Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean: Geostrategic Shifts and the Sustainability Trilemma

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Table of Contents

1. Planet Ocean, a World of Cities: A Journey around the Shores of the Anthropocene                                                                                                                  

1.1 Cities and the Seas: Megafacts, Trends and Drivers of Change

1.3 Cities and Oceans in the Aftermath of Historic Commitments

1.4 The Bond between Cities and the Oceans: the Expectations from the Sustainable Development Goals 2030    

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2. Threatened Urban and Ocean Biodiversity: The Imperative of Resilience   

2.1 The Impacts of Excessive Consumption, Pollution and Overfishing

2.2 Towards resourceful Urban and Marine Ecosystems

2.4 Ecological Protected Areas in Cities and Under the Water

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3. The Future of Climate Will Be Decided in Cities and Oceans               

3.1 Ocean and Climate: Highly Interlinked and In Still to Explore Ways

3.2 Sea Warming and Acidification: Grieves for the Reefs and Not Only

3.3 Cities, Sea Rise and Intertwined Extreme Events

3.4 Building Strong Urban Resilience in Riverside, Coastal and Deltaic Cities

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4. The Paths to Decarbonisation through Cities and across Seas

4.1 Renewables and Improvement of Efficiency as Cornerstones of the Energy Transition  

4.2 Urban and 4Local Excellence for a Post-carbon World

4.3 The Sustainability Promises of the Maritime Roads of the Planet

4.4 Smarter Mobility for Cleaner and More Inclusive Cities

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5. Towards Purposeful, Circular, Sustainable Economies

5.1 Eco- Creative Cities at the intersections of Shared Value Chains         

5.2 Established, Reinvented and Burgeoning Blue Greener Activities        

5.3 Responsible Corporate Conduct and Co-optimised Investments                       

5.4 Prosperous and Sustainable City Rankings and Indexes                                   

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6. An Inclusive, Just Society as the Ultimate Frontier on Land and the Sea                 

6.1Cities and Seas without Borders: Welcoming and Sharing Places         

6.2Universal Values, Local Communities and Intercultural Dialogue          

6.3Migration and Integration, Diversity and Solidarity                         

6.4 Healthy Cities and Seas, Youth and Citi-Zen                                             

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7. Cities and Oceans at the Crossroads of Knowledge, Ingenuity and Co-creation                                       

7.1 Smart Cities: Investing in Science, Technology and the Arts      

7.2 Invaluable Urban and Underwater Cultural Heritage                                

7.3 Tangible and Intangible Assets and Innovation Ecosystems      

7.4 Ecosystem-based Strategic Planning and Urban Renaissance 

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8. Open Cities and the Ocean: Local and Global Engagement                 

8.1 Citizen Education and Empowerment for Achieving SDG 2030

8.2 Participative Cities, Institutions, Stakeholders and Quadruple Helices

8.3 Global Governance and Urban and Ocean Accountability

8.4 Constellations of World Networks of Excellence

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9. Messages for Leaders towards a World of Difference

9.1 World eco-solutions on Cities and Oceans: Beacons of Change                 

9.2 Co-operation, Cross-pollination and Co-action: Win-Win-Win versus Trade-Offs

9.3 Shared Commitment, Trust and the Future of Cities and Oceans          

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Annex: A concert of cutting-edge initiatives and paradigm shifts                                                                                                                       

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