News and Blogs
Contributing to the UN Biodiversity Summit
The One Ocean Hub contributed to two side-events at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Montreal, Canada, from 7-19 December 2022, on small-scale fishers and on biodiversity-health linkages. Small-scale fishers The Hub partnered with WWF and the Aquatic Blue Food Coalition, in organising the side-event “Small-Scale […]
Spotlight on early-career researchers: david wilson
My name is David Wilson, I am a historian and early-career researcher based at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. My research centres on the history of colonisation and marine space, particularly surrounding the impact of colonisation on marine law and governance. I am especially interested in how colonisation led to disparate outcomes across distinctive coastal […]
UN CLIMATE COP 27: WHAT NEWS FOR THE OCEAN?
After the historical mandate to integrate the ocean in all areas of work under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Glasgow COP in November 2021, and the Ocean-Climate Dialogue at the UNFCCC Intersessional Meeting at Bonn in June 2022, this blog post provides a rapid assessment of the COP27 outcomes […]
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 […]
Exploring the Links between One Health, the Ocean and Climate Change
To ensure a holistic approach to ocean-climate action, different actors working from the local to the global level have shared their insights on the links between One Health, the ocean, coastal communities’ resilience, marine bio-discovery, fisheries and blue food, and ocean plastics. The roundtable titled ‘One Health, the Ocean and Climate Change’ was held on […]
