So why was a policeman holding the Pinovo Banner at the #unoceanconference2022 in Lisbon last week?!

Before we get to that, what were our highlights from #unoc2022?

🌊 Kjell Inge Røkke's commitment, as Patron of the Ocean Decade Alliance, and UN Ocean Decade Special Emissary for Industrial Ocean Data, to study the mesopelagic ecosystem, and create an integrated map of #microplasticpollution globally, using the great resources and skills available at REV Oceanand HUB Ocean. To drive policy makers and regulators to action, we need more data on the scale of the #microplastic pollution problem.

🌊 The #ocean100 Dialogues brings together the world's biggest transnational companies with the majority of their revenues from the world’s ocean, to create a science-business platform for ocean stewardship. Meeting Maha AlQattan and Ayla Bajwa from DP World and Benj Sykes from Ørsted, and hearing their plans for action (and not just words!), and disruption of existing practices, is good news for adoption of clean ocean technology solutions like Pinovo's.  

🌊 "What gets measured gets managed!" The launch of the #OceanImpactNavigator at an event led by Adrien Vincent from Systemic and Christian Lim from SWEN Capital Partners is an important step towards better and more consistent measurement of the impact of ocean solutions, and Pinovo is very happy to support and participate in this development.  

🌊 Funding - Ocean Impact Investors including Christian Lim, Chris Gorell Barnes from Ocean 14 Capital and Peter Bryant and James Lindsay from Builders Vision spoke during the week at different events about the scale of funding that is now available for the right solutions to solve #oceanhealthproblems. This can only be good news!

🌊 The willingness of Ocean Leaders such as Ambassador Peter Thomsonand Vladimir Ryabinin to take time to listen to Pinovo tell them about the science based, data driven evidence of the importance of #paint as a source of Ocean Microplastic Pollution (https://lnkd.in/e4WP5GeQ), and the chance to meet Professor RICHARD THOMPSON, the "Godfather of Microplastics". 

🌊 The camaraderie of the other ocean solutions from the UpLink - World Economic Forum and Katapult Ocean platforms who were in Lisbon. Absolutely invaluable - many thanks!!  

🌊  Ronald Tardiff and Sadaf Hosseini from UpLink/Friends of Ocean Action/Global Plastic Action Partnership, and Jonas Skattum Svegaardenfrom Katapult Ocean, and all of their excellent teams for their help in getting our messages out there.

🌊 Finally, and the answer to the question at the top - the policeman was not arresting the Pinovo Banner, he was very kindly stopping it from blowing over in the strong Lisbon winds! This was yet another example of the friendliness of the people of Lisbon, and the warm welcome we received in their beautiful city.