October 31 – November 12, 2021
Flyer for COP26.
Flyer is downloadable in:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic.
After a year of planning, the ICRS is excited to announce its delegation of nine ICRS members who will attend the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The observers include:
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- Raquel Peixoto (Co-chair ICRS Conservation Committee), KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA
- Simon Harding (Co-chair ICRS Conservation Committee), The University of the South Pacific, FIJI
- Sue Wells (ICRS Conservation Committee), Marine Conservation Consultant, UK
- Rupert Ormond (ICRS Conservation Committee), Marine Conservation International, UK
- Michael Sweet (ICRS Officer), University of Derby, UK
- Jennifer Mallon (Co-chair ICRS Student Chapter), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Michael Berumen, KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA
- Jens Zinke, University of Leicester, UK
- Nadia Jogee, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Additional ICRS members who will also be present are:
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- David Obura (ICRS Conservation Committee), CORDIO, East Africa, KENYA
- Marcia Ford, University of the West Indies, JAMAICA
- Jerker Tamelander, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- Sam Teicher, Coral Vita
- Jack Laverick, University of Strathclyde, UK
- Kelsey Barnhill, University of Edinburgh, UK
Please thank these attendees the next time you see them. They are bringing your science to world leaders in some of the most important negotiations that will affect coral reefs for decades to come.
The overarching ambition of COP26 is to “Bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” This is an essential goal of coral reef conservation, and this group has worked hard to prepare for the event and deliver the facts about coral reefs and climate change. The above flyer summarizes the main messages from the Policy-to-Science Report: Rebuilding Coral Reefs: A Decadal Grand Challenge.
This is the time to contact representatives in your nation to remind them of the importance of coral reefs, and the need to meet the Paris Accord.
Please stay tuned of ICRS actions at these events by following the attendees’ posts on the ICRS Facebook page and on Twitter @ICRSCoralReefs.
