About the Roundtable Series

The Ocean x Climate Roundtable Series, with the theme “Creating a Common Agenda for our Shared Ocean”, launched at COP 27, fosters inclusive dialogue surrounding the ocean-climate nexus and encourages further prioritization of the ocean within the UNFCCC processes, and other UN processes and global convenings.

This series provides an opportunity for diverse stakeholders to contribute to ocean climate agenda priorities and build a collective vision that influences formal negotiations and dialogue.

The Roundtable series is hosted by Oceanic Global in partnership with IOC UNESCO and The Ocean Decade alongside collaborators at the UNFCCC and UN High-Level Climate Champions. The series kicked off at the Ocean x Climate Summit hosted as a day-long in-person supporting event at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022 and continued with a virtual session in March 2023 as well as during COP28 in Dubai, UAE in December 2023. Breakout discussion circles covered topics including:

UNFCCC Systems
Global Convenings
National Action
Outreach & Engagement
Policy & Finance
Bridging Gaps
Building Capacity
and more.

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Past Event Highlights

Edition 3: COP 28 Dubai

For this third edition, the Roundtable was facilitated in the Blue Zone at COP 28. The conversation was facilitated as a deep dive into the discussion topic of ‘Nature-based solutions for the Ocean-Climate Nexus’ and will feature participants from UNESCO, UN DOALOS, the Ocean Climate Platform, UNFCCC Climate Champions, and more.

Event Highlights

Edition 2: Virtual Roundtable

The second edition of Oceanic Global’s bi-annual roundtable series in partnership with IOC UNESCO was hosted virtually in March 2023. The series is designed to continue the momentum from COP throughout the year and to facilitate inclusive and participatory discussion driving actionable ocean-centered outputs within the UNFCCC ecosystem. Edition 2 continued discussion around how to leverage existing UNFCCC processes including COPs and country negotiations to set an ocean-centric and inclusive agenda.

Watch the Virtual Roundtable Highlights

Edition 1: COP 27 Sharm El-Sheikh

At COP 27, Oceanic Global kicked off our open-to-the-public round-table series to invite global participation in the Ocean x Climate dialogue, rather than limiting it to those behind closed doors. This dialogue continued the discussion around how to leverage existing UNFCCC processes including COPs and country negotiations to set an ocean-centric and inclusive agenda.

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Event Highlights