A virtual dialogue exploring solutions to improve the health of marine species along the coasts, nearshore, and deep ocean ecosystems as well as people’s livelihood and well-being.
Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Time: 09:00-15:00 (UTC+8)
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The ocean makes up 71 percent of the planet and provides many services to countries and their coastal communities from mitigating weather extremes to generating the oxygen we breathe, producing the food we eat, to storing the excess carbon dioxide we generate.
The Glasgow Climate Pact adopted last November recognizes this inextricable link between the ocean and climate and decided to anchor ocean-related issues and solutions in the multilateral climate change regime. The Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA) also identified climate change and disaster risk reduction as one of its priority programs in the region. This is also highlighted in the Preah Sihanouk Ministerial Declaration signed by PEMSEA’s country partners last December to reaffirm their commitment to blue economy and support global efforts to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement with mitigation and adaptation as crucial underlying principles in accelerating blue economy.
As follow-through of the countries’ commitments in the Preah Sihanouk Ministerial Declaration and as the region’s contribution to promoting climate-ocean dialogues, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) Resource Facility will be organizing an Ocean and Climate Dialogue during World Ocean Day. As part of our commitments to PEMSEA, WorldFish's Interim Director General, Essam Yassin Mohammed, will take part in the afternoon session to share our climate-smart innovations in the coastal regions of South and Southeast Asia, in relation to the WorldFish's '2030 Research and Innovation Strategy' and CGIAR's initiative in 'Resilient Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet.'
For more information on the event, check the program here.
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We look forward to your active participation.
