Soul of the Sea ─ In the Age of the Algorithm

SOUL OF THE SEA IN THE AGE OF THE ALGORITHM draws upon the fields of science, economics and business strategy to chart the future of humankind’s relationship to the ocean. The underlying principle is that a healthy ocean provides the basis for a prosperous world, and that oceans have been largely ignored as a driver of human well-being until now. Ocean health has been in an serious state of decline for the past 100 years from a range of pressures including human population growth, energy consumption and use of natural resources. We will exceed our planetary boundaries, the resources and environmental conditions we need to exist, within the next century if we do not change. This message is not new. What is new about this book is that the solutions lie not only in traditional resource conservation management, but in new fields of technology, governance and innovation.

Nishan Degnarain is an economist with a strong background in both the public and private sectors. He co-leads the World Economic Forum’s Special Initiative on Oceans together with Greg Stone. Since 2013, Nishan has chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Oceans. He has worked with leading technology companies in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Satellite technologies, Autonomous vessels, Bio-technology, FinTech, on innovative new solutions to address the decline in ocean health and will be leading this special initiative from the WEF’s new office in the heart of San Francisco. He advises Governments and major global companies on their ocean strategy. He is a regular speaker at various international summits, including Davos, and has worked with a range of international organisations such as the UN and World Bank on the Sustainable Development Goal on Oceans. He has advised Governments and companies around the world on new models of economic growth, particularly in emerging markets. He currently sits on the China Council’s CCICED, an international advisory body to the Chinese Government, on their ocean strategy. He was appointed by the Cabinet of Mauritius to the National Ocean Council of Mauritius that advises the newly created Ministry of Oceans in Mauritius, as well as the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Mauritius, a term he served for five years. He previously worked at the leading consulting firm McKinsey and Company and the UK Prime Minister’s Office. He began his career at the BBC. Nishan holds undergraduate degrees in Geography and Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a postgraduate degree in International Development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Gregory S. Stone is Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist for Oceans at Conservation International (CI). He pioneered research in Antarctica on marine mammals and later ice ecology and has giv Nishan Degnarain is an economist with a strong background in both the public and private sectors. He co-leads the World Economic Forum’s Special Initiative on Oceans together with Greg Stone. Since 2013, Nishan has chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Oceans. He has worked with leading technology companies in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Satellite technologies, Autonomous vessels, Bio-technology, FinTech, on innovative new solutions to address the decline in ocean health and will be leading this special initiative from the WEF’s new office in the heart of San Francisco. He advises Governments and major global companies on their ocean strategy. He is a regular speaker at various international summits, including Davos, and has worked with a range of international organisations such as the UN and World Bank on the Sustainable Development Goal on Oceans. He has advised Governments and companies around the world on new models of economic growth, particularly in emerging markets. He currently sits on the China Council’s CCICED, an international advisory body to the Chinese Government, on their ocean strategy. He was appointed by the Cabinet of Mauritius to the National Ocean Council of Mauritius that advises the newly created Ministry of Oceans in Mauritius, as well as the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Mauritius, a term he served for five years. He previously worked at the leading consulting firm McKinsey and Company and the UK Prime Minister’s Office. He began his career at the BBC. Nishan holds undergraduate degrees in Geography and Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a postgraduate degree in International Development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Nishan Degnarain is an economist with a strong background in both the public and private sectors. He co-leads the World Economic Forum’s Special Initiative on Oceans together with Greg Stone.