Because the Ocean

Because the Ocean, climate change & ocean initiative, active since COP21: If we want to protect the climate we must protect the ocean & vice-versa.


COP26 – Launch of the 3rd Because the Ocean Declaration

Published 26 September 2021 

The 3rd Because the Ocean Declaration will be launched at a high-level event on the first day of COP26:

31 October at 19h30 at the Playfair Library Hall of the University of Edinburgh.

A plurilateral initiative in support of a multilateral ocean outcome at COP26, the Declaration was prepared in the last seven months by a group of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change.

If you wish to attend, please apply by email at: info@becausetheocean.org.

The event will be by invitation-only. Invitations will be issued individually, taking into account social distancing required at the time by local authorities and the University of Edinburgh.

Registered participants will receive in due course instructions on how to get from Glasgow to the Playfair Library Hall.

Stay safe – And keep the ocean safe.