A healthy ocean, a protected climate
From March 22 to 28, 2021, will be held the 4th edition of the Monaco Ocean Week, an opportunity for the Ocean & Climate Platform and the Scientific Centre of Monaco to bring together a high-level panel of experts around the following issue: “Which Knowledge for Which Sustainable Ocean Governance?”.
The Ocean & Climate Platform mobilised for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science
On 12 December 2015 the signatory countries to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reached a historic agreement. Five years on from the Paris Agreement the progress and prospects are not equal to the signatories ambitions. The Ocean and Climate Platform (OCP), speaking for some 100 member organizations dedicated to the sea from across the world, is raising awareness of the urgent need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reinforce efforts to adapt coastal regions to the rising sea level. Of particular concern are coastal cities that are experiencing considerable population growth. The human and economic impacts expected in the short term are colossal. In addition to the vital goal of attaining carbon neutrality, we are facing a new race against time which requires the reinforcing of adaptation measures at COP26.
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…