A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Geneva, 11 October 2023 – On the occasion of the IUCN Leaders Forum and in the run-up to COP28, the ocean community, united under the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, with the support of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, launches the Ocean Breakthroughs. The Ocean Breakthroughs are transformative pathways covering five key…
Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in West Africa: Challenges and Leading Practices On October 5, 2022, the Sea’ties initiative, with the support of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), convened around sixty stakeholders in Dakar, Senegal, for a regional workshop focused on Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories…
Consequences of Climate Change, Marine Heatwaves Pose Enduring Threats Both at Sea and on Land The North Atlantic is experiencing an unprecedented marine heatwave, with temperatures between +2°C and +5°C above seasonal norms, as reported by the Copernicus observation program. As a direct consequence of climate change, the ocean is warming and extreme events…
Blue Ambition Loop: Accelerating Ocean-based Solutions to deliver on Nature and Climate Mobilising the Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action on Ocean & Coastal Zones Over the years, the role of non-State actors in raising ambition for climate action under the leadership of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions has grown exponentially. Today, keeping this…
Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America – U.S. West Coast: Challenges and Leading practices The Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America: U.S. West Coast” was held on September 12, 2022, in Santa Cruz, California. Third of a…
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Report. Latest publication of a series of reports compiling the most recent scientific knowledge on climate change, this synthesis sounds the alarm about the unprecedented acceleration of climate change, its impacts on land and sea, and the increasing exposure and…