Organizer

• Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF)
• Oceano Azul Foundation
• Because the Ocean Initiative
• Global Ocean Forum (GOF)

Event Overview

While the ocean plays a large role in absorbing and fixing greenhouse gases emitted from human activities, climate change has large-scale impacts on the marine environment including ocean warming, sea level rise, as well as ocean acidification. In order to achieve the long term goals of the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC, not only Parties but multistakeholders are required to promote their climate action.

The Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), in collaboration with the Oceano Azul Foundation, the Global Ocean Forum, and other partners, will co-host the parallel sessions of the "Oceans Action Day" (as one of GCA events) on December 7. Parallel sessions will take place to discuss various ocean and climate change issues, based on the latest findings of the IPCC’s Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere (SROCC).

Speaker

• Dr. Atsushi Sunami, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), President
• Mr. Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Oceano Azul Foundation, CEO
• Ms. Keiko Segawa, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, Deputy Director-General, Global Environment Affairs
• Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Ocean Forum (GOF), President
• Dr. Safri Burhanuddin, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Resources, Republic of Indonesia, Deputy Minister for Human Resources
• H.E. Haydee Rodriguez-Romero, Freshwater and Oceans Affairs, Costa Rica, Vice-Minister
• H.E. Helen Agren, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, Swedish Ambassador for the Ocean
• Mr. Taholo Kami, Ocean Pathway, Special Representative
• Dr. Manuel Barange, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, FAO, Director
• Dr. Nick Hardman-Mountford, The Commonwealth Secretariat, Head of Oceans and Natural Resources
• Mr. Rémi Parmentier, Because the Ocean Initiative, Coordinator
• Ms. Loreley Picourt, Ocean and Climate Platform, Secretary General
• Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Associate Researcher
• Mr. Joachim Claudet, National Center for Scientific Research, Research Director
• Ms. Emily Pidgeon, Strategic Marine Initiatives, Conservation International, Senior Director
• Ms. Karen Sack, Ocean Unite, Managing Director
• Mr. Rémi Gruet, Ocean Energy Europe, Policy Officer
• Mr. Marc Van Peteghem, VPLP Design, Co-Founder and CEO
• Ms. Sylvie Goyet, The Pacific Community (SPC), Director of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
• Dr. Miko Maekawa, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), Senior Research Fellow
• Dr. Peter Ricketts, Coastal Zone Association, Canada
• Mr. Javier Garat, Spanish Fishing Confederation, Cepesca, and Chairman, Europêche and the European Fisheries Technology Platform, Secretary General
• Mr. Espen Ronnenberg, The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Climate Change Adviser
• Ms. Mariam Traore Chazalnoel, Environment and Climate Change, International Migration Organization (IOM), Specialist on Migration
• Ms. Florence Geoffroy, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Liaison Officer
• Ms. Donna Lagdameo, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Senior, Policy Adviser
• Ms. Ingrid Timboe, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), Policy Director