‘Blue COP31’ set to spotlight need for ocean protections amid record heat

As an extreme El Niño breaks marine temperature records, COP31 is set to boost the profile of the ocean's role in solving climate change, but finance and clear conservation measures will be needed for it to move the needle, experts said.

The Turkish presidency has announced plans for an Antalya Ocean Declaration that recognises the centrality of the global ocean - the world's largest carbon sink - in regulating the climate and minimising the now unavoidable overshoot of global temperatures above 1.5C over pre-industrial levels.

Meanwhile,


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