A healthy ocean, a protected climate
The ocean was at the heart of the debates at the World Conservation Congress in Marseille. As mentioned by the French Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, a high-level session was dedicated to the ocean for the first time at an IUCN congress. Nearly 100 ocean-related events were also organised during this international summit, and…
This August 9th, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis” report (Working Group 1 report),: first part of a series of 3 reports that will end with the publication of the Synthesis Report in September 2022. Resulting from the work of 234 authors from 66…
On 14 July 2021, the European Commission will unveil its “Fit for 55 package” proposal, which sets out to put forward legislative initiatives to get the European Union on track to meet its increased climate ambition, in line with the Paris Agreement. A revision of the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and…
In the run-up to UNFCCC COP26, Parties to the Paris Agreement continue embarking on the race to zero emissions, submitting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) one after the other. Once again, the ocean has a part to play in this. This first revision cycle of NDCs offers an opportunity for Parties to make greater use…
This June 8th, as each year, the ocean is in the spotlight. And for good reasons: As the largest ecosystem on the planet, it is a pillar of climate regulation and a source of solutions to global changes. On this World Ocean Day, the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) publishes the report “Ocean of Solutions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss”: a mosaic of initiatives inspired by the ocean to tackle climate and biodiversity challenges.
In 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, States simultaneously adopted the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). While the two conventions have strong potential for complementarity, cooperation mechanisms remain weak and insufficient. Almost 30 years later, while we have moved from a context of post-Cold War…