Prof Guy Standing: The Blue Commons - Rescuing the Economy of the Sea

Published: March 14, 2023, 3:36 p.m.

b"The oceans are vital to life on this planet. But they are under threat from unsustainable levels of exploitation. In this lecture, Professor Guy Standing discusses his latest book 'The Blue Commons', arguing that in addition to the already established \\u2018green politics\\u2019, we urgently need a \\u2018blue politics\\u2019 that is grounded in the principle of the commons. \\n\\nGuy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London and a founding member and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). \\n\\nThis public event took place on 13 March 2023. It was jointly hosted by the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR), the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Bath Earth System Governance (ESG) Research Centre. It forms part of the IPR's \\u2018Polycrisis!\\u2019 event series."