The new CCB "Gender Equality and the Baltic Sea" online course is now available
CCB • June 10, 2024
We are glad to announce the launch of the new CCB "Gender Equality and the Baltic Sea" online course, developed under the CCB Gender & Equality strategy and work.
The course helps to understand how to apply a gender-sensitive approach to environmental work. With each lecture, participants can learn how gender and environmental problems are connected and how to practically implement gender principles in environmental projects.
How is it structured and what does it include?
- The course is free of charge and consists of 4 online lessons.
- The format allows you to take it at any convenient time, and also return to it after.
- The course is made for CCB Member Organizations, environmental activists, NGO workers and all who are willing to use gender optics in their environmental projects.
- The content is understandable for participants of any level of knowledge in the topic.
- Each lesson contains a short video, list of useful resources and an interactive test for self-check.
The link to the course is available
here.
On Wednesday, 28 May, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) published its scientific advice for fish stocks in the Baltic Sea . In response, environmental NGOs from around the Baltic Sea region urge the European Commission to propose, and fisheries ministers to adopt, fishing opportunities at levels well below the headline advice to safeguard ecosystem needs and dynamics and allow for rapid recovery of Baltic Sea fish populations.
Key Baltic fish populations are in crisis, warn environmental NGOs. New scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES, confirms the poor condition of key Baltic fish populations, several of which remain collapsed (1). EU fisheries ministers must set 2026-catch limits well below ICES advice and prioritise long-term recovery over short-term economic gains.