A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Policy Brief – Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise The coasts are emblematic spaces of the upheavals due to climate change. The Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC predicts that by 2100, sea level could rise above one meter while the related extreme events…
The health and management of terrestrial carbon sinks have historically received most of the international attention –in research, advocacy, and policy developments, while the role of policy interventions aimed at the ocean and its coastal habitats in regulating the global climate system has been less developed in climate negotiations before UNFCCC COP21, in Paris .…
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…
This June 8th, as each year, the ocean is in the spotlight. And for good reasons: As the largest ecosystem on the planet, it is a pillar of climate regulation and a source of solutions to global changes. On this World Ocean Day, the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) publishes the report “Ocean of Solutions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss”: a mosaic of initiatives inspired by the ocean to tackle climate and biodiversity challenges.