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Blue Economy Summit
19 Jan 2014 - 20 Jan 2014
location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Link to website
The goal of the meeting is to discuss how to utilise the Blue Economy as a tool to shift development in small island development states (SIDS) and coastal states towards a sustainable development trajectory building on the Rio+20 consensus.

Noting that the Blue Economy, founded in line with the concept and principles of, and mutually supportive with the Green Economy, is a tool that offers specific mechanisms for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and coastal countries to address their sustainable development challenges.

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