A healthy ocean, a protected climate
On Monday 11 November, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will begin in Baku, Azerbaijan. With negotiations centred around climate finance, this conference is a pivotal moment to advance global climate ambition: Parties are set to replace the current goal of mobilising USD 100…
A few days before the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Ocean & Climate Platform and the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, with the support of the Blue Marine Foundation, the Global Ocean Trust, The Nature Conservancy and the UN…
Over the past two weeks, more than 20,000 delegates gathered in Cali, Colombia to attend the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). While the decline of biodiversity continues to accelerate, expectations were high for Parties to start delivering on the commitment they made two years ago to halt…
Sea’ties Brief for Decision-Makers Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Coastal Cities Click on the cover to discover the Brief On April 3, 2024, the Sea’ties initiative hosted its first international thematic workshop dedicated to nature-based solutions (NbS) for adapting coastal cities and territories to rising sea levels. First of a thematic series on “Adapting to sea…
As part of its mandate to mobilise civil society towards the Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the Ocean & Climate Platform, in collaboration with CNRS and Friends of Ocean Action, with the support of Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy, are launching a global visioning exercise dedicated to “imagining the future of ocean sustainability”. This collaborative exercise builds…
COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) starts today! The Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) will once again be actively engaged in advocating for the ocean-climate nexus, and participate in numerous events, which you can find in this article. OCP’s COP16 Latest News and Publication COP16: What is at stake for the ocean? What…