Expert Spokespeople

If you would like to interview someone from the OneOcean team about the response room analysis or speak to a scientist or advocacy expert about the need to protect nature in Post COVID-19 recovery please contact info@oceanprotect.org

Dr Craig Downs

Executive Director, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory

Climate Breakdown, COP25, Hypoxia, IPCC, Land use impacts on coastal ecosystems, Pollution, Tourism impacts

Tel: Email for appointment
Email: cadowns@haereticus-lab.org
Country: United States
Timezone: Eastern Time (GMT-4)

Professor Dan Laffoley

Marine Vice Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

Acidification, Arctic and Antarctic, Climate Breakdown, COP25, COVID, Deep ocean, Hypoxia, Invasive species, IPCC, Land use impacts on coastal ecosystems, Sea level rise

Tel: 7702253031
Email: danlaffoley@btinternet.com
Language Spoken: English
Country: United Kingdom
Timezone: London (GMT+1)

Dave Walsh

Communications Advisor at Our Fish, Clean up Carnival, and Clean Arctic Alliance

Arctic and Antarctic, Climate Breakdown, COP25, Fisheries, IPCC, Ocean Resilience, Pollution, Tourism impacts

Tel: +34 691 826 764
Email: dave@our.fish; dave@coldreality.org; dave.walsh@hfofreearctic.org
Language Spoken: English
Country: Spain
Timezone: CET (GMT+2)

David Guggenheim

Board of Directors, Great Whale Conservancy

Acidification, Arctic and Antarctic, Deep ocean, Ocean Resilience, Pollution, Sea level rise, Tourism impacts

Tel: (202) 297-8892
Email: David.Guggenheim@oceandoctor.org
Language Spoken: English, Spanish
Timezone: EST

Delphine Lévi Alvarès

European coordinator, Break Free From Plastic

Pollution

Tel: +32478712633
Email: delphine@zerowasteeurope.eu
Language Spoken: English, French

Diva Amon

Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London

Deep ocean

Email: divaamon@gmail.com
Language Spoken: English
Country: United Kingdom
Timezone: London (GMT+1)

Dr Iris Ziegler

Project Leader, SharkProject International

30x30, Fisheries, High Seas, Ocean Resilience

Tel: 49 8204 9605801‬
Email: i.ziegler@sharkproject.org
Language Spoken: English, German
Country: Germany
Timezone: CEST

Dr. Daniel Wagner

Coalition Lead, Coral Reefs on the High Seas Initiative

30x30, Deep ocean, High Seas

Tel: 1-808-256-5014
Email: dwagner@conservation.org
Language Spoken: English
Timezone: EST

Duncan Currie

Legal Advisor, High Seas Alliance

Deep ocean, High Seas, IPCC

Tel: 64 216 32335 (whatsapp preferred)
Email: duncanc@globelaw.com
Language Spoken: English
Country: New Zealand
Timezone: New Zealand (GMT+12)

Elena Zharkova

ASOC representative in Russia

Arctic and Antarctic

Tel: +79030032525
Email: lenapzharkova@gmail.com
Language Spoken: English, Russian
Country: Russia
Timezone: Moscow Time (UTC+3)