This open roundtable, held as a side event at COP30, will bring together practitioners across industry, science, policy, and communities to discuss mechanisms to enhance co-design pathways for ocean-climate solutions such as ocean renewable energy and marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR).

CONVERGE CDR Research Lead, Ocean Frontier Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University

Vice President, Global Outreach and Partnerships
American Geophysical Union

Global Director Climate Change
The World Bank

Climate and Nature Lead, Americas
Fugro

CEO, Ketrawa
Patagonia Ocean Hub
For those who are unable to attend in person, a recording will be available on the Ocean Pavilion website following the event.
(Organized by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), when paired with extensive emissions reductions, is a mitigation strategy to limit warming to 1.5°C as it removes legacy carbon emissions from the atmosphere by augmenting natural processes on ocean and land.
However, in order to meet climate goals, CDR must scale 30 times its present capacity by 2030, which is estimated to require an annual global investment of 1.13 billion USD/year for research and development.
This panel event will:
(Organized by World Meteorological Organization)
This panel event is focused on the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, which will provide a valuable tool to support the transparency of global mitigation action.
The system will be built on three components:
Open and unrestricted access to data will ensure a full transparency of system outputs, which will provide globally consistent information that will feed multiple applications including supplementary information to the traditional inventory reporting.
(Organized by Minderoo Foundation)
This session unveils the transformative potential of eDNA in mapping the lifeblood of our seas, promising a leap in how we observe ocean life and manage Marine Protected Areas. Dive into the future of ocean stewardship and witness how cutting-edge genomics merge with oceanic expeditions to redefine marine protection.