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mCDR: Laying the Foundation for Commercial Scale Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Format:Panel
Themes:Ocean Solutions & Innovations, Ocean, Carbon & Climate

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 Global Ocean Intelligence Network – How Close Are We?

Format:Panel
Themes:Blue Resilience & Adaptation, Sustainable Ocean Resources

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 intelligence network needed to keep…

Fish for the Future: How to Build Climate-Resilient Fisheries

Format:Panel
Themes:Blue Resilience & Adaptation, Sustainable Ocean Resources

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…

Co-Designing Research for Sustainable Ocean Management in West Africa

Format:Roundtable
Themes:Ocean Justice & Equity, Ocean Life & Biodiversity

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…

Science That Serves the Shores: Pathways for Resilient Coastal Management

Format:Workshop
Themes:Blue Resilience & Adaptation, Ocean Solutions & Innovations

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.…

Racing For The Ocean: Faster & Smarter

Format:Panel
Themes:Ocean Solutions & Innovations, Ocean, Carbon & Climate

The 2025 UN Ocean Conference set the pace. We now need a winning mindset to accelerate action, stay within planetary boundaries, and stabilize the climate. The Ocean Race hosts this…

Pan Amazonian Solutions for Resilient Fisheries Facing Climate Change

Format:Roundtable
Themes:Blue Resilience & Adaptation, Sustainable Ocean Resources

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…

Blue Carbon Commitments: Building a Global Ocean–Climate Coalition

Format:Panel
Themes:Blue Economy & Finance, Ocean, Carbon & Climate

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…

Ocean Waves Break(through) in Tropical Cyclone Prediction

Format:Panel
Themes:Blue Resilience & Adaptation, Ocean Solutions & Innovations

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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