Background
The Conference of the Parties, at its twenty-sixth session, requested the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) hold an annual dialogue, starting at the fifty-sixth session of the SBSTA (June 2022), to strengthen ocean-based climate action.
At COP 27, Parties decided that future dialogues will be facilitated by two co-facilitators, who will be responsible for deciding the topics for and conducting the dialogue, in consultation with Parties and observers, and preparing an informal summary report to be presented in conjunction with the subsequent session of the Conference of the Parties.
Topics for 2023
Based on consultations during an informal exchange of views, the topics chosen for the ocean dialogue 2023 are:
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Coastal ecosystem restoration including blue carbon
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Fisheries and food security
Co-facilitators
The co-facilitators are Mr. Niall O’Dea (Canada) and Mr. Julio Cordano (Chile) who will chair the dialogue
Preparation for the dialogue
The co-facilitators invite Parties and non-Party stakeholders to consider the guiding questions, provided in the information note and included in the agenda, in advance to help facilitate interactive discussions and effective deep-dives into the two topics as well as consideration of what is needed to further centralize the role of oceans in climate change mitigation and adaptation action and through UNFCCC processes
Agenda
Link to presentations for day 1
Link to presentations for day 2
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Day 1. Tuesday 13 June, 14:00–17:00
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14:00
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High Level Remarks and Opening
Razan Al Mubarak, High Level Champion, COP Presidency (virtual)
Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
Simon Stiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
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Co-facilitators
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14:20
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Setting the Scene
Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, UNESCO-IOC
Tristan Tyrrell, CBD
Tarub Bahri, FAO
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Co-facilitators
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14:50
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Introduction to the Breakout Group Discussions
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Co-facilitators
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15:00
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Breakout Group Discussions on Topics 1 and 2
- Participants will divide into groups (10–20 people per group) to discuss the guiding questions
- Participants will have a chance to discuss both topics
15:00–15:50: There will be 4–5 breakout groups for Topic 1 and 4–5 breakout groups for Topic 2.
5-10 min changeover time
16:00–16:50: Participants will change groups for a second round of breakout discussions.
Guiding Questions
Topic 1 Coastal ecosystem restoration including blue carbon
- How can Parties strengthen recognition of coastal ecosystems as assets, to increase investments, and improve processes to protect and restore them?
- How can Parties further include blue carbon ecosystems (i.e., mangroves, seagrass and saltmarshes, among others) as part of their mitigation strategy and what are the key data/knowledge gaps that prevent Parties from doing so?
Topic 2 Fisheries and food security
- How can Parties develop sustainable and equitable aquatic food production that are also inclusive, nature-positive and resilient?
- How can Parties support decarbonisation along the value chains of aquatic food systems (e.g., technology efficiency, replacement of fish-based feed ingredients, production closer to the final market, reduced reliance on fossil fuel)?
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Breakout groups with Moderators and Rapporteurs
(see below list of moderators and rapporteurs)
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Overarching (both topics)
- How can Parties engage with coastal communities, including indigenous peoples, to align direct benefits with better management of coastal ecosystems?
- How can Parties create an enabling environment (e.g. policy, regulation, information, capacity), especially to attract resilient investments for both topical areas?
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16:55
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Wrap up day 1
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Co-facilitators
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Day 2. Wednesday 14 June, 15:00–18:00
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15:00
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Report back from breakout groups
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Moderators, Rapporteurs and Visual storytellers
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15:30
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Panel discussions on best practices for adaptation and mitigation
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Co-facilitators
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15:30
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Topic 1: Coastal ecosystem restoration including blue carbon
Mr. Muhammad Yusuf, Director of Coastal and Small Islands Utilization, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia.
Ms. Muna AlAmoodi, Director, Climate Change Department at Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (with technical inputs from Emirates Nature-WWF)
Ms. Luisa Maria Neves Salgueiro, Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal (virtual)
Dr. Christopher Lilyblad, Head of Strategy and Policy Unit, a.i. UNDP, Cabo Verde (virtual)
Mr. Stephen Minas, ocean activity co-lead & TEC member
Q&A and Interventions on further case studies from the floor
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Experts from Parties and NPS
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16:15
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5min break
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16:20
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Topic 2: Fisheries and food security
Ms. Gwen Sisior, Ocean Advisor to the PSIDS' Chair, Palau
Mr. Gabriel Kpaka, Deputy Director-General, Meteorological Agency, Sierra Leone
Ms. Ariane Steinsmeier, Director Innovation and Scaling, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
Mr. German Velasquez, Director, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, GCF
Ms. Tiana Carter, Co-Chair, Facilitative Working Group of the LCIPP
Q&A and Interventions on further case studies from the floor
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17.05
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Plenary Discussion on ways forward and messages for COP28
Guiding Questions
- What is needed to further centralize the role of the ocean in climate change mitigation and adaptation through UNFCCC processes, including the Global Stocktake?
- How can the discussions from day 1 be translated into actionable recommendations that can lead towards more climate action in the ocean?
- How can the dialogue be further strengthened in the future to provide more concrete actions and messages for COP?
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Co-facilitators
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17:55
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Close
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Mr. Harry Vreuls,
SBSTA Chair
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List of moderators and rapporteurs for breakout groups on day 1
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Topic 1
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Moderator
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Rapporteur
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Loreley Picourt, Ocean & Climate Platform
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Tom Hickey, Pew
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Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
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Marina Antonopoulou, The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Emirates, UAE
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Martin Sommerkorn, The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Arctic
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Jill Hamilton, Conservation International (CI)
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Lisa Schindler Murray, Rare
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Beatriz Marchado Granziera, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
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5
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Ambrosio Yobanolo del Real, co-chair of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC)
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Luz Gil, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
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Topic 2
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Moderator
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Rapporteur
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Tarub Bahri, The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Marine Lecerf, Ocean & Climate Platform
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Pauli Merriman, The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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Matt Frost, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
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Jessie Turner, Ocean Acidification Alliance (SOA)
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Mitchell Lennan, One Ocean Hub
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Mark Haver, BlueGreen Generation
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Whitney Berry, Ocean Conservancy
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5
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Karly Kelso, Environment Defense Fund (EDF)
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Katie Thiessen, YOUNGO
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Breakout Group Case Studies and Best Practices at the Ocean and climate change dialogue 2023
Over the course of the two days of the 2023 ocean dialogue more than 250 case studies and good practices on the two topics were exchanged and discussed by the participants. These case studies and good practices have been collated here.
