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2021 Online Alumni CPD Course:
Preparatory Materials - Module 2
Materials for preparing for Module 2 sessions are listed
below as well as some Optional Extras at the end. Recommended readings are also available for Module 1 (UNCLOS and ABNJ)
and Module 3 (Small-scale Fisheries).
MODULE 2: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH OF THE
OCEAN
Session 5: Monday 18th October
ERNESTA SWANEPOEL - CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Preparatory reading/s: N/A
Session 6: Thursday 21st October - two lectures
PETER WELLS - IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE OCEAN
AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY
Preparatory readings
1. COP 26 Universities Network Briefing, “
Why the Ocean Matters
in Climate Negotiations, June 2021
plus one or both of:
2. Peter G. Wells, “Health of the Ocean” in The
Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity Development: Essays in Honour
of Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002), edited by IOI-Canada
(Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2018) pp. 192-198.
3. Michael H. Depledge, "Oceans, Health, and Well-Being"
in
The Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity
Development: Essays in Honour of Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002),
edited by IOI-Canada (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2018) pp. 199-204.
Additional (optional) readings available on Google Drive under Module
2, Session
6, including an Editorial on "Ocean Literacy – Communicating Science
in an Ocean Province".
Questions (for reflection, not
written responses):
1. What do the terms 'health', 'ocean health', and
'ecosystem health' mean to you, in the context of your experience? 2.
What is the difference between contamination and pollution, as defined
internationally in UNCLOS? 3. What are the sources of marine pollution
in your country? 4. How important is monitoring (of all kinds) to
understanding the short and long terms effects of marine pollution? 5.
Are there other kinds of stressors, besides chemical pollution,
impinging on coastal waters and how would they rank in importance? 6.
Are there signs of resilience or recovery from any of the stressors on
coastal waters of your country? 7. For your coastal and offshore
waters, is ocean health staying the same, getting worse, or improving
with time? 8. Have you heard of and used the Ocean Health Index (OHI)
approach to describing ocean health in your country? 9. Are assessment
reports on state of the oceans useful to policy and decision makers in
governmental efforts to protect ocean health?
KRISTINA BARCLAY - ADDRESSING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION:
"THE OTHER CO2 PROBLEM"
Preparatory readings
1. Cross et al., 2019. "Building the Knowledge-to-Action Pipeline
in North America: Connecting Ocean Acidification Research and
Actionable
Decision Support. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:356. doi:
10.3389/fmars.2019.00356
2. OPTIONAL: Barker, S. & Ridgwell, A.
(2012) "Ocean Acidification. Nature
Education Knowledge 3(10):21
Questions (for reflection, not
written responses):
1. What are some of the primary
concerns with respect to either current or future OA? 2. What are some
key challenges or barriers to overcome in developing
knowledge-to-action efforts with respect to OA? 3. What do you
see as a major challenge?
Session 7: Monday 25th October
DANIEL LANE - UNPACKING THE IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON
OCEAN AND CRYOSPHERE
Preparatory readings
(choose one or two)
1. From The Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity
Development: Essays in Honour of Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002),
edited by IOI-Canada (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2018): (i) Peter J.
Ricketts, "Ocean and Climate Change Action:
Opportunities for Economic and Environmental Sustainability"
(pp. 316-321); (ii) John A. Cigliano, "The Role of Citizen Science in Ocean
Governance" (pp. 252-257)
2. United Nations
Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a
Changing Climate (2018)
3. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Sixth Assessment
Report (2021)
4. Lane, D. 2020. Responding to the Call for Climate Action.
Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, Vol. 50, Part 2,
pp.237-247.
https://ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article/view/nsis50-2lane/8830
Questions (for reflection, not
written
responses):
1. What are the effects of the
covid-19 global
pandemic on ocean climate change actions and policies? 2. How does your
nation/region identify with coastal and ocean climate change global
policies and actions, e.g., SDG14, the Paris Accord, carbon emission
metrics?
3. How have your actions changed in response to your personal
adaptation to the changing climate? 4. What are the most important
impacts of climate events in your region, e.g., from hurricanes and
typhoons, fires, storm surge including impacts to the environment, the
economy, society, and culture?
5. What is the most effective why of engaging the local citizenry in
active and regular climate action, specifically in carbon emission
reduction?
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
1. Video (4 mins) of poem by
Samantha Jones on Ocean Acidification,
published in
Watch Your Head, a unique book of poems, stories, essays and
artwork which sounds the alarm on the present and future consequences
of the climate emergency and serves as a powerful "call to
climate-justice action".
2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis:
Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index (New
York, Aug. 2021). This very recent report presents global evidence on
how many children are currently exposed to climate and environmental
hazards, shocks and stresses. Check
their website to download the full report in
English, the summary report in English, French, Spanish and
Arabic, and the executive summary in Hausa, Portuguese, Somali, Swahili
and Yoruba.
3. Published by maribus (with connections to IOI), World
Ocean Review
is a valuable -- and beautifully illustrated -- source covering
key topics in ocean and coastal governance, with its most recent volume
focusing on climate change in the polar regions. Copies can
be downloaded below and hard copies can also be ordered free of charge
from their website:
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