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The Blue Pacific has long been a global leader in ocean stewardship and climate diplomacy. This event will showcase Pacific-led ocean-climate solutions at national and regional levels, identify ongoing challenges…
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This interactive session brings science and storytelling together to explore how we can better listen to the ocean. Featuring films and discussion on environmental DNA, biodiversity, and climate change, it…
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To stem the tide of the global climate crisis, we need to shift away from our fossil fuel-based economies. But this is not enough. We must also develop methods to… |
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The Blue Pacific has repeatedly conveyed to the world the vital importance of the ocean to its peoples – their identity, culture and livelihoods. Since UNFCCC COP23, the Pacific has…
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The One Ocean Science Congress organized by IFREMER and CNRS in June 2025 in Nice, France, was the first ever UN Ocean Conference Special Event dedicated to Science. Representing the…
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Macroalgal ecosystems—especially seaweed beds, kelp forests, seaweed farms, and mangroves—are fast-cycling coastal carbon engines. As nature-led, low-risk climate-repair options, they require rigorous MRV and lifecycle checks, and should be assessed…
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The ocean plays a vital role in regulating Earth's climate, yet new scientific approaches to address climate change in marine environments raise complex ethical, governance, and equity concerns. This panel… |
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The event introduces the Neptune Mission - a new global initiative launched at UNOC3 to accelerate ocean exploration and support its sustainable governance. Focusing on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Neptune…
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The cross-cutting role of oceans in promoting sustainability, including the ocean-climate nexus, relies heavily on scientific foundations that need strengthening and diversification. This requires sustained and innovative funding schemes tailored…
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This session explores how Marine Protected Areas safeguard climate sinks, protect biodiversity, and build resilience in a changing ocean. Through examples of leadership and collaboration, it highlights how protection of…
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In this student-led panel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers will share their perspectives on the most pressing issues facing our ocean and what we would like to see come out…
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As U.S. climate policy shifts, researchers and institutions worldwide are stepping up to sustain momentum. This panel highlights efforts to preserve the scientific foundation of climate resilience, including a new… |
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Offshore wind and electricity grids are vital to tripling global renewable energy, but they must advance in harmony with ocean life and coastal communities. This session, organised by GINGR, the…
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The ocean is profoundly affected by climate change and a source of solutions. To stay within 1.5°C, the IPCC has confirmed that carbon removal is needed. Ocean scientists, policy experts,…
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This event will explore how soil- and marine-based carbon sequestration solutions can be scaled and financed across agriculture, forestry, and ocean-based approaches. With the blue economy emerging as one of…
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Accelerating loss of ice, glaciers, snow, and permafrost is raising seas, disrupting circulation, deepening acidification, and fueling extremes. In our session we are trying to traces these ocean impacts and… |
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The interconnection between the Amazon Basin and the ocean is not always clear or widely reported, but many researchers, journalists and local communities are starting to join the dots. Join…
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To limit global warming, greenhouse-gas emissions need to be reduced drastically. To balance hard-to-abate emissions, a range of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches are envisaged. They can also contribute…
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What will it take to turn ambition into action for ocean health? This COP30 panel brings together leaders from shipping, government, finance, science, and conservation to explore the ideas, investments,…
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Collaboration between key partners can bring hands-on experience in climate-resilient solutions. In this session, we aim to bridge the gap between financial mechanisms and on-the-ground delivery of sustainable blue economy…
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This panel will address the technical, regulatory, and infrastructure challenges that are needed for commercial scale readiness of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) solutions, focusing on the role of data-driven… |
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Co-hosted by the French Banking Federation (FBF) and Paris Europlace / Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD), this high-level dialogue will explore how financial systems can better integrate ocean health…
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This session showcases how ocean monitoring technologies are critical for understanding and mitigating marine hazards. Experts will use real-time data (satellite to autonomous vehicles) to track heatwaves and oil spills.…
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The ocean is changing faster than our ability to understand it—reshaping climate, biodiversity, and disaster risk. How close are we to building the global ocean data ecosystem needed to keep…
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Panel on building climate-resilient fisheries. Experts will explore how overfishing and climate shocks interact, including marine heatwave impacts on recruitment and mortality, habitat buffering effects, and vulnerable life stages. Discussion…
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National Safeguards Recommendations developed in Brazil will be launched in this panel to highlight how IPLCs in Brazil are rights holders in the blue carbon agenda. The country, home to… |
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The screening (excerpt) of "Ouro Negro é a Gente" (Black Gold is the People) (premiered at Sao Paulo Biennale 2025) by Brazilian artist Aline Baiana will be followed by an…
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The upwelling region off West Africa is one of the most productive and biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, supporting about 200 million people. But little is known about its…
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Africa is a global leader in innovative ocean-climate solutions. This high-level session will convene leaders from across the region and beyond to elevate key success stories, opportunities and challenges facing…
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Ocean Acidification and Alkalinity Enhancement: Global Case Studies on Impacts & Local Opportunities
Ocean Acidification and Alkalinity Enhancement: Global Case Studies on Impacts & Local Opportunities
As the ocean absorbs atmospheric CO2, acidification threatens coral reefs, fisheries, and coastal communities worldwide. This session presents the latest science on these impacts alongside global case studies examining the…
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In this interactive workshop, participants will probe the path toward integrating state-of-the-art science into coastal resource management. Through 3 case studies, speakers will highlight how research can inform resilient decision-making.… |
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Round table: in tropical areas, the impact of climate change is unfavorable to fisheries production, but due to a lack of data, quantitative prediction of species-specific impacts is impossible on…
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Ocean Accounts integrate ecological, economic, and social data, providing a framework to inform policymaking, investment, and trade-off decisions. One of the world's largest maritime nations, Portugal was among the first…
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At COP30's Ocean Pavilion, Indonesia leads a global call to drive change through blue carbon action. Moderated by GGGI's Malle Fofana, the session brings together Indonesia, Korea, Canada, and the…
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Predictions of tropical cyclone (TC) tracks have improved over decades. Predictions of TC intensity lag behind. Strongest TCs tend to be underpredicted. We show that interactive account of wind waves… |
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Global cooperation is vital to ocean understanding and today's challenges such as climate change, overexploitation and geopolitical shifts reinforce the urgency of this need. Yet, achieving meaningful cooperation is increasingly…
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Coral Reefs at the Climate–Action Frontline: Science, Finance and Communities for a Resilient Future
Coral Reefs at the Climate–Action Frontline: Science, Finance and Communities for a Resilient Future
Coral reefs are vital to people and nature, yet they sit on the front line of the climate crisis and urgently need emissions cuts and scaled nature-based adaptation. This event…
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Climate change is harming marine ecosystems and blue economies through rising sea temperatures, stronger storms, and droughts that disrupt fish habitats and livelihoods. Pollution, overfishing, and weak management worsen vulnerabilities.…
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At the heart of all ecosystems on Earth is an invisible network of micro-organisms that support food webs and underpin the ecosystem services upon which we and our planet depend.…
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Ocean Science Sustainability and Climate Adaptation
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Ocean Science Sustainability and Climate Adaptation
This panel explores how AI revolutionizes ocean science and conservation. Experts demonstrate AI solutions for: Sustainable Fisheries (ML for tracking and anti-poaching efforts), Biodiversity (species identification and habitat health), Climate… |
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Women leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean unite to champion ocean justice. Indigenous and young women voices share their struggles and innovations in protecting marine life and coastal livelihoods.…
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As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, COP30 must mark the beginning of a new era of climate action focused on implementation. To support this shift, the…
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This session explores opportunities for small-scale fisheries and seaweed aquaculture to drive climate mitigation and adaptation while strengthening livelihoods and food security. Drawing on experiences from G20, BRICS and beyond,…
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The ocean’s soundscape underpins biodiversity and climate balance but is increasingly disturbed by human activity. This talk frames ocean noise as a critical yet neglected stressors shaping ecosystems and governance.…
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High-level event and signing ceremony welcoming new government signatories to the Climate-Resilience Coral Reefs Commitment, the first global pledge to protect climate-resilient reefs vital for biodiversity, food, and coastal protection.… |
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Accelerating Blue Action: Ocean Pathway to a Pacific COP31
The Blue Pacific has repeatedly conveyed to the world the vital importance of the ocean to its peoples – their identity, culture and livelihoods. Since UNFCCC COP23, the Pacific has…
The One Ocean Science Congress : Science at the UN Ocean Conference to make the difference
The One Ocean Science Congress organized by IFREMER and CNRS in June 2025 in Nice, France, was the first ever UN Ocean Conference Special Event dedicated to Science. Representing the…
Blue Carbon Collaboration: Sharing Japan’s Coastal Solutions with Asia and Beyond (Including Marine CDR Pathways)
Macroalgal ecosystems—especially seaweed beds, kelp forests, seaweed farms, and mangroves—are fast-cycling coastal carbon engines. As nature-led, low-risk climate-repair options, they require rigorous MRV and lifecycle checks, and should be assessed…
Ethical Pathways Ocean Solutions: Guiding Principles for Responsible Climate Intervention Research
The ocean plays a vital role in regulating Earth's climate, yet new scientific approaches to address climate change in marine environments raise complex ethical, governance, and equity concerns. This panel…
Neptune Mission: Navigating the High Seas from Nice to Belém
The event introduces the Neptune Mission - a new global initiative launched at UNOC3 to accelerate ocean exploration and support its sustainable governance. Focusing on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Neptune…
Funding Strategies to Promote the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want
The cross-cutting role of oceans in promoting sustainability, including the ocean-climate nexus, relies heavily on scientific foundations that need strengthening and diversification. This requires sustained and innovative funding schemes tailored…
Protecting Ocean Ecosystems: Marine Protected Areas Essential Piece in Climate Change Resilience
This session explores how Marine Protected Areas safeguard climate sinks, protect biodiversity, and build resilience in a changing ocean. Through examples of leadership and collaboration, it highlights how protection of…
Top 5 Ocean Action Items to Watch at COP30
In this student-led panel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers will share their perspectives on the most pressing issues facing our ocean and what we would like to see come out…
Tides of Collaboration: Safeguarding Ocean Climate Science Amid Policy Shifts
As U.S. climate policy shifts, researchers and institutions worldwide are stepping up to sustain momentum. This panel highlights efforts to preserve the scientific foundation of climate resilience, including a new…
Elevating Voices: Co-Designing Research with Critical Communities for Science-Policy Impact
Co-designing projects with critical partners can enable projects to be conducted equitably, align with interdisciplinary priorities, and involve communities while disseminating science to help decision-making and technical/social innovation. This open…
Measuring What Matters: Ocean Metrics for a Nature- and People-Positive Energy Transition
Offshore wind and electricity grids are vital to tripling global renewable energy, but they must advance in harmony with ocean life and coastal communities. This session, organised by GINGR, the…
Aligning Science, Policy, and Safeguards for Ocean-based Carbon Removal (oCDR)
The ocean is profoundly affected by climate change and a source of solutions. To stay within 1.5°C, the IPCC has confirmed that carbon removal is needed. Ocean scientists, policy experts,…
Scaling Land & Ocean Carbon Sequestration through Blue Economy & Finance
This event will explore how soil- and marine-based carbon sequestration solutions can be scaled and financed across agriculture, forestry, and ocean-based approaches. With the blue economy emerging as one of…
Integrating Cryosphere Science into Nature-Based Climate Strategies to Enhance Ocean Resilience
Accelerating loss of ice, glaciers, snow, and permafrost is raising seas, disrupting circulation, deepening acidification, and fueling extremes. In our session we are trying to traces these ocean impacts and…
Brazilian Stories: From the Forest to the Sea
The interconnection between the Amazon Basin and the ocean is not always clear or widely reported, but many researchers, journalists and local communities are starting to join the dots. Join…
Research for Sustainable Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal
To limit global warming, greenhouse-gas emissions need to be reduced drastically. To balance hard-to-abate emissions, a range of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches are envisaged. They can also contribute…
Charting the Course: Collaborating for Marine Biodiversity and Ocean Health
What will it take to turn ambition into action for ocean health? This COP30 panel brings together leaders from shipping, government, finance, science, and conservation to explore the ideas, investments,…
Financing the future of our Oceans: Bridging Climate Resilience and Local Impact
Collaboration between key partners can bring hands-on experience in climate-resilient solutions. In this session, we aim to bridge the gap between financial mechanisms and on-the-ground delivery of sustainable blue economy…
mCDR: Laying the Foundation for Commercial Scale Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
This panel will address the technical, regulatory, and infrastructure challenges that are needed for commercial scale readiness of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) solutions, focusing on the role of data-driven…
Building a Wave: Scaling Finance and Investment in the Regenerative and Sustainable Blue Economy
There is a trillion-dollar investment opportunity in the regenerative and sustainable blue economy. Coming from the UN Ocean Conference, there is a wave of momentum to scale finance from beachfront…