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Event
COP26 event: Mangroves and blue carbon (Green Zone)
Saturday 6 November 2021 | 09:30 – 10:30 | Science Show Theatre (Green Zone)
The global leaders gathering in Glasgow this week for the crunch climate talks will have much to discuss, and even more to do. As the climate crisis intensifies, our ocean has never been so threatened, nor more vital. Devastating cyclones. Flooding seas. Dying coral reefs. Collapsing fish stocks. To hundreds of millions of people living in the coastal tropics, climate change is not an abstract forecast to be discussed in a Scottish conference hall, but a real, present and escalating threat to their survival.
The summit, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) may be the world’s last best chance to meet these challenges and get runaway climate change under control. One of the world’s largest meetings, it is a vital opportunity to win more ambitious commitments from countries to reduce emissions.
The world must act urgently to avoid catastrophic warming. With far greater emission reduction commitments from governments and businesses, and bold efforts to build local resilience, tropical coastal communities can stand a fighting chance.
To meet the scale of the challenge, we believe there needs to be far-reaching action in two areas key to our work: Nature-based solutions that restore and protect blue carbon habitats and healthy fisheries that secure local rights and empower local management.
We’re committed to sharing our learning so that everyone can benefit, and will be hosting a number of side events at COP26 available both in person and online. To find out more click the links below.
The partners and communities BV works with on blue carbon are world-leading. We launched one of the world’s first fully verified blue carbon mangrove conservation projects in 2019. And we’ve led the way on blue carbon initiatives that put communities first, advancing the science and producing new tools and methodologies.
We’re also at the forefront in securing rights for coastal fishers. This is the foundation of our work and the basis of improving management, enriching local livelihoods, and restoring ocean life.
Saturday 6 November 2021 | 09:30 – 10:30 | Science Show Theatre (Green Zone)
Monday 8th November 2021 | 14:00-15:30 Glasgow
Saturday 6 November 2021, 09:00 – 10:30, live from the Commonwealth Pavilion (Blue Zone).
These two strands of our work meet in coastal waters, where there is a need to safeguard high carbon habitats like seagrasses from the damaging effects of industrial fishing vessels. Bottom trawlers in particular can destroy complex seafloor habitats that store vast quantities of carbon, releasing it back into the ocean.
We have an ever smaller window of opportunity to avert disastrous climate change. These are the make-or-break years. We cannot wait to solve the climate crisis.
For further information, or to meet members of our team in Glasgow, please contact us.
