Microsoft Word - COP31 Ocean Letter FINAL

A joint letter from a broad coalition of scientists, policy experts, and organizations calling for COP31 to be a 'Blue COP' by mainstreaming ocean-climate action across all agenda items, negotiation texts, and finance mechanisms.

• Ocean-climate solutions, including the decarbonisation of maritime transport, offshore renewable energy, sustainable blue foods, and the restoration of blue carbon ecosystems, could contribute up to 35% of the emissions reductions required to limit global warming to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement.
• Despite the ocean's role in absorbing over 90% of excess heat and 25% of global CO2 emissions, ocean-based solutions are currently underrepresented in global finance and climate policy.
• The signatories propose six specific actions for COP31 leadership to ensure a 'Blue COP', including making ocean-climate solutions a core theme of the World Leaders Summit, integrating ocean priorities into negotiation texts on finance, adaptation, and mitigation, and appointing Ocean Focal Points for key committees.
• The document argues that ocean-climate action should have a permanent place in global climate governance to prevent these issues from being sidelined, aligning with the mandated Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue at SBSTA.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Microsoft Word - COP31 Ocean Letter FINAL. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2026-06/noemb.oceanclimateletter_final-1.pdf?VersionId=amFeatuTV1uJCK2FOnF6bENYCxjvW32n

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Microsoft Word - COP31 Ocean Letter FINAL. n.d. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2026-06/noemb.oceanclimateletter_final-1.pdf?VersionId=amFeatuTV1uJCK2FOnF6bENYCxjvW32n.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{worldresourcesinstitutendmicrosoft, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Microsoft Word - COP31 Ocean Letter FINAL}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2026-06/noemb.oceanclimateletter_final-1.pdf?VersionId=amFeatuTV1uJCK2FOnF6bENYCxjvW32n}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }