Date: 4 December
Time: 3.00-3.50pm
Location: Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion 
Co-hosted with: U.S. NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, U.S. State Department, The Ocean Foundation
 
Overview: The Pacific Islands region is leading on ocean acidification (OA) knowledge generation by developing regional monitoring and research programs that can be leveraged in the future to inform climate-ocean mitigation, adaptation, and resilience priorities. 

On 4 December, the OA Alliance co-hosted a discussion at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion, "Leading on OA Monitoring, Policy Mainstreaming and Finance in the Pacific."  The event was co-hosted with U.S. NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, U.S. State Department, and The Ocean Foundation.

The event was an opportunity to share out goals, partnerships, and successes of the Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC), alongside needs for increased science, policy mainstreaming and financing.

WATCH THE EVENT HERE.

Speakers:

• Office of the Prime Minister, Climate Finance Specialist, Mr. Ravneeth Dewan, Fiji  

• Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy to the Ocean

• Mr. Exsley Taloiburi, GEM Division Deputy Director of Pacific Community

• Dr. Kalina Grabb, U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

• Ms. Alejandra Navarrete, Government and Multilateral Officer, The Ocean Foundation