Solving-FCB Outputs

Summary

Products	Number Planned	Number to Date
Presentations	18	76
Interviews (broadcast or text)	5	23
Peer-reviewed journal articles (open access)	24	6
Peer-reviewed journal articles (subscription based)	-	6
Journal articles – Related publications (produced by our researchers and related to our mandate but not funded by SSHRC project funds)	-	495
Edited journal issues	-	0
Books (including edited books)	-	2
Book chapters	-	2
Entries (dictionary and encyclopedia)	-	0
Conference publications	18	2
Articles in popular media	5	187
Reports, briefs, and other forms of grey literature	3	10
Artistic performances	1	1
Other (specify: Newsletters)	9	3

Publications

Core Publications: 30 Related Publications: 495

Core Publications

(Solving FCB members bolded. Student Authors displayed in Green.)

Juri, S., Marais-Potgieter, A., Achieng, T., Gianelli, I., Kabisa, M., Nkgothoe, B., Ojino, J., Tcheton, S. , Carpenter-Urquhart, L., & Pereira, L.(2025). Transforming towards what? A review of futures-thinking applied in the quest for navigating sustainability transformations. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adcbc4
Dong, S.-L., Cao, L., Liu, W.-J., Huang, M., Sun, Y.-X., Zhang, Y.-Y., Yu, S.-E., Zhou, Y.-G., Li, L., & Dong, Y.-W. (2025). System-specific aquaculture annual growth rates can mitigate the trilemma of production, pollution and carbon dioxide emissions in China. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01122-1
Akpalu, W., & Nnaemeka, C. (2025). A comparative assessment of economic, social, and environmental performance of tilapia aquaculture in Nigeria and Ghana. Aquaculture Economics & Management, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2025.2455426
Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S. , Sumaila, U. R., Hoover, C., Niemi, A., Loseto, L. L., Li, M.-L., Giang, A., Gillies, E., & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). Historical climate drivers and species' ecological niche in the Beaufort Sea food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae062
Asiedu, B., Henneh, S., Apraku, A., & Amponsah, S. (2024). Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aquaculture industry in Sunyani Municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, 10(4), 236-247. https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.1493581
Oloko, A., Teh, L., Le Billon, P., Cheung, W., Harper, S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. Discover Oceans, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00038-1
Chen, Z., Pauly, D., Clarke, T. M., Liang, C., Xian, W., & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). The spatiotemporal changes in fish and invertebrate community structure and habitat viability in the Yangtze Estuary. Ecological Indicators, 169, 112872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112872
Cappa, P., Andreoli, V., La, C., Palacios-Abrantes, J. , Reygondeau, G., Cheung, W. W. L., & Zeller, D. (2024). Climate change undermines seafood micronutrient supply from wild-capture fisheries in Southeast Asia and Pacific Island countries. Science of The Total Environment, 955, 177024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177024
Zeng, Z., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). Climate change alters social-ecological trade-offs in achieving ocean futures' targets. Global Change Biology, 30(8). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17442
Guibourd de Luzinais, V., Gascuel, D., Reygondeau, G., & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). Large potential impacts of marine heatwaves on ecosystem functioning. Global Change Biology, 30(7). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17437
Sumaila, U. R., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, H., Cheung, W. W. L., Issifu, I. , Hopewell, K., Cinner, J. E., Bennett, N. J., Folke, C., Gulati, S., & Polasky, S. (2024). Utilizing basic income to create a sustainable, poverty-free tomorrow. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(6), 100104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100104
Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R. , & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). A traits-based approach to assess aquaculture's contributions to food, climate change, and biodiversity goals. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00065-7
Salifu, I., Aheto, D. W., & Vondolia, G. K. (2024). Unraveling the drivers of the adoption of improved fish smoking technology among small-scale fisheries: A case study of the Ahotor oven in Ghana. Food and Humanity, 2, 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2024.100266
Adewale, T., Aheto, D., Okyere, I., Soyinka, O., & Dekolo, S. (2024). Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) Fisheries in Coastal Communities of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Sustainability, 16(7), 2848. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072848
Andersen, N. F., Cavan, E. L., Cheung, W. W. L., Martin, A. H., Saba, G. K., & Sumaila, U. R.(2024). Good fisheries management is good carbon management. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00053-x
Cheung, W. W. L., Palacios-Abrantes, J. , & Roberts, S. M. (2024). Projecting contributions of marine protected areas to rebuild fish stocks under climate change. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00046-w
Liu, X., Liu, Y., Jiang, Z., & Cao, L. (2023). Spatiotemporal variation of China's mariculture potential under climate change. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(1), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09814-2
Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P. R., Aheto, D. , Akintola, S. L., Alger, J., Andreoli, V., Bailey, M., Barnes, C., Ben-Hasan, A., Brooks, C. M., Carvalho, A. R., Cheung, W. W. L. , Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Dempsey, J., Halim, S. A., Hilmi, N., Ilori, M. O., Jacquet, J., & Pauly, D. (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0
Zhu, Y., Cui, X., Kang, B., Liu, C., Reygondeau, G., Wang, Y., Cheung, W. W. L., & Chu, J. (2024). Comparative analysis of climate-induced changes in distribution of representative fish species in the Yellow Sea. Science of The Total Environment, 912, 168699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168699
Karim, M. S., & Cheung, W. W. L.(2024). The new UN high seas marine biodiversity Agreement may also facilitate climate action: a cautiously optimistic view. Npj Climate Action, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00088-9
Blanchard, J. L., Novaglio, C., Maury, O., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Arcos, L. D. F., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Eddy, T., Heneghan, R., Roberts, K. E., Schewe, J., Bianchi, D., Guiet, J., Denderen, D. van, Palacios-Abrantes, J., Liu, X., Stock, C. A. A., Rousseau, Y., & Tittensor, D. (2024). Detecting, attributing, and projecting global marine ecosystem and fisheries change: FishMIP 2.0. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.170594183.33534487/v1
Marushka, L., Hu, X. F., Kenny, T.-A., Batal, M., Fediuk, K. , Sadik, T., Golden, C. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Salomon, A. K., & Chan, H. M.(2024). Potential impacts of reduced seafood consumption on myocardial infarction among coastal First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. FACETS, 9, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0245
Berchie Asiedu, Samuel K.K Amponsah, Failer Peirre, Andrews Apraku, Samuel Henneh, Lesley Ntim, Rachael Ackah, William D. Amekor, & Esther N. Nkansah. (2023). A Closer Look at Socio-Economic and management perspectives of shark fishery in Ghana. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10206993
Cheung, W. W. L., Maire, E., Oyinlola, M. A., Robinson, J. P. W., Graham, N. A. J., Lam, V. W. Y., MacNeil, M. A., & Hicks, C. C. (2023). Climate change exacerbates nutrient disparities from seafood. Nature Climate Change, 13(11), 1242-1249. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01822-1
Kim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L. , Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T. J., Leadley, P., LeclÃ¨re, D., Lundquist, C. J., & Pereira, H. M. (2023). Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681
Vogel, J. M., Longo, C., Spijkers, J., Palacios-Abrantes, J. , Mason, J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W. , Sumaila, U. R., Munro, G., Glaser, S., Bell, J., Tian, Y., Shackell, N. L., Selig, E. R., Le Billon, P., Watson, J. R., Hendrix, C., Pinsky, M. L., van Putten, I., & Fujita, R. (2023). Drivers of conflict and resilience in shifting transboundary fisheries. Marine Policy, 155, 105740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105740
Sogbanmu, T. O., Gordon, H. S. J., El Youssfi, L., Obare, F. D., Duncan, S., Hicks, M., Bello, K. I., Ridzuan, F., & Aremu, A. O. (2023). Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy. Nature, 620(7973), 273-276. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02480-1
Pereira, L. M., Ortuno Crespo, G., Amon, D. J., Badhe, R., Bandeira, S., Bengtsson, F., Boettcher, M., Carmine, G., Cheung, W. W. L., Chibwe, B., Dunn, D., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Johnson, D. E., Jouffray, J.-B., Juri, S., Keys, P. W., Lübker, H. M., Merrie, A. S., & Zhou, W. (2023). The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas. Marine Policy, 153, 105644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105644
Liu, Y., Cao, L., Cheung, W. W. L. , & Sumaila, U. R.(2023). Global estimates of suitable areas for marine algae farming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd398
Akpalu, W., & Okyere, M. A. (2022). Fish Protein Transition in a Coastal Developing Country. Environmental and Resource Economics, 84(3), 825-843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00669-y

Presentations & Workshops

Meetings, Workshops, Webinars (organized or attended)

Year	Month	Type	Event	Participant(s)
2025	Oct	Workshop	Oppenheimer Conference - Participatory focus	Scenarios
2025	Oct	Workshop	Workshop with Tla'amin Nation	Canada
2025	Sep	Presentation	SETAC 9th World Congress, Johannesburg	W.Africa
2025	Sep/Oct	Workshop	5th US-Africa CRRC 2025 Workshop	W.Africa
2025	Aug	Presentation	CRRC 2025 Workshop, 5th US-Africa Coastal Resilience Consortium	W.Africa
2025	Jul	Presentation	Summer training workshops for ECR Group (virtual & physical)	W.Africa.
2025	Jun/Jul	Workshop	Summer Training Workshops for ECR Group	W.Africa (UNILAG)
2025	Jun	Presentation	UNOC 2025 Side Event, UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), Nice, France	Costa Rica
2025	Jun	Workshop	CCFS4N-Solving FCB Workshop	Canada
2025	Mar	Presentation	Von Ball Lecture, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada	Cheung, WWL
2025	Mar	Presentation	Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS), Xiamen	China
2025	Mar	Workshop	Tla'amin vision + data analysis workshop	Canada
2025	Mar	Workshop	Costa de Pajaros follow-up desirable futures	Costa Rica
2025	Mar	Workshop	Food Security and Treaty Negotiation Workshop	Canada
2025	Feb	Presentation	Solving-FCB 2025 Meeting & Conference. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica	Partnership-Wide
2025	Feb	Presentation	Presentation of West Africa Case Study Project Progress, Costa Rica	W.Africa
2025	Jan	Presentation	Ecology Seminar, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of San Diego, La Jolla, USA	Cheung, WWL
2025	Jan	Workshop	Nature Futures Framework Planning Workshop (LASU/UNILAG) (W.Africa)	W.Africa (LASU/UNILAG)
2024	Dec	Presentation	A.G. Huntsman Lecture, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada	Cheung, WWL
2024	Dec	Workshoop	Thinking Solutions, Think Small-Scale Fisheries. Joint hybrid workshop held between Too Big To Ignore and Solving-FCB. University of British Columbia, Canada.	Partnership-Wide
2024	Dec	Presentation	Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICEED) Annual Conference, Beijing	China
2024	Nov	Presentation	Re-envisioning the Governance and Management of Ocean Migratory Biodiversity Workshop, Dubai	Cheung, WWL
2024	Oct	Presentation	Nexus approach for sustainable futures in the Netherlands. PECS-3, Canada.	Netherlands Le Clec’h S., Paarlberg A., Alkemade R.
2024	Oct	Presentation	Poster Presentation: UNILAG Conference, Lagos, Nigeria	W.Africa
2024	Oct	Workshop	Manzanillo desirable futures workshop	Costa Rica
2024	Oct	Workshop	IUU + Plastic Co-creation Workshop. UNILAG Conference.	W.Africa
2024	Sep	Workshop	Modelling for Food-Climate-Biodiversity nexus. Methods team, Online workshop	Partnership-Wide
2024	Aug	Presentation	Pluralistic values of nature for developing biodiversity credits. De Nederlandse Bank (Dutch National Bank).	Netherlands Alkemade, R.
2024	Aug	Workshop	Isla Chira follow-up workshop and interviews	Costa Rica
2023-25	-	Presentation	Presentations conducted with Tla'amin leadership to share preliminary results and ask for guidance	Canada
2023-25	-	Workshop	Workshops convened by Tla'amin Nation to identify cross-departmental needs and gaps	Canada
2023-25	Yearly	Presentation	Tla'amin Nation General Assembly (once per year)	Canada
2023-25	2x/year	Presentation	Tla'amin Nation Lands and Resources Open House (twice a year)	Canada
2024	Jun	Workshop	Workshop on assessing climate change impacts and adaptation for fisheries in Cabo Verde	Teh, LSL., Cheung, WWL.
2024	Jun	Presentation	Management Procedures in a Changing Climate Webinar Series, HarvestStrategies.org	Cheung, WWL
2024	Jun	Workshop	Isla Chira desirable futures workshop	Costa Rica
2024	Jun	Presentation	Congreso de Integración de Saberes para un Océano Sostenible (CISOS)	Costa Rica
2024	Jun	Presentation	Talk: "Eutrofización costera, calentamiento oceánico y olas de calor marinas en el Golfo de Nicoya"	Costa Rica
2024	Jun	Presentation	Talk: "Towards blue food and resilient marine food systems: equitable nature-based climate solutions"	Costa Rica
2024	May	Presentation	Nexus approach for resilient food futures in the Netherlands. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.	Netherlands Paarlberg A., Le Clec’h S., Alkemade R.
2024	May	Presentation	The contribution of Nature-based Solutions for resilience food systems, Huazhong Agricultural University, China.	Netherlands Le Clec’h S.
2024	May	Meeting	ECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Planning for all-partners Costa Rica meeting, potential collaborative paper (Group)	ECR Group
2024	May	Interviews	Isla Chira interviews	Costa Rica
2024	May	Presentation	A Primer in Conservation Decision Science, Methods Team, Webinar.	Partnership-Wide
2024	May	Presentation	Blueprints for Prosperity: Building Resilience in SIDS through Blue Economy Innovation (virtual), UN Small Island Development States Conference, UNITAR Global Water Academy, York University	Cheung, WWL
2024	Apr	Presentation	Nexus approach for resilient food futures in the Netherlands. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.	Netherlands Paarlberg A., Le Clec’h S., Alkemade R.
2024	Apr	Workshop	Conservation Decision Science Online Workshop	Martin, T.
2024	Apr	Workshop	Co-Creation Workshop on IUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution Challenges in Nigeria (Video Highlight)	W.Africa
2024	Apr	Meeting	Solving FCB West Africa Inception Meeting. Virtual.	W.Africa
2024	Mar	Workshop	Participatory workshop on IUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution,	W.Africa
2024	Mar	Workshop	Co-Creation Workshop on IUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution	W.Africa
2024	Mar	Meeting	ECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Costa Rica case study & climate-impact modeling.	ECR Group, Costa Rica. Clarke, T.
2024	Mar	Workshop	IUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution Participatory Workshop (W.Africa)	W.Africa
2024	Mar	Presentation	Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Dialogues @ Massey College: Water is Life: Sustainability of Our Oceans, Toronto, Canada	Cheung, WWL
2024	Mar	Presentation	Expert Panel on Solving Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity, World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, USA.	Partnership-Wide
2024	Feb/Mar	Presentation	Technical University of Berlin	Costa Rica
2024	Jan	Presentation	Solving FCB Project Inception Meeting (Virtual)	W.Africa
2024	Jan	Presentation	Oral Presentation: World Fisheries Congress, Seattle	W.Africa
2024	Jan	Meeting	ECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Climate resilience & gender in Gulf of Nicoya fisheries.	ECR Group, Costa Rica. Sánchez- Jimenez, A
2024	Dec	Workshop	Costa de Pajaros desirable futures workshop	Costa Rica
2024	Dec	Workshop	France-Western Canada Workshop on Ocean and Polar Sciences	Sumaila UR.
2024	Dec	Presentation	Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries, Berlin	Costa Rica
2024	Dec	Meeting	ECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Work related to Solving FCB.	ECR Group, Canada, W.Africa. Issifu, I
2024	Nov	Workshop	Net Cost of Deep Sea Mining. Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workshop on Deep Sea Mining, New York	Sumaila UR.
2023	Nov	Presentation	Ocean Futures Scenarios and Pathways workshop, Berlin, Germany	Cheung, WWL
2023	Oct	Presentation	UNFCCC COP28 South Africa Pavillion: African Science for the African Position, Dubai	Cheung, WWL
2023	Oct	Presentation	UNFCCC COP28 Canada Pavillion: The Future of Blue Carbon in Climate Mitigation: Raising Awareness and Unlocking Potential, Dubai	Cheung, WWL
2023	Jul	Meeting	ECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – China Case Study.	ECR Group, China. Yue, L
2023	-	Presentation	South China Sea Annual Meeting, Malaysia, 2023	China
2023	-	Presentation	Water Security and Climate Change Conference, Cuenca, Ecuador	Costa Rica
2023	May	Workshop	Workshops on incorporating the impacts of climate change on ocean systems into the social cost of carbon (virtual)	Cheung, WWL
2023	May	Presentation	Effect of field margins on multiple ecosystem services, Ex-ante analysis of agri-environmental climate measure, ETHZ, Switzerland.	Netherlands Le Clec’h S.
2023	Mar	Presentation	ICCAT Climate Change Expert Meeting, virtual, 'Vulnerability and impacts of climate change on Atlantic tuna fisheries'	Cheung, WWL
2023	Feb/Mar	Workshop	Workshop with Tla'amin Nation departments on food security	Canada
2023	Feb	Workshop	Online participatory workshop with Wageningen University	China
2023	Dec	Presentation	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climate Change: Resilience, Transformation and Equity, Bangkok	Cheung, WWL
2023	Nov	Presentation	Credit Valley Conservation (Ontario Chapter), virtual	Cheung, WWL
2023	Feb/Mar	Presentation	Solving-FCB Meeting & Workshop. Earth Sciences Building, University of British Columbia	Partnership-Wide
2023	Feb	Presentation	Public panel discussion: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.	Partnership-Wide
2023	Feb	Presentation	Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia	Cheung, WWL
2022	Dec	Presentation	COP15 Biodiversity Webinar: Fish are Carbon Engineers, virtual	Cheung, WWL
2022	Nov	Presentation	United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization - Spotlight on coastal areas in Small Island Developing States: from vulnerability to resilience at COP27, virtual	Cheung, WWL

Knowledge Mobilization

Website Articles

Other/FCB-Specific News Articles & Case Studies

News Items

Over 70 blog posts. See https://solvingfcb.org/news/

Video

Over 20 video appearances. See https://solvingfcb.org/video/

Podcasts/Interviews

Solving-FCB Podcast

Episode 1: Tackling Sustainability at the Food, Climate, and Biodiversity Nexus, with Dr. William Cheung
Episode 2: Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya: Fisheries, Ecology, and Community, with Fresia Villalobos-Rojas and Dr. Christian Birkel
Solving-FCB Deep Dive (8 episodes) (experimental AI-generated podcast series)

Mar 20, 2025. Sumaila, UR. Part 5: Migration by Land and by Sea. Foreign Policy Podcast.
Feb 12, 2025. Potgieter, AM. Podcast Interview with Dr Andrea Marais-Potgieter
Jan 27, 2025. Potgieter, AM. PECS #57: Expanding Stakeholders: Including Non-Human Species in Futures Thinking with Andrea Marais-Potgieter.
Jul 28, 2024. Akpalu, W. Fishing Closed Season Policy Panel. GBC – Talking Point.
Jul 20, 2024. Cheung, WWL. Ocean heat waves and more. CBC Radio – Quirks & Quarks.
July 20, 2024. Cheung, WWL. Ocean heat waves, and more... (William Cheung interview) CBC Radio.
June 10, 2024. Sumaila, UR. UBC study finds basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction. Is it time for Canada to have a basic income policy? The Morning Buzz on Spice Radio/Apple Podcasts.
Jan 30, 2024. Sumaila, UR. Preventing Fisheries Conflict Around the World. Foreign Policy COP28 live podcast. https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/the-catch/bonus-episode-preventing-fisheries-conflict-around-the-world/
Dec 01, 2023. Frölicher, T.. Mega marine heatwaves. AtlantECO Podcast. https://shows.acast.com/atlantico/episodes/mega-marine-heatwaves-thomas-froelicher
Nov 29, 2023. Cheung, WWL. Annual climate summit to get underway this week. William Cheung interview on Global News BC.
Nov 01, 2023. Claudet, J. Le CNRS et l’océan. CNRS Science YouTube.
Oct 01, 2023. Mason, J. Fishers’ Knowledge of Hammerhead Sharks. Sharkpedia Podcast.
Jun 12, 2023. Sumaila, UR. Universal Basic Income and Climate. CBC Radio – All Points West.
Jun 10, 2023. Sumaila, UR. UBI and the Environment. Spice Radio Vancouver.
May 16, 2023. Sogbanmu, T. Climate adaptation in Nigeria. Lagos TV – The Conversation.
Mar 21, 2023. Tigchelaar, M. Blue foods and climate change. Only One – Upwell Podcast.
May 12, 2023. Potgieter, AM. Ecopsychology: The Power of Nature.
Mar 09, 2023. Sumaila, UR. Morning Shot: How much will the UN High Seas Treaty help marine creatures? Podcast from MoneyFM Singapore.
Mar 08, 2024. Sumaila, UR. Rashid Sumaila is Counting on Fish. Rising Tide Podcast.
Mar 06, 2023. Sumaila, UR. Historic Ocean Treaty Reached. Video Interview. CTV News.
Dec 15, 2022. Pereira, L. How to Feed the World without Devouring the Planet. Outrage + Optimism.

Media Coverage

Since its launch, the Solving-FCB Partnership has attracted substantial media attention, helping to amplify the partnership’s research impact across academic, policy, and public audiences. Over 180 media stories, interviews, and articles have featured Solving-FCB research or researchers since the partnership began. The coverage is across more than 10 countries, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, China and countries in West Africa and Latin America. Solving-FCB work has been featured in major platforms. The media coverages have highlighted regional Solving-FCB projects, including seafood security work with the Tla’amin Nation (Canada), sustainable fisheries strategies in Costa Rica, and climate-resilient food systems in West Africa. Several research outputs on climate adaptation, basic income for sustainability, and ocean governance have been cited in policy-oriented publications and science-policy briefings reported in the media. A full list of media coverage can also be found here: solvingfcb.org/media-coverage

Additional Information

Accepted official (blue zone) side events in United Nations Ocean Conference, Nice, June 2025

Side event: Small but powerful: harnessing the diversity of small-scale fisheries to solve the sustainability challenges at the food-climate-biodiversity nexus

Organizing partners: The University of British Columbia (Lead organizer), CIMAR (Research Center of Marine Science and Limnology/Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, University of Costa Rica), MarViva, Xiamen University

Description: We focus on the vital role of sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF) in achieving desirable ocean futures, including food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and biodiversity conservation. Panelists including Drs. David Obura (IPBES), Katherine Arroyo-Arce (MarViva), Charlotte De Fontaubert (World Bank) and William Cheung (UBC) will discuss how governance, science and technology, finance, and civil society can leverage the multidimensional values and diversity of small-scale seafood producers to support SDG 14 and beyond. Presenters from the international interdisciplinary partnership, “Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus” (Solving-FCB), will share perspectives on SSF from across case studies in Costa Rica, China and West Africa.

The side event will highlight outcomes from the Solving-FCB Partnership, which investigates various communities of ocean action such as marine and coastal ecosystems management, sustainable fisheries and the Blue Economy. We will announce our commitment to advancing this partnership as part of the Voluntary Ocean Commitments, reinforcing our dedication to sustainable ocean management and conservation. Presenters will discuss the relationship between small-scale fisheries, in diverse geographic contexts, and cross-cutting ocean-climate-biodiversity issues that link with targets for SDG 14, as well as SDGs 1, 2 and 13. These linkages include reducing pollution, eliminating IUU fishing and exploring Nature-Based Solutions. Read more at solvingfcb.org/about/goals-objectives

Students and emerging scholars (Aleah Wong, Astrid Sanchez Jimenez, Liu Yue, Tayler Clarke) participate actively in the design and coordination of the side-event.

Awards and Recognition

Feb 2025. Rashid Sumaila awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal. Nominated by Joyce Murray.
Jul 2024. William Cheung receives UBC Alumni Achievement Award.
Jun 2024. William Cheung received Discovery Grant for “Fish and fisheries under marine extremes and compound events: responses, resilience and solution options.”
Feb 2024. Rashid Sumaila named as an “Extraordinary Professor” by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development.
Jan 2024. William Cheung awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree by Institut Agro.
Sep 2023. Rashid Sumaila awarded Prince Albert I medal from the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco.
Jan 2023. Rashid Sumaila wins 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, alongside Daniel Pauly.
2023 Rashid Sumaila: Named a Trudeau Foundation Fellow.
2022 Rashid Sumaila: Named as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

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