WCC 2020 Res 032 - Activity Report

FAO has developed a series of climate policy guidance, tools and knowledge products. These instruments include the FAO Adaptation Toolbox, technical guidelines on addressing fisheries and aquaculture in national adaptation plans, good practices of adaptive fisheries management, toolkit for vulnerability and capacity assessments, and guidance on the integration of human rights standards and laws into disaster risk reduction and climate action in small-scale fisheries. There are also 3 FAO e-learning courses (free-of-charge and accessible to all) on climate change adaptation and mitigation in fisheries and aquaculture, climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture, and fisheries and aquaculture response to emergencies (FARE).
ROCA Report on Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action: 2020-2021. The 2020-2021 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) Initiative Report on Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action is the product of a multi-organizational effort involving over 60 contributors from over 30 collaborating organizations. Launched on November 1, 2021 during the opening of the COP26 Virtual Ocean Pavilion, this final volume in an annual series of assessments provides a compilation of evidence for a growing recognition from various sectoral and stakeholder initiatives in science, policy development, financing, and other cross-cutting efforts of the importance of oceans in the climate change process and ambition under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Read the full report here

IUCN and many members and partners are actively engaging in promoting Nature-based Solutions, examples include the BNCFF, BCAF, the IPBC, the work of the BCI, the work of the Global Mangrove Alliance, FEBA.
ORO – Through BIOPAMA, DG Initiative, and Kiwa Initiative we are supporting more than 15 local area-based conservation projects in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Palau, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and others. We are also working to respond to GCF comments on a $49m coastal and marine EbA project in PNG, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
ORO – Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa are in the final stages of establishing national marine spatial plans that will protect over 4,000,000km2 of ocean to help achieve 30% protection. Cook Islands, Kiribati, French Polynesia, and Palau are being approached for similar initiatives.
Start of implementation of the Subnational Climate Fund (SCF) which partially acts in coastal countries, with an opportunity for strong ES mitigation action alongside NbS.

IUCN, members and partners have been supporting the inclusion of ocean topics, primarily NbS, into the UNFCCC, and its process, including NDCs. A variety of reports, technical briefs and position papers have been published by IUCN and members, jointly or separately.
ROCA Report on Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action: 2020-2021. The 2020-2021 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) Initiative Report on Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action is the product of a multi-organizational effort involving over 60 contributors from over 30 collaborating organizations. Launched on November 1, 2021 during the opening of the COP26 Virtual Ocean Pavilion, this final volume in an annual series of assessments provides a compilation of evidence for a growing recognition from various sectoral and stakeholder initiatives in science, policy development, financing, and other cross-cutting efforts of the importance of oceans in the climate change process and ambition under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
FAO has been contributing to multiple international events and initiatives. It aims to ensure fisheries and aquaculture are adequately addressed under the UNFCCC and other fora, through active participation in UNFCCC COPs, annual Ocean Dialogues, UN Ocean Conference 2022 and so on. FAO has submitted 12 commitments to the UN Ocean Conference 2022, focused on ocean health and transforming aquatic food systems.
In addition, ASOC facilitates NGO engagement on the IMO Polar Code which covers both Arctic and Antarctic waters and may at some point address climate change. It is already working on ship emissions.