COP26: Ocean Inclusive in UN Framework Well Underway
Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum chair Voreqe Bainimarama said the public regional good, the health and resilience of the oceans features very heavily in the development of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
Sunday 07 November 2021 | 12:24
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and Pacific Climate Warriors during the Ocean High Level Ocean Mana to One Blue Planet organised by the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner on November 4, 2021 at the University of Glasgow's, Sir Charles Wilson Building. Photo: Rosi Doviverata
The call to integrate oceans into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is well underway.
And how fitting that what used to be a house of solace and prayer, saw the gathering of ocean friends from across the Pacific and the world.
The former church building that is now the University of Glasgow’s Sir Charles Wilson Building heard from leaders whose lives have revolved around oceans and what it bore. It was the perfect setting to hear of declarations to carry the voices of our people, our children, our plight, and our fight.
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Our young and enthusiastic Pacific Climate Warriors were also present.
Pacific delegation at the Ocean High Level Ocean Mana to One Blue Planet organised by the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner on November 4, 2021 at the University of Glasgow's, Sir Charles Wilson Building. Photo: Rosi Doviverata
On the horizon is the Palau Our Ocean Conference in mid-February 2022 and the Pacific Ocean Alliance Meeting.
The Second UN Ocean Conference in June 2022 will be a critical opportunity where the Pacific will need to work together to elevate our collective Ocean interests together, and get real traction on our priorities, Mr Puna said.
The High Level delegation in attendance: included: UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ocean, Ambassador Peter Thomson, The Pacific Political Ocean Champion, Attorney-General Hon Aiyaz Sayed- Khaiyum, Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary General of the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Reverend James Bhagwan, General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches and the Norway Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim.
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