A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Consequences of Climate Change, Marine Heatwaves Pose Enduring Threats Both at Sea and on Land The North Atlantic is experiencing an unprecedented marine heatwave, with temperatures between +2°C and +5°C above seasonal norms, as reported by the Copernicus observation program. As a direct consequence of climate change, the ocean is warming and extreme events…
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Report. Latest publication of a series of reports compiling the most recent scientific knowledge on climate change, this synthesis sounds the alarm about the unprecedented acceleration of climate change, its impacts on land and sea, and the increasing exposure and…
Photo by IISD/ENB Mike Muzurakis The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will take place from 7 to 19 December in Montreal, Canada. This COP is expected to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, a roadmap to guide action to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and achieve…
Marine protected areas can significantly contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, according to a major new analysis published in the journal One Earth. They can enhance carbon sequestration, coastal protection, biodiversity, the reproductive capacity of marine organisms, as well as fishers’ catch and income. Most of these benefits are only achieved in fully or…
Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe, Challenges and Best Practices On November 29th, 2021, the Sea’ties initiative hosted virtually the regional workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in Northern Europe”. First of a series of five (Mediterranean basin, North America, West…
On Monday April 4th, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the third release of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on “Mitigation of Climate Change”: a synthesis of the current understanding of different mitigation pathways to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and a “a powerful evidence that we have potential to mitigate climate…