Nonetheless, future higher global warming scenarios threaten these ecosystems, meaning that the carbon stored within them could be lost if these ecosystems are destroyed (Bindoff et al., 2019). Using traditional ecological knowledge in science: methods and applications. Table 1. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. Kenner, D. (2014). The SBI and SBSTA are also involved in the Technical Examination Process (TEP). (2021). United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0189-7, Roulston, K., and Choi, M. (2018). Climate change mitigation measures can forcibly displace local communities, cut off or divert essential resources, and diminish developmental progress (Caetano et al., 2020). Parts of other recommendations have also been endorsed, and many others have been taken up in modified form. Excerpts may only be used with appropriate academic citation and a link back to the corresponding article/page used. Mental models for conservation research and practice. | 634, 279286. Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Bureau (an elected committee to represent the UNFCCC Parties) schedules the dates for the meeting of the subsidiary bodies [4]. B., Martins, A. S., Pinheiro, H. T., Secchin, N. A., de Moura, R. L., and Bastos, A. C. (2013). Modell. Environ. Total Environ. the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice for its consideration; 14. SBSTTA-24 aimedto adopt conference room papers (CRPs) on the following agenda items: Each agenda item was firstpresented in plenary. All authors contributed to manuscript development, revision, read, and approved the submitted version. Ocean commitments under the Paris agreement. Climate change resilience: an opportunity for reducing inequalities, in Proceedings of the World Economic and Social Survey, 2016 (New York, NY). Plant Sci. 94, 7183. Debates centered on fisheries, marine protected areas, ecosystem restoration and scaling solutions. In 2014 the SBI launched two processes, the international assessment and review process (IAR) and the international consultations and analysis process (ICA) [5]. (2017). These items wereaddressed early in the meeting since they needed to be completed by the end of May 2021 to inform development of the first draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and be ready for the third meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, tentatively scheduled for August 2021. Responding to this need, we propose that a framework is needed to support the inclusion of blue carbon sequestration potential in ambitious national and subnational action. (2021). A. This shift aligns with the UNFCCC's methodology notes for the REDD+ scheme which stresses the role of local and traditional knowledge for measuring carbon stocks (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, 2009; McCall, 2012). Many nations prioritize Ocean-related climate change mitigation and adaptation measures aimed at achieving a balance between greenhouse gas (GHG) source emissions and sink removals (Lecerf et al., 2021). The value of carbon sequestration and storage in coastal habitats. doi: 10.1080/02255189.2016.1250617, Huntington, H. P. (2000). There are two permanent subsidiary bodies; the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) [1]. Change 140, 89100. 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Historical analysis exposes catastrophic seagrass loss for the United Kingdom. Lecerf, M., Herr, D., Thomas, T., Elverum, C., Delrieu, E., and Picourt, L. (2021). Available online at https://www.worldhunger.org/articles/global/debt/caritas2.html (accessed July 15, 2021). Climate Investment Opportunities: Climate-Aligned Bonds and Issuers. Traditional ecological knowledge and the mapping of benthic marine habitats. In May 2023, Frontiers adopted a new reporting platform to be Counter 5 compliant, in line with industry standards. For example, the role of a policy landscape ripe for inclusion of blue carbon strategies is at the forefront of subnational efforts to reduce carbon emissions pursuant to California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Wedding et al., 2021). As a subsidiary body of the COP, SBSTTA is to report regularly to the COP on all aspects of its work. Appl. It supports the work of the COP, the CMP and the CMA through the provision of timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters as they relate to the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Local participation in mapping, measuring and monitoring for community carbon forestry, in Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market (Oxfordshire: Routledge), 5164. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Proc. There is a clear gap in studies that include TEK in mapping and quantifying blue carbon habitats which must be filled in order for blue carbon to be mapped, quantified, and ultimately included in NDCs. Building on the momentum generated by COP25 and the commencement of the Decade of Ocean Science, the Ocean-climate nexus will be center stage at COP26. It is designed to be open to participation by all parties and to be multidisciplinary. A Local Oral History of Environmental Change in Pelorus/Te Hoiere. 30, 3648. Nevertheless, as Robinson and Shine (2018) highlight, climate action strategies can themselves result in injustices, for example food prices rising as a result of crops being used for biofuels rather than food. He, X., Hernandez, C., Lamb, E., Sepulveda, T. G., and Schwaner, C. (2016). Oxfordshire: Routledge. doi: 10.4135/9781526416070.n15, Sangha, K. K., Preece, L., Villarreal-Rosas, J., Kegamba, J. J., Paudyal, K., Warmenhoven, T., et al. (2017). IPCC (2013). B. Climate Policy 20, 773778. To account for the challenges and constraints of virtual meetings, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met for three weeks instead of the usual two. 31, 616663. (2011). Rights and Resources Institute. On its website, the UNFCCC describes the role of SBSTA as being "to provide the COP with advice on scientific, technological and methodological matters . doi: 10.1111/faf.12516. Drew, J. An IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5C Above Pre-Industrial Levels and Related Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Pathways, in the Context of Strengthening the Global Response to the Threat of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Efforts to Eradicate Poverty. 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The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice recommends that the Conference of the Parties adopt a decision along the following lines: The Conference of the Parties, Recalling its decisions IX/20, X/29, XI/18, XII/23, XIII/9, XIII/11, XIII/12 and 14/30 with respect to cooperation and collaboration with relevant. Coastal communities across the world could attempt to claim the right to be involved in environmental science and management projects such as blue carbon mapping and valuation, as suggested in Article 20 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (United Nations, 2007), Article 6 of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992), and Principle 22 in the Rio Declaration (United Nations, 1992). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1890/110004, Mellado, T., Brochier, T., Timor, J., and Vitancurt, J. University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The potential to integrate blue carbon into MPA design and management. California Health and Safety Code (2016). Front. Seddon, N., Sengupta, S., Garca-Espinosa, M., Hauler, I., Herr, D., and Rizvi, A. R. (2019). Glob. Himes-Cornell, A., Pendleton, L., and Atiyah, P. (2018). MacLean, J. 3:724065. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2021.724065. IPCC. : Mar. SBSTTA-24 builton the work of the informal lead-up meeting in February 2021, where participants had the opportunity to comment on the documents prepared for each agenda item. The SBI assists the governing bodies (COP, CMA, CMP) in the assessment and review process of Parties implementation of the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement [1]. Science and innovation are critical components of the battle against climate change and significantly shaped, Indigenous peoples are the Guardians of the Forests. Duke University. As Ocean-inclusive NDCs play an increasingly vital role in accomplishing the Paris Agreement's goals, there is a need to establish a framework to operationalize climate-just Ocean commitments. Participatory GISa people's GIS? 13, 8192. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (2009). B., Chaffin, B. C., Craig, R. K., van Rijswick, H. F., Angeler, D. G., et al. New and existing laws and policies poised for the uptake of blue carbon strategies require further examination to ensure they center on marginalized communities and embody a design which builds social capital, empowers residents, and addresses community-defined needs. Int. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.10.004, Moon, K., Guerrero, A. M., Adams, V. M., Biggs, D., Blackman, D. A., Craven, L., et al. (2019). In addition, to promote large-scale operationalization of Ocean-inclusive NDCs, Parties could consider a framework in the Global Stocktake as a way to assess progress and inform future action on climate-just Ocean nature-based solutions in climate mitigation and adaptation (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, 2021). 9, 552560. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.020. Transnational Institute. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher. For example, these needs are being identified through coastal adaptation policies in California, where legislation requires that a quarter of funding derived from the cap-and-trade program and deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund goes to projects in disadvantaged communities (California AB1550, California Health Safety Code, 2016). However, laws and policies could center further on the rights of the communities disproportionately more vulnerable to major disturbances (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2016) and less resilient to climate change impacts. Change 7, 833838. Estuar. Towards zero carbon and zero poverty: integrating national climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals. SMR is the Head of the Vermont Law School Observer Delegation to the UNFCCC climate negotiations. Fish Fish. Existing law and policy boundaries can be synthesized toward identifying areas that provide flexibility for the inclusion of blue carbon science into policy. Change 8, 564569. Mapping and quantifying the location and abundance of blue carbon habitats and the carbon sequestered by these ecosystems in both biomass and soils is an important initial step to incorporate blue carbon into NDCs. An integrated approach that brings together the strengths of both TEK and western science has been shown to yield impactful results (Reid et al., 2021). Uneven Earth. Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies Honors Program 4. United Nations (2015). 92:11. doi: 10.13110/humanbiology.92.1.03, Reid, A. J., Eckert, L. E., Lane, J. F., Young, N., Hinch, S. G., Darimont, C. T., et al. 0. dates: 16-19 October 2023 location: Nairobi, Kenya www: https://www.cbd.int/meetings/ SDGs 14. A snapshot to guide the development of a framework for operationalizing climate-just ocean commitments under the Paris agreement. Clim. In this framework, blue carbon science values local and traditional knowledge, law and policy centers on marginalized communities, and financial mechanisms respect national sovereignty and promote sustainable economic development. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.315. Methodologies for blue carbon conservation and restoration have been approved by several carbon credit standards (e.g., Verra., 2015), and blue carbon is now part of UNREDD+ (He et al., 2016). To move climate justice from preamble to practice, we call for a framework to operationalize Ocean commitments: one which values local and indigenous cultures, knowledge, and beliefs, and respects the sovereignty and sustainable development rights of developing nations. The utilization of existing laws and policies to address climate change challenges provide opportunities for advancement (Garmestani et al., 2019). Can. The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation. United Nations (1992). San Francisco, CA: California Coastal Commission. The remaining co-authors are not directly involved with the NGO movement for climate-just ocean commitments and declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) is an advisory body to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (2020). 24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24), in February 2021, where participants had the opportunity to comment on the. Subsidiary bodies Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) The SBSTA assists the governing bodies through the provision of timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters as they relate to the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. After a year's delay due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened virtually to advance the preparations for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15), currently scheduled to take place in October 2021 in Kunming, China. (2021). Participatory assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in a data-poor region: case study of community-managed forests in central Nepal. How Did the Debt Crisis Come About? The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties . A common perception is that these swaps place restrictions on what developing countries can do with their own resources. Priority wasgiven to items directly related to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. 39, 458491. Rights and Resources Initiative (2014). When these approaches are practiced successfully, they enable modern digital technologies to be combined with TEK, without privileging or invalidating any knowledge type (McCall and Minang, 2005; Dunn, 2007). doi: 10.1504/IJW.2010.038733, Gray, S., Chan, A., Clark, D., and Jordan, R. (2012). Mar. J. Environ. SBSTTA-24 aimedto adopt conference room papers (CRPs) on the following agenda items: The post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms (LMOs), Programme of work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 1st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity (ICCBD), 2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity (ICCBD), 1st Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-1), 2nd Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-2), 3rd Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 3rd Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-3), Workshop on Traditional Knowledge and Biological Diversity, 4th Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-4), 5th Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-5), 6th Session of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety (BSWG-6) and 1st Extraordinary Meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties (ExCOP), 4th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and 1st Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the Convention (ISOC), Experts Panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Resumed Session of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (ExCOP) for the Adoption of the Protocol on Biosafety to the CBD, 5th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 1st Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), 3rd Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD, 4th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD, 1st Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD, 5th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD, 6th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 2nd Meeting of the CBD Experts Panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS 2), 6th Intersessional Contact Group Meeting on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the CBD, 2nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD, 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the CBD (ABS 1), 7th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), Open-ended Intersessional Meeting on the CBD Strategic Plan, National Reports and Implementation (MSP), 2nd Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), 3rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) to the CBD, 8th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), Open-ended Inter-Sessional Meeting on the Multi-Year Programme of Work for the CBD COP up to 2010 (MYPOW), 9th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the CBD (ABS 2), 3rd Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), CBD COP 7 and 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 1), Workshop on "Forests and Forest Ecosystems: Promoting Synergy in the Implementation of the Three Rio Conventions", 10th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 3), 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Group on Liability and Redress and 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 1st Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs), 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 1) of the CBD, 11th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 4th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), 4th Meetings of the CBD Working Groups on Article 8(j) and on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 4), 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 3), 3rd Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD SBSTTA 12 and 2nd meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI 2), 5th Meetings of the CBD Working Groups on Access and Benefit-sharing and on Article 8(j), 4th Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 6th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 6), 2nd Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) and 13th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 5th Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 4), 1st Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 7th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 7), 6th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), 8th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 8), 2nd Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (ABS 9), 14th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 3) of the CBD, Resumed 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing of the CBD (Resumed ABS 9), 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 5), 1st Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol to the CBD (ICNP 1), 7th Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j), 15th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 16th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), 4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 4) of the CBD, 2nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the CBD, 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 6), UN Biodiversity Conference 2012 (Hyderabad), 8th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and 17th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 3rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the CBD, 5th Meeting of the CBDAd Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation and 18th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 7), UN Biodiversity Conference 2014 (Pyeongchang), 20th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 1st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 21st Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, 1st Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 23rd Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 23) and 11th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 11), 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Convention on Biological Diversity: Special Virtual Sessions, 2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD ExCOP 2), Informal Session for the 24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24), Informal Session for the 3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3), 3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3), 3rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 4th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies, United Nations Biodiversity Conference - OEWG 5/CBD COP 15/CP-MOP 10/NP-MOP 4, Further resumed 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on BBNJ, Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, 14th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative.