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Partners meet for the second annual workshop in Abu Dhabi

More than 60 participants gathered in Abu Dhabi, UAE for the second annual workshop of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon to track the Partnership’s progress and set future priorities.

The workshop, hosted by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative and the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, was held on 11-13 July 2017 and involved governments, regional and non-government organisations and research institutions.

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‘Sell-out’ side event on blue carbon at SGD14

The Partnership’s packed side event at SDG14 The Ocean Conference identified policy guidance and de-risking investment as priorities for blue carbon. The event promoted the potential for coastal blue carbon ecosystems to support food security, sustainable oceans and climate action. National and subnational examples demonstrated how coastal blue carbon ecosystems can contribute to the implementation of SDG14 and other goals under the 2030 Agenda.

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Blue Carbon Side Event at SDG14 The Ocean Conference

Australia, with NGO partners, will host a side event on behalf of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon at the SDG14 Conference in New York this June.

The event will bring together senior government representatives, and scientific and technical experts, to examine how coastal blue carbon ecosystems can support Sustainable Development Goals on food security, oceans and climate action.

To participate or find out more see the flyer below or contact the International Partnership for Blue Carbon via the contact form on this website.
www.BlueCarbonPartnership.org/about/contact

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Partners star on National Geographic Blog

The International Partnership for Blue Carbon has had a busy year in 2016. As well as being showcased at the UNFCCC’s COP22 in Marrakech, the Partnership featured at the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Hawai‘i in September 2016. A blog piece published by National Geographic in December gives a report on the workshop at the Congress titled ‘Using blue carbon to foster conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems’, which was led by our partner, the Blue Carbon Initiative.

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Blue carbon’s important role in NDCs: COP22 side event

The International Partnership for Blue Carbon, the Australian Government and Wetlands International hosted an official COP22 side event in Marrakech on Saturday 12 November 2016.

The event focused on reasons and avenues to include blue carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions. The topic received a high level of interest with representatives from NGOs, policy makers and academics filling the audience and reflecting the diversity of speakers and topics discussed.

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Partners meet for the first time, in Bogor Indonesia

The inaugural workshop for the International Partnership for Blue Carbon was held in Bogor, Indonesia, on 23-24 August 2016. The workshop was very successful, with participants agreeing on the Partnership’s objectives, coordination and priority actions. Discussions on future activities focused on catalysing project development at larger scales in priority regional ‘hotspots’, and linking blue carbon projects with climate finance.

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