Technical Science Meeting: A Warming Ocean in the Caribbean Region
IOCARIBE-TSM
Meeting
22 April 2025
Brasilia-
Brazil
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
The Technical Science Meeting will take place on April 22, 2025. The event will focus on "A Warming Ocean in the Caribbean Region" and its various impacts.
The agenda includes:
- A keynote speech on ocean physics, covering waves, tides, and currents.
- A session on the effects of ocean warming on coastal ecosystems, including coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, beaches, and sand dunes.
- A session on Disaster Risk Reduction and coastal hazards.
- A discussion on the consequences for the blue economy, particularly in tourism and fisheries.
- Recommendations on how to address the challenges of a warming ocean.
La Reunión Técnica de Ciencia se llevará a cabo el 22 de abril de 2025. El evento abordará el tema "Un océano en calentamiento en la región del Caribe" y sus diversos impactos.
La agenda incluye:
- Una conferencia principal sobre la física de los océanos, incluyendo olas, mareas y corrientes.
- Una sesión sobre los efectos del calentamiento oceánico en los ecosistemas costeros, como arrecifes de coral, praderas marinas, manglares, playas y dunas de arena.
- Una sesión sobre reducción del riesgo de desastres y peligros costeros.
- Un debate sobre las consecuencias para la economía azul, especialmente en turismo y pesca.
- Recomendaciones para abordar los desafíos de un océano en calentamiento.
[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
- 1 - Welcome – IOCARIBE Chair, Dr Marck Oduber, Aruba
- 2 - Aruba – Former Minister of Environment, Ursel Arends, “The Rights of Nature, including the Ocean”
- 3 - Presentation, “A Warming Ocean in the Tropical Americas and Caribbean Region” – Decade Collaborative Center for Coastal Resilience – Nadia Pinardi
- 4 - Brazil – Professor Ronoldo Christofoletti, “The Ocean and Us”
- 5 - Antigua and Barbuda – Climate Ambassador, Ruleta Camacho “National Impacts and Solutions - Gaps in Ocean Science”
- 6 - Curacao – Jonathan Zoetrum, Meteorological Department “A New Approach: Early Warning System for Curacao”
- 7 - Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology: Dr David Farrell & Dr Cedric van Meerbeeck, “Ocean-Atmospheric Interactions and Climate Services”
- 8 - Mexico – Carlos R Torres, “Impacts of a Warming Ocean and National Solutions”
- 9 - Presentation: Professor Michael Taylor, “State of the Caribbean Climate”, University of the West Indies
- 10 - UNESCO-IOC (IOCARIBE) – Alejandro Rojas, “Marine Spatial Planning and Climate Change”
- 11 - Trinidad and Tobago – Deputy Director, Institute of Marine Affairs, Dr Rahanna Juman “National Impacts and Solutions”
- 12 - Guatemala – Andrea Jose Paz Barrillas, “Two warming oceans: Guatemala’s Coastal and Marine Climate Change Challenges”
- 13 - Aruba – Dr Ryan Peterson, “CORVI Project”
- 14 - United Kingdom – Professor William Austin, "Update on the Work and Progress of the UN Ocean Decade Programme for Blue Carbon (GO-BC)"
- 15 - UNESCO-IOC (IOCARIBE) – Dr Marko Tosic, “Ocean Modeling for Science-Policy Integration.”
- 16 - Barbados – Mr Fabian Hinds, “National Impacts and Solutions”
| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
| Session on IOC and the Future of the Ocean | 23/04/2025 |
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| 3 | A Warming Ocean in the Tropical Americas and Caribbean Region | 23/04/2025 |
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| 4 | The Ocean and Us | 23/04/2025 |
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| 5 | National Impacts and Solutions - Gaps in Ocean Science | 23/04/2025 |
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| 6 | A New Approach: Early Warning System for Curacao | 23/04/2025 |
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| 8 | Impacts of a Warming Ocean and National Solutions | 23/04/2025 |
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| 10 | Marine Spatial Planning and Climate Change | 22/04/2025 |
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| 11 | National Impacts and Solutions | 23/04/2025 |
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| 12 | Two Warming Oceans-Guatemala’s Coastal and Marine Climate Change Challenges | 22/04/2025 |
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| 13 | CORVI Project | 22/04/2025 |
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| 14 | Update on the Work and Progress of the UN Ocean Decade Programme for Blue Carbon (GO-BC) | 23/04/2025 |
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| 15 | Ocean Modeling for Science-Policy Integration | 22/04/2025 |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
| WMO-No. 1367 | WMO Report on the State of Climate for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 | 21/04/2025 |
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| IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XVIII/TSM/1 | Provisional Agenda | 21/04/2025 |
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Last Updated at 00:01 on 03 May 2025 by Alex Palomino Cadena