take –
from a finance, policy, and innovation perspective – to achieve fully decarbonised shipping;
sustainable deployment of 2000 GW capacity of offshore wind energy; six-fold sustainable
increase of food production from the ocean, and ocean plans for 100 per cent sustainably
managed marine resources by 2050.
