WCC 2016 Res 057 - Activity Report

The International Partnership for Blue Carbon (by Australia), as well as other efforts such as the Fiji Ocean Pathway as continuously convening policy-makers and other stakeholders in workshops/conferences to generate further action on climate and ocean issues.

This work is a continuation of providing scientific and technical advice to policy-makers as well as amongst the ocean / climate community. Many members and partners have worked on different levels to raise the overall awareness of climate change impacts on the ocean, as well as on solutions provided from the ocean, primarily NbS. The ocean topic broadly is very well represent now at the relevant climate meetings, especially the UNFCCC COPs. Various ocean / climate themes, such as blue carbon are respectively discussed in the Paris Agreement and other UNFCCC relevant mechanism/documents.

Efforts such as the Blue Carbon Initiative continue to provide technical guidance on e.g. carbon accounting from coastal ecosystems. Many partners in the academic field are continuing to publish relevant information in peer reviewed journals.