Category: Reports & Policy Briefs

Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe, Challenges and Best Practices On November 29th, 2021, the Sea’ties initiative hosted virtually the regional workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in Northern Europe”. First of a series of five (Mediterranean basin, North America, West…

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…

On 14 July 2021, the European Commission will unveil its “Fit for 55 package” proposal, which sets out to put forward legislative initiatives to get the European Union on track to meet its increased climate ambition, in line with the Paris Agreement. A revision of the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and…

In the run-up to UNFCCC COP26, Parties to the Paris Agreement continue embarking on the race to zero emissions, submitting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) one after the other. Once again, the ocean has a part to play in this. This first revision cycle of NDCs offers an opportunity for Parties to make greater use…