OA Alliance at the Blue Water Summit

The Blue Water Summit will broadcast live for one day and will feature nine hours of content gathering more than 50+ of the world’s leading spiritual and environmental thought leaders, ocean advocates, and storytellers, celebrating UN – World Oceans Day, June 8th.

The Blue Water Summit is designed to encourage our global family to think broadly about the ongoing dramatic effects of climate change — and more specifically that 71% of our planet Earth is water. She is our Blue Pearl and we must think more deeply about the universal concerns and actions needed to bring us into balance.

Register here: https://bluewatersummit.org

Ocean and Coastline Health in a Changing Climate"

2:00pm PST/ 5:00pm EST

• OA Alliance has been invited to program “ocean and coastline health in a changing climate” 1 hour segment.

Hello and Introductions: Ms. Jessie Turner, Director of the OA Alliance

Opening Remarks:  United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Ambassador Peter Thomson  

•  Climate-ocean nexus

• Importance of sustaining leadership on SDG 14

• Importance of integrating ocean mitigation and adaptation across climate commitments

Facilitated Panel:  Moderated by Ms. Jessie Turner, OA Alliance

• Department of the U.S. Navy

• Garth Nagel, AICP, LEED-AP, Senior Planner

• National Oceanic Atmospheric Institution (NOAA)

  • Dr. Michael Acquafredda, Ocean Acidification Program

• California Ocean Protection Council

  • Dr. Justine Kimball, Climate Change Program 

• Secretariat for the Pacific Region Environment Program, Samoa

  • Mr. Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change Adviser

• Chile California Council

  • Mr. Matias Alcalde, Director