UNESCO launches event in Italy to defend oceans, promote responsible consumption
Author: IANS
Held at Palazzo Zorzi in cooperation with Venice local authorities, the initiative comprised several events over the two days, including "a panel on blue finance and sustainable fashion, gatherings to promote a more sustainable consumption and production, and a theatre show on the history of the seas". Experts said they are upbeat about the impact on audience, considering the recent increasing public interest around events linked to environment protection. "This is definitely a trend we have been seeing toward all issues related to the climate crisis in recent years," Francesca Santoro, a senior programme officer of the IOC-UNESCO, told Xinhua. Among the events held on Saturday were round tables with representatives of global and local companies in design and fashion discussing the consumers and production behaviours' effects on the health of oceans and seas, and the possible concrete alternatives. In the interview, Santoro noted that the role of private actors was another recent novelty, because firms were becoming more environmentally sensitive and wanted to meet an increasing consumers' demand for eco-friendly products.