A healthy ocean, a protected climate
On July 4th, the Ocean & Climate Platform and IOC-UNESCO Celebrate a Decade of Commitment to the Ocean, Climate, and Biodiversity This Thursday, July 4th, the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) are bringing together key stakeholders from the ocean community to celebrate 10 years of action for…
Join us online on 10 July 2024 (10.00 AM – 12.00 PM EST / 4.00 – 6.00 PM CEST) for an information meeting with the participation of the two hosts countries of the next UN Ocean Conference, the Governments of France and Costa Rica. This information meeting will give participants the opportunity to receive feedbacks…
On the eve of World Ocean Day, the 10th anniversary of the OCP and ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, IDDRI, in collaboration with the Ocean & Climate Platform, is taking stock of a decade of action for the ocean, climate and biodiversity. While recent years have been marked by the gradual…
Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in the Pacific: Challenges and Leading Practices From July 10 to 12, 2023, 55 stakeholders, including elected and government officials, practitioners, scientists, and NGO representatives, from 16 Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), gathered in Nadi, Fiji, for a regional workshop focused…
The next United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) will take place in June 2025 in Nice, France, leaving less than 2 years to ensure it concludes with a transformative, positive and actionable outcome for the ocean, its ecosystems and marine biodiversity. In order to support these efforts, The Varda Group launches “Let’s Be Nice to the…
Photo credit: COP28/Christopher Pike On 13 December, after two weeks of intense negotiations bringing together almost 200 countries and more than 80 000 registered participants, the COP28 concluded with the landmark adoption of the first Global Stocktake outcome (GST). In addition to being the COP which finally operationalised the Loss & Damage Fund (now bringing…