Summary report, video, and UNFCCC article on the outcomes of the ocean and climate change dialogue 2022
Key messages (and illustrated):
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We must protect our ocean AND value its potential as a place for sustainable climate solutions and action
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Ocean-based measures offer significant mitigation and adaptation options
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The ocean offers a space for integrated solutions that can be reflected in national climate policies and strategies
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Marine technology and marine and coastal nature-based solutions should be integrated to ensure that action is more robust, comprehensive and cost-effective than when using either solution alone
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We must use, improve and integrate the latest available ocean science and other knowledge systems
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A whole of society approach is needed for ocean - climate action, including to address governance aspects
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Funding for ocean-climate action needs to increase and access to funding must be supported
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Strengthened finance and other support, including capacity building, must embrace complexity to provide innovative and multidisciplinary solutions
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A framework for collaborative efforts across UN Processes would increase institutional support for ocean-climate action
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Future ocean and climate change dialogues should focus on distinct topics to deep-dive into specific solutions that strategically supports and strengthens ocean-climate action at national level and under the UNFCCC process
The Conference of the Parties at COP 26, by its decision 1/CP.26 paragraph 61, invited the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to convene at its fifty-sixth session (June 2022), and subsequently annually, a dialogue on the ocean and climate change to consider how to strengthen ocean-based action on climate change. The SBSTA Chair invited Parties and non-Party stakeholders to submit inputs via the submission portal to inform the dialogue. The COP requested the Chair of the SBSTA to prepare an informal summary report on each annual dialogue.
The dialogue began with high level statements and explored two topics through moderated panels:
- Strengthening and integrating national ocean climate action under the Paris Agreement
- Enabling ocean climate solutions and optimising institutional connections
For each panel, panelists provided 3 minute deep-dives into their respective topics. The moderator took interventions and Q&A from Parties and non-Party stakeholders based on the guiding questions.
Panel 1
- What are the good practices by both Parties and Non-Party stakeholders for strengthening ocean-climate action at national level, including in NDCs? What are the challenges?
- How could Parties' overcome challenges and strengthen ocean and climate action at country level to enable sustainable livelihoods, including through NDCs and NAPs ?
- What further information is needed in your country to implement ocean-climate action?
- What can be accomplished next at national and international level to enable stronger ocean-climate action?
Panel 2
- What are current and innovative options for ocean climate solutions and how can they be improved, including funding and financing, technology, capacity building and science?
- How can UN and international processes support Parties’ ocean climate action and invoke synergies across processes?
- What can be accomplished next at national and international level to enable stronger ocean-climate action?
Participants in the room and those watching the webcast could respond to the guiding questions in written format through mentimeter. All points of view were gathered together, alongside spoken interventions and Q&A, for inclusion in the SBSTA chair's upcoming summary report of the event.
Responses to guiding questions on mentimeter for Panel 1 and Panel 2
Artist's summary of the dialogue:
UNFCCC news article on the dialogue
Photos from the Dialogue:
Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Credit: IISD | Kiara Worth
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Outline agenda
15:00
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High level remarks and opening
Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Pacific and the Environment, UK
His Excellency Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
Mr. Vladimir Ryabinin, IOC-UNESCO Executive Secretary (video)
Ms. Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Representatives from YOUNGO: Ms. Luciana Verástegui, Ms. Cathy Yitong Li, Mr. Mark Haver, Mr. Lorenzo Sablay, Ms. Melissa Jiminez
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Moderator:
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
SBSTA Chair |
15:30
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Video: One Ocean. One Planet. One Future |
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15:35 |
Panel 1: Strengthening and integrating national ocean-climate action under the Paris Agreement
NDC-based implementation strategies
Kushaal Raaj, Fiji
Near-term opportunities to decarbonize the shipping sector
Sue Biniaz, USA
Integrating Technology and Nature-based Solutions
Ambrosio Yobanolo del Real, TEC Chair
Climate-resilient fisheries and aquaculture
Tarub Bahri, FAO
The contribution of coastal and marine conservation to supporting the goals of the UNFCCC
Thomas Hickey, Pew Charitable Trusts
Global offshore renewable energy
Simon Benmarraze, IRENA
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Moderator:
Kilaparti Ramakrishna,
Senior Advisor to the President on Ocean and Climate Policy,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rapporteur:
Loreley Picourt,
Secretary General,
Ocean & Climate Platform
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16:55 |
Video: Ocean of climate solutions - Blue carbon
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17:00
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Short break |
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17:05 |
Video: Local communities & indigenous peoples’ concerns, needs and roles in blueing the NDCs |
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17:10 |
Panel 2 – Enabling ocean-climate solutions and optimizing institutional connections
Blue financing and institutionalising ocean-climate action
Carlos Fuller, Belize
Strengthening funding opportunities for ocean-climate action
Tshewang Dorji, GEF
Entry points and financial instruments for enhancing access to the Green Climate Fund for implementing coastal and marine nature-based solutions
Lisa Schindler Murray, Nairobi work programme expert group on oceans
Strengthening ocean-climate finance under the UNFCCC
Mohammed Nasr, co-chair, Standing Committee on Finance
Linking the Paris Agreement and other UN agendas to synergise ocean-climate action
Alice Hicuburundi, UN-Oceans and experts from UN agencies
Innovative opportunities for private sector finance
Markus Müller, Deutsche Bank
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Moderator:
Angelique Pouponneau,
Deputy Fellowship Director and Policy Adviser,
AOSIS
Rapporteur:
Jill Hamilton,
Director, Blue Climate Strategy,
Conservation International
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18:35 |
Video: Race for the Ocean
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18:40 |
Ways forward |
Moderator: Julio Cordano, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile
Reporting back by rapporteurs: Loreley Picourt, Jill Hamilton
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18:55 |
Reporting back by the graphic artist
Concluding remarks
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Graphic artist
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
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