Global Virtual Blue Climate Action Summit
Planet Earth
Our water and climate need our help
Attend one (1) session for Part 1 and Part 2. Choose the sessions that work best for your schedule. Click the session time above to view the event time and date in your city.
Part 1
Friday 29 July @ 1400-1800 UTC
OR
Saturday 30 July @ 0400-0800 UTC
Part 2
Saturday 30 July @ 1400-1600 UTC
OR
Sunday 31 July @ 0400 – 0600 UTC
Format: Virtual
Cost: FREE
Ready to take action for our ocean and climate, but can’t join an in-person Blue Climate Action Summit happening in one of ten locations around the world? Join the Global Virtual Blue Climate Action Summit to explore the relationship between healthy marine and freshwater systems and a climate positive future. Meet and collaborate with other Planeteers around the world to develop your Blue Climate Action Plan to get to work! This free event will take place over the last weekend of July in two rounds to meet all global time zones.
Schedule
PART I
Friday 29 July @ 1400-1800 UTC & Saturday 30 July @ 0400-0800 UTC (choose one)
Welcome & Keynote (Dyson Chee, Bhodi Patil, and friends)
Icebreaker
Blue Climate: The role of our ocean in a blue climate (Esther Maina; Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network)
Blue Climate: The role of lake ecology in a blue climate (Candace Schermerhorn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Power of Story & History in Connecting with our Water (Hermina Glass-Hill; Oceana)
Challenges to Blue Climate Globally:
Challenge #1 – Deep Seabed Mining (Vasser Seydel; Oxygen Project)
Challenge #2 – Plastic (Jane Patton; Center for International Environmental Law)
Challenge #3 – Mangrove Destruction (Cassie MacDowell; Mangrove Education Project)
Group Breakouts: What challenge do YOU want to tackle?
Part II
Saturday 30 July @ 1400-1600 UTC & Sunday 31 July @ 0400 – 0600 UTC (choose one)
Strategies for Systems-Level Change
Blue Climate Project Overviews
Group Breakouts: Brainstorm Blue Climate Action Projects
Working Sessions: In teams, develop initial action plans
Conclusion & Next Steps
Check Points
About Blue Climate Action
71% of the surface of the surface of the Earth is covered in water. An enormous amount of the world’s carbon is stored or sequestered in the planet’s oceans and freshwater lakes. In our quest for a climate positive future, ensuring the health and stability of our oceans and lakes — blue climate action — is critical. This youth summit will bring together young people from around the world ready to take action for our ocean, our lakes, and our climate.
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