The Ocean Decade: A Global Science Movement to Unlock Climate Action
Event date:
03 Nov 2021 - 09:00 to 10:45
Location:
Glasgow, UK (Hybrid Event)
Description
This event, led by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, looked at the role of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development to generate the ocean knowledge we need to achieve climate action. Speakers included H.E. Henry Puna, the Pacific Ocean Commissioner and Ambassador Peter Thomson, the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, as well as high-level representatives from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and United Nations Global Compact. During the event, Dr. Heike Henn from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development announced a new investment of 12.78m Euros in the Blue Action Fund. Speakers from two endorsed Ocean Decade programmes – JETZON and the Global Ocean Corps and Conveyor – discussed how their initiatives are contributing to climate action. The event marked the release of an IOC-UNESCO publication 'The Ocean Decade at COP26', which can be accessed . For more information and a video of the event, please visit this link: /en/cop26/page/programme
Speakers
Opening: Dr. Valdimir Ryabinin, IOC - UNESCO Executive Secretary
H.E. Henry Puna, Pacific Ocean Commissioner
Dr. Heike Henn, Director for Climate Policy, Energy, Urban Development and Environment and Commissioner for Climate Policy and Climate financing at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Mr. Erik Giercksky, United Nations, UN Global Compact, Head Business Action Platform for Ocean
Professor Stephanie Henson, National Oceanography Centre - UK, JETZON programme
Dr. Marcia Creary Ford, University of West Indies, Global Ocean Corps programme
Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN SG Special Envoy for the Ocean