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World Ocean Initiative at UN Ocean Conference

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10th World Ocean Summit

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Ocean climate solutions including blue-carbon projects, decarbonising shipping, sustainable aquaculture and offshore wind energy could significantly contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation plans. Collectively, ocean climate action could provide more than 20% of the reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions needed by 2050 to align with the Paris agreement.

Ocean and Climate

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Ocean and climate

of excess heat from human-caused global warming has been absorbed by the ocean

Estimated carbon-sequestration value of a whale (US$)

Value of carbon-capture services provided by seagrass as an ecosystem (US$)

of global greenhouse-gas emissions originate from shipping

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Ocean and climate

Coastal and island populations face increasing threats from rising sea levels and extreme weather events caused by climate change. Ocean climate solutions including nature-based blue-carbon projects, decarbonising shipping, sustainable aquaculture and offshore wind energy could significantly contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.

SPOTLIGHT

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In Tokyo this March, a global group of leading policymakers, scientists and advocates met at the annual World Ocean Summit to collaboratively forge the urgent solutions required to restore a resilient ocean.

 Climate efforts threatened by developments at sea

Relatively new science has huge potential for AI advancement—if more data can be added to models

“Data is the bottleneck” in better ocean prediction

A guest blog by World Ocean Summit speaker Allyson Browne, co-founder and chief executive of HACC, the High Ambition Climate Collective

Turning the tide: ports as catalysts for climate action

SIDS climate goals impossible without water security, warns UN expert

Taps running dry: ‘Desperate call’ for funding reform over SIDS water security

What&#39;s New

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy estimates that ocean-based climate solutions offer as much as 21% of the emissions reductions needed to achieve a pathway that limits global warming to 1.5° by 2050.

Drop-by-drop: national measurements of ocean-based solutions

The ultimate deep dive into ocean challenges and opportunities for collective action, from our March 2022 event

Special report: collaborating for sustainable change to achieve 2030 goals

How do we train the next generation of ocean leaders?

Book: Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy

The potential of the ocean for accelerating decarbonisation merits prioritisation in the global climate-change discourse. The ocean presents substantial climate mitigation and carbon storage options to help limit global warming, while simultaneously introducing opportunities for economic gain.

Ocean and Climate

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How to realise the opportunities for small island developing states under the BBNJ Agreement

How to realise the opportunities for small island developing states under the BBNJ Agreement