The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) will meet 30 November - 12 December as part of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

COP28 presents a critical opportunity to reflect on where we are in meeting goals and targets of the Paris Agreement and to chart an ambition path forward for climate-ocean action.

Importantly, COP28 marks the first ever Global Stocktake, a process by which country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement take inventory of activities that have occurred to reduce climate change causes and impacts, identify gaps, and accelerate actions to meet our greenhouse gas and carbon reduction goals.
 
It is critical that ocean information be clearly articulated in this year’s Global Stocktake.  That's why we teamed up with the Ocean Climate Platform, the Ocean Conservancy and multiple partners to release recommendations for “Integrating the Ocean: Options for the CMA 5 Decision on the Global Stocktake."
 

COP28 President, the United Arab Emirates, is driving global attention on adaptation needs to transform and protect food systems in response to climate change.
 
Climate-ocean change threatens food security.  This matters to all of us, but especially communities that depend on marine species for food, economies, and cultural practices or traditions. 
 
Luckily, the UNFCCC has created an Ocean and Climate Dialogue to discuss options for strengthening ocean mitigation and adaptation measures in response to the mounting impacts of greenhouse gases on our marine resources and environments.

The OA Alliance has specific recommendations to protect seafood security and sovereignty through UNFCCC, which you can read more about here.

Members and partners of the OA Alliance will be convening a number of side events at COP28 focusing on increasing ambition for climate action to protect marine and aquatic seafood in addition to the financing needed to support countries in better information that support unique adaptation measures along their coastlines.