
Blue Climate Initiative
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Working collaboratively to promote ocean understanding and protection and to accelerate ocean-related solutions to the climate crisis.
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https://www.blueclimateinitiative.org/ 31-07-2020 10:25:20
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Headed to #COP28? Come listen to our Steering Committee member/white paper co-author and UC Berkeley Professor Daniel M Kammen speak about why we don't need minerals from the deep sea for a green revolution. Dec. 5! Read the paper: 👉tinyurl.com/m4un6sjm #defendthedeep



🌊Please donate to somebody else on #givingtuesday. Ocean Discovery League is having its annual Art Festival & Fundraiser. Support their mission to accelerate deep-ocean exploration and get a little holiday shopping done! 👉tinyurl.com/4nt4s2by @KatyCroffBell Susan Poulton #sdg14



This week the European Parliament will respond to 🇳🇴 decision to open the Arctic to #DeepSeaMining. This could have severe impacts on 🇪🇺 #fisheries, #biodiversity & global #climate EPP ECR Group Renew Europe S&D Group Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 The Left in the European Parliament: we count on you to #DefendTheDeep.



Last week at a side event at the @isba_hq meeting we heard from Daniel M Kammen on alternate scenarios that show the overall insignificance of #deepseamining materials and the need for directed research to achieve a just, viable energy transtion. tinyurl.com/5fsz6ws6


🐠For a quick overview of the elements that make #deepseamining a risky investment, look no further than Bobbi-Jo's comments at our side event at the @isba_hq last week in Kingston. 👉 tinyurl.com/4fzx28hw The Ocean Foundation Environmental Justice Foundation Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) #sdg14


Last week at our event at the @isba_hq Environmental Justice Foundation's @martin_webeler got right to the point about a circular economy (as opposed to #deepseamining) to meet our mineral needs for the green energy transition. 👉tinyurl.com/5n8mp7v7 The Ocean Foundation Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)


Headed to the UN Ocean Decade conference next week? Please join us and Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) for a panel featuring Indigenous and youth speakers from across the globe on integrating their views with ocean science. Tuesday, April 9 3:00 - 4:30 pm at Arxiu Museu Marítim de Barcelona


Great op-ed on #deepseamining by Dr. Michael Norton in The Economist coming out of our impactful side event at the March meeting of the @isba_hq in Kingston. 👉tinyurl.com/nn2rtmm7 The Ocean Foundation Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) Environmental Justice Foundation

