Johan Strid

One say that making a mistake once is a learning opportunity. Making the same mistake twice is madness. This must be one of the most stupid informed choices made in the history of mankind. Well, the choice is made and we have to live with it. Somehow. But I’m worried.

@ThomsonFiji Now, that is a cool place!

I’m not one for selfies, but couldn’t resist this one on the Reykjavík waterfront. Behind me is Höfði House where President Reagan & General Secretary Gorbachev met in 1986 to begin unravelling the Cold War.

Carried across land and sea to Athens today, Nature’s Baton brings to the Our Ocean Conference its message of connectivity. A universal commitment from around the world is required if we are going to succeed in reversing the decline in the ocean’s health. ⁦@theoceanrace⁩

The concept of having rights for the Ocean that is based on the idea of human rights is a fairly new one, but there is an ongoing campaign or movement towards a universal declaration of Ocean Rights. podbean.com/ew/pb-mj446-15…

The #MissionOcean Forum is coming back tomorrow! Look forward to inspiring discussion, like one we had with Johan Strid @istridenshetta, Director at @theoceanrace Summits. Get ready for some ocean action & follow the livestream 🔵👉 europa.eu/!WbM6TJ #EUOceanDays

@_SmartLynxcom Well, I think it’s easy. Change the layout of your airplane to suit grown up people, maybe the management of your company should sit in a full plane of this sort for four hours? It’s utterly unbelievable that anyone comes up with this layout of a plane.

@SAS At SK1853 to ALC (operated by smartlynx). I’m 1.81, sitting straight my legs don’t fit. Seat back is firm. 4 hours to go. When will you stop using this joke called @SmartLynxCom. Suitable for kindergarten travel but not for adults. #PaxEx

Looking forward to speaking at the #UNSDGMediaLounge, hosted by @UNDP, @DeloitteDigital and @PvblicF during #CannesLions2023 today at circa 11.40 wedonthavetime.org/events/un-sdgl… #DontChooseExtintion #RacingwithPurpose #OceanRights #TheOceanRace #Deloitte #WeDontHaveTime #EarthLawCenter

Former Deputy PM of Sweden @IsabellaLovin joined our #COP15 #biodiversity #webinar. Catch up here in EN/FR/ES bit.ly/Cop15Fish if you missed it! 🌊🌏🦈

Last week, on the sidelines of at @theoceanrace Summit, Cabo Verde launched its 1st Blue Bond on the Blu-X sustainable finance platform to support 🇨🇻’s rising ocean economy. @UNDP blog: undp.org/blog/cabo-verd…

@RemiParmentier describes in an excellent way why we all should be keen to learn about #BBNJ and push for a substantial outcome from it. Read and learn!

Congrats to HE Abdulla Shahid, President UN General Assembly for this week's High-Level Debate "Moment for Nature", striving for cohesion among global environmental work streams to keep 1.5 degrees alive. Nature's Baton supports this ambition & now carries a message from the PGA.

@isobelsverkstad Faktiskt obegripligt.

Jag måste erkänna att jag inte var medveten om hur både djupt och utbrett hatet mot miljöpartiet uppenbarligen är inom högern.

Towards a Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights - a natural and ambitious next step to recognise the importance and intrinsic value of our one Ocean 🌊 We will need the resilience and team spirit embodied by the Ocean Race to succeed - let's do this 💪⛵

It's done! UNEA adopts the resolution to establish an intergovernmental negotiating committee to establish a binding international treaty to end plastic pollution. Now the hard work starts, but today Member States, the representatives of humanity, have done the right thing.⁦

En idrottsbojkott är ett starkt och mycket viktigt verktyg. Ett första steg vore om den internationella paralympiska kommittén tar ett omedelbart beslut om att utestänga Ryssland från Paralympics i Peking. Ygemans tveksamhet är oklädsam.

Jag var i Sochi 2014 för Paralympics som generalsekreterare för Swedish Paralympic Committee. Det var någon vecka efter att Putin gått in på Krim. Att idrotten då, mig själv inkluderat, inte klarade av att bryta avtalet med Ryssland var ryggradslöst och vettlöst.

Idrottsminister Anders Ygeman är tveksam till idrottsbojkott mot Ryssland då det kan drabba även de som är emot kriget. Jo, ja, men, alltså… dn.se/sport/ygeman-r…

Så, ja, visst kan även de som är emot kriget i Ukraina drabbas av en idrottsbojkott. För mig skulle det vara hela idén. Vi ska göra vad vi kan för att förstärka den ilska som finns i den ryska befolkningen mot diktatorn Putin.

I Sochi stod det klart att ryssarna är ett idrottsälskande folk, arenorna var fulla och det skanderades ”Roooossssiiiiaaaa” överallt. Och Putin struttade omkring runt hela spektaklet och njöt av folkets glädje.