A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Like every year, June 8th celebrates the Ocean Day around the world: a great opportunity to recall that the ocean plays a vital role for the living world and provides essential services to human societies. The ocean, which remains largely unexplored, could shelter between 500,000 and more than 10 million different species. It is the…
In this particular time, what if we try to better understand the world around us? The ocean is essential for life on Earth and covers 71 % of the planet’s surface. It is the largest ecosystem on Earth, inhabited by abundant biodiversity, but it is also at the heart of the climate machine. The ocean…
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…
On December 2th, opening day of the « Blue COP » held in Madrid under Chilean presidency, the Ocean and Climate Platform, organized a High-level event “Ocean for Climate: Moving from Science to Policy” at the French Pavilion, in partnership with the Because the Ocean initiative and the Ocean Acidification Alliance. In the presence of H.S.H. Prince…
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…