A healthy ocean, a protected climate
On December 2th, opening day of the « Blue COP » held in Madrid under Chilean presidency, the Ocean and Climate Platform, organized a High-level event “Ocean for Climate: Moving from Science to Policy” at the French Pavilion, in partnership with the Because the Ocean initiative and the Ocean Acidification Alliance. In the presence of H.S.H. Prince…
This year, the ocean will finally be at the heart of climate negotiations. It was about time: it took 21 years of climate COPs and the integration of the ocean in the Paris Agreement’s preamble in 2015 for the ocean to appear in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. COP25 intends…
In 2017, during its 72nd Session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), starting January 1st 2021. This decision confirms the growing interest of the international community in the ocean and the recognition of its major role in climate regulation, and calls for support…
The ocean regulates global climate by its continual exchanges with the atmosphere, whether they happen through radiative, mechanical and gaseous processes. It absorbs, stocks and transfers the sun’s heat in its movements, influencing atmospheric temperatures and circulation. Its capacity to store heat is way more efficient than the continents’ or the atmosphere’s but we still…
“The ocean will either be the driver of climate change, or the pillar of our resilience.” . On 25 September, in Monaco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has launched its Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. This unprecedented event in IPCC’s history finally marks the recognition of the…
In the context of the third International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2018), the Ocean and Climate Platform and its partners – French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB), Oceanographic Institute – Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation, Centre for Island Research and Environmental Observatory (CNRS-CRIOBE) and French Initiative for Coral Reefs (IFRECOR) – organized…