Laura Meriläinen
spotlight on early-career researchers: kristina beck
My name is Kristina Beck, and I am investigating the effect of future environmental conditions, including climate change, on cold-water corals, both on the physiology of live corals and the dead skeletal framework. We are currently planning a long-term multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. In this experiment, we want to […]
CLIMATE CHANGE & ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION
As part of the COP27 Virtual Ocean Pavilion, the One Ocean Hub coordinated an event on 16 November 2022, on the interlinkages between ecosystem services, climate change and the governance of these elements in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). Watch the recording here. BACKGROUND Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise the high seas and the […]
STRENGTHENING SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE OCEAN IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE
During COP27 Oceans & Land Day, the empatheatre team performed the play Lalela uLwandle (Listen to the Sea) to explore how we may start to buildresilience and adaptation to climate change through environmentally just and equitable processes. The play and ensuing discussion highlighted that we need to make decisions about the oceans that are inclusive […]
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND OCEAN CLIMATE ACTION
The stories and experiences of knowledge holders from Namibia, Madagascar, Ghana, and South Africa, albeit not physically present at COP27, contributed to highlight how their knowledge, perspectives, and action are crucial to shaping the future of our ocean and climate. Participants who listened to these stories reflected on rights, responsibilities, responses and representation at the […]
Indigenous Knowledge and Inclusive Ocean Governance: a Case Study from Vanuatu
There is urgency in capturing traditional ocean knowledge, including traditional sea-based origin stories, as well as traditional weather and maritime knowledge. This blog post reflects on what we have learnt and continue to learn from arts-based approaches to valuing and sharing ocean knowledge and its contributions to climate change policy, based on experience in Vanuatu […]
Fostering Cooperation to Advance the Protection of Small-Scale Fishers’ Human Rights
This blogpost summarises key points discussed during the webinar titled, “Fostering Cooperation Among Relevant UN bodies to Advance Small-Scale Fishers’ Human Rights in the Face of Climate Change” organised for the COP27 Virtual Ocean Pavilion on 14 November 2022. The webinar panel brought together SSF representatives, researchers, and representatives from different UN bodies to exchange […]
raising unity in ocean-climate action
Collaborative and cooperative approaches are being used to progress the ocean in the climate, biodiversity and sustainable development agendas. The closing event of COP27 Ocean Pavilion reflected on what we have learnt about cooperation, in the light of the outcomes and expectations from the major ocean events of 2022. The One Ocean Hub participated in […]
linking a healthy ocean with health
This blog post provides an overview of the One Ocean Hub’s participation in the Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77). Hub researcher, Claire Lajaunie, organized two virtual sessions where Hub researchers participated. The sessions on “One Health and the Ocean” and “Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystems were held respectively on 19 […]
Blue carbon – climate change and ecosystem services
The ocean is integral to the delivery of global processes that regulate the climate and enable humanity to thrive (and in fact protect basic human rights). At COP26 in November 2021, the ocean was officially integrated into all areas of work at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the first time, but […]