Press Release – UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, Madrid
Following on the heels of the first ever IPCC Special Report on the impact of climate breakdown on the ocean, State Parties to the 25th UNFCCC Conference must finally recognise the ocean within both their commitments and action.
Continue reading 25 YEARS ON: BRINGING THE OCEAN INTO THE CLIMATE COP
In December 2019, government leaders and states will gather for the UNFCCC COP 25. This COP follows hard on the heels of the IPCC* Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) and has been described as the ‘Blue’ COP by Sebastián Piñera, the President of Chile.
Continue reading COP25 Animations: Don’t leave the ocean out of the UN Climate Conference
La cultura oceánica es clave para entender y proteger el océano. Existe solo un océano y nuestro lenguaje debe reflejar esto. Únete y quita la S #droptheS.
PRESS RELEASE
Response: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate reveals the extent of the crisis facing humanity as the ocean and its services begin to show signs of collapse.
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
Respuesta: Informe Especial del IPCC sobre el océano y la criosfera en un clima cambiante
El Informe Especial sobre el océano y la criosfera en un clima cambiante del Panel Intergubernamental sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés) revela el alcance de la crisis a la que se enfrenta la humanidad ahora que el océano y sus servicios empiezan a mostrar signos de desplome.
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
Réaction : Rapport spécial du GIEC sur l’Océan et la cryosphère dans le contexte du changement climatique
Le Rapport spécial sur l’Océan et la cryosphère dans le contexte du changement climatique du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) révèle l’ampleur de la crise à laquelle l’humanité devra faire face, alors que l’Océan et les services qu’il rend commencent à montrer des signes d’effondrement.
Words are important. The way that we communicate influences the way people think, feel and act.
There is only one ocean. We may give different parts of it different names but there is only one ocean and it works as a whole to help make all life on earth possible.
That’s why we are asking, quite simply, that you drop the ‘s’ from the end of the word ocean.
The ‘Drop the S’ campaign asks that you make the active decision to use ocean as a singular noun in all communication and that, where possible, you explain this choice to others and encourage them to do the same.
Continue reading ‘DROP THE S’ CAMPAIGN IMPLEMENTING PRINCIPLE ONE OF OCEAN LITERACY
IPSO experts have called for a ‘precautionary pause’ in deep-sea mining and closure of one-third of the ocean among eight actions they say are needed to head off potential ecological disaster in the global ocean amid signs of steeper and faster changes than even recent models predicted.
A new paper published on 24 July in Aquatic Conservation says that failure to take action in the next 10 years to halt damage caused by unprecedented rates of climate heating and other human activities could result in catastrophic changes in the functioning of the global ocean, threatening vital ecosystems and disrupting human civilisation.
Continue reading New IPSO Viewpoint Paper published July 2019
