The Our Ocean Conference is an annual event which brings together leaders from governments, businesses, civil society and research institutions across the globe to share their experience, identify solutions and commit to actions which help create healthy oceans. KIMO International has secured an annual invitation since 2017. This year newly inaugurated president, Jerry Ahlström, travelled … [continue reading]

Each year, the KIMO conference provides a central meeting point for representatives from our member local authorities all across Europe to network and learn from one another. Important decisions regarding the work of the organisation are also made at the Annual General Meeting which takes place on the last day of the conference. This year’s … [continue reading]

Step 1: Don’t re-invent the wheel While the problem of marine litter may seem insurmountable, you don’t have to start from scratch when thinking of ways to deal with it. Many innovative and successful projects have gone before you, use their insights to inform your strategy. Step 2: Focus on sustained behaviour change, not marine … [continue reading]

To raise awareness of marine litter in the ocean and the source of the problem, The North Sea Commission (NSC) and KIMO launched today the Transnational River Clean initiative 2020. The river clean-up will take place during the CPMR’s Political Bureau Meeting, 11th of June 2020, in Zaandam, The Netherlands. The River Clean 2020 is … [continue reading]

NFLA urge Japanese Government not to dump more than 1 million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean NFLA / KIMO International joint media release The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Steering Committee Chair is urgently writing to the Japanese Government to raise its deep concerns over comments made by its … [continue reading]

Hundreds of end-of-life oil rigs in the North Sea are to be decommissioned over the next 30 years. The rules surrounding decommissioning are governed by the OSPAR convention (the mechanism by which 15 governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic). The UK government, despite being a signatory to … [continue reading]

Shetland Islands, August 8th 2019 In an open letter to Brian Johnson, Chief Executive of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, KIMO International (Association of Municipalities for Sustainable Seas) responds to the recent Shipping Risk and Emergency Towage Provision Study commissioned by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and conducted by Fraser-Nash Consultancy. KIMO … [continue reading]

Why monitor  marine litter? KIMO Denmark has been collaborating with DCE, The National Centre for Environment and Energy at Arhus University to monitor litter washed up on 5 Danish beaches. The work contributes data and knowledge which is used to inform Denmark’s Marine Strategy. The sea has no boundaries. This becomes abundantly clear when we begin … [continue reading]

This article was originally published on the North Sea Region blog. Next year, a new campaign will involve citizens in a river cleanup across the North Sea Region. At the opening of the North Sea Conference, the president of the North Sea Commission Kerstin Brunnström and advisor to the Commission’s Marine Resources Group Yolanda Schmal … [continue reading]