The Ocean-Climate Agenda debuted at the ongoing Global Climate Action Summit earlier today, with a focus on the role oceans play in adapting to and mitigating the consequences of climate change. "Ambitious actions on climate change have to go with ambitious actions on the ocean," says Taholo Kami, Special Representative for the Ocean Pathway for the COP23 Presidency Secretariat. Preparing coastal and island nations for the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification (especially "frontline" communities that are already experiencing them). Coastal and island members of the Paris Climate Agreement will acquire capital to finance local climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. High precision instruments will be strategically used to monitor climate change, ocean acidification, and the natural marine resources that humans rely upon.

Source: Forbes September 14, 2018 23:15 UTC