A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Following the Ocean & Climate Meeting, the Ocean & Climate Platform unveils its policy brief: “Impacts of fishing and climate change on life below water: what challenges for the future? ”
In 2015, when the ocean was integrated in the Preamble of the Paris Agreement, it was the first fundamental step recognizing the ocean as an essential component of the climate system. In the last four years, the launch of the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCA) at COP22 (Marrakech), the release of the IPCC Special Report…
This year, the ocean will finally be at the heart of climate negotiations. It was about time: it took 21 years of climate COPs and the integration of the ocean in the Paris Agreement’s preamble in 2015 for the ocean to appear in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. COP25 intends…
In 2017, during its 72nd Session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), starting January 1st 2021. This decision confirms the growing interest of the international community in the ocean and the recognition of its major role in climate regulation, and calls for support…
High Level Scientific Conference on 10 and 11 September 2018, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris Since COP21, new elements of knowledge came to light, thus enhancing our understanding of the interactions between ocean, climate and biodiversity. The well-being of marine ecosystems is recognized as central to combat climate change, highlighting the need to support and…
FROM SPACE TO GENOMICS : THE NEW FRONTIERS OF OCEAN SCIENCE Technological progress regarding spatial and in situ observation, combined with improved data processing, provide real-time access to the state of the ocean. Scientific collaboration and knowledge-sharing open new perspectives for a better understanding of the interactions between ocean, climate and biodiversity. On March 27,…