Oceans Action Day at COP 24

8 December 2018 | Katowice, Poland

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L-R: Tommy Remengesau, President, Republic of Palau; Ronald Jumeau, Seychelles; Peter Thomson, Fiji; Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Ocean Forum; and Manuel Barange, FAO, during the Oceans Action Day at COP 23.

The Oceans Action Day at COP 24 will bring together Parties in the UNFCCC negotiations, high-level representatives from governments, intergovernmental/international organizations, academic institutions, and civil society to advance the oceans and climate change agenda and to showcase oceans and climate action at COP 24 and beyond. Major topics to be addressed include:

Central role of oceans and climate and associated science and issues;
Mitigation related to oceans and coastal zones;
Adaptation;
the Blue Economy;
Displacement;
the Ocean Content of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);
Ocean Finance; and
Capacity Development.

The main organizers of Oceans Action Day at COP 24 are the Global Ocean Forum; Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action; Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal; Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan; Ocean Pathway (Governments of Fiji and of Sweden); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Future Ocean Alliance; Ocean and Climate Platform; and Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

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IISD ENB/ENB+ Meeting Coverage

48th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-48), 1-6 October 2018, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Ocean & Climate Platform High Level Scientific Conference, 10-11 September 2018, Paris, France
Bangkok Climate Change Conference - September 2018, 4-9 September 2018, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
19th Meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, 18-22 June 2018, UN Headquarters, New York
1st Ocean Risk Summit, 8-10 May 2018, Southampton, Bermuda
Bonn Climate Change Conference - April/May 2018, 30 April - 10 May 2018, Bonn, Germany
2nd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies on Accelerating Progress Toward the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and Sustainable Development Goals, 10-13 April 2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea
IPCC-47, 13-16 March 2018, Headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France
Oceans Action Day at COP 23, 11 November 2017, Bonn, Germany
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017, 6-17 November 2017, Bonn, Germany
IPCC-46, 6-10 September 2017, Montreal, Canada
The Ocean Conference, 5-9 June 2017, UN Headquarters, New York
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017, 8-18 May 2017, Bonn, Germany
IPCC-45, 28-31 March 2017, Guadalajara, Mexico
Oceans Action Day at COP 22, 12 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016, 7-18 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco
Oceans Day at Cancún, 4 December 2010, Cancún, Mexico
ENB Coverage of Climate Change Meetings

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