Driving Ocean-Climate Action at COP28
Sunday, December 3, 2023 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM · 1 hr. (Asia/Dubai)
Main Theatre
Ocean Conservancy
Blue Solutions & Innovations
Information
This Davos-style discussion, hosted by the Friends of the Ocean and Climate, will feature Parties and the actions they are taking to integrate the ocean as part of the response to climate change, and to set the stage for negotiations at COP28 to advance the ocean-climate nexus in the UNFCCC and beyond.
- Peter de Menocal, President, WHOI
- Kacky Andrews, Chief of Strategy, Ocean Conservancy
- Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations
- Sue Biniaz, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State
- Niall O'Dea, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
- Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister, Samoa
Lead Organization
Entity
Ocean Conservancy
Speakers
PdM
Peter de Menocal
President and DirectorWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)KA
Kacky Andrews
Chief of StrategyOcean ConservancyPT
Peter Thomson
Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the OceanUnited NationsSB
Sue Biniaz
Special Presidential Envoy for ClimateGovernment of the United States of AmericaNO
Niall O'Dea
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic PolicyFisheries and Oceans, CanadaFM
Fiamē Mataʻafa
Prime MinisterSamoaRegistered attendees
Amy Apprill
Reef Solutions InitiativeWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso
CNRS Research DirectorLaboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (Sorbonne University), and IDDRIEH
Elise Hugus
Digital Content ProducerWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)