IPCC Report: the ocean is also part of the solution to climate change mitigation

On Monday April 4th, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the third release of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on “Mitigation of Climate Change”: a synthesis of the current understanding of different mitigation pathways to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and a “a powerful evidence that we have potential to mitigate climate…

What came out of COP26, especially for the ocean?

After two weeks of negotiations, the UK COP Presidency announced on Saturday 13th of November the adoption of the Glasgow Climate Pact as the final decision of COP26. An agreement adopted not without some difficulties by nearly 200 State Parties to the UNFCCC. What are the main outcomes from the latest climate talks, especially for…

COP26 and beyond: Engaging countries to further include coastal and marine ecosystems in national climate commitments

Today marks the beginning of UNFCCC COP26, and Parties to the Paris Agreement are gathered in Glasgow to discuss opportunities to strengthen and scale-up their climate action to achieve the Paris goals, in line with their national climate commitments: the Nationally Determined Contributions – or NDCs. While strong ocean-based climate action should not substitute drastic…

The ocean community calls for a blue horizon at COP26

The COP26 for Climate begins today, and the world’s attention revolves around what is yet to happen in Glasgow, where decisive negotiations for the future of humanity will be held over 12 days. After two years of consecutive postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this COP is highly awaited by the international community, as States…