by ILIN Advisor | 17 Nov, 2021 | Front Page, News
The Honourable Rev. Dr. Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, in his capacity as President of the sixth session of the SIDS DOCK Assembly, announced the appointment of His Excellency Mr. Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador and former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Seychelles to the United Nations (UN) and Chair of the SIDS DOCK Executive Council, as the SIDS DOCK Roving Ambassador for Oceans.
by ILIN Advisor | 17 Nov, 2021 | Events, Front Page, News
“This may very well be our last chance. Some may accuse us of being overly dramatic, but we can assure you, there is no drama when as the leaders of small islands and coastal cities, year after year, you bury the dead from climate-induced natural disasters, including young children, who are the most vulnerable and so small they cannot help themselves. You scramble to provide security and shelter for your people, freshwater, and enough energy to keep the lights on in your hospitals to tend to those injured. No more!”
by ILIN Advisor | 15 Nov, 2021 | Front Page, News
The leaders of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and coastal cities announced it approves the development and deployment of the first Floating OTEC Platform using the dominant form of energy generation around the world today, by the United Kingdom (UK) company, Global OTEC.
by ILIN Advisor | 1 Oct, 2021 | Front Page, News
PHOTO RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grenada’s Prime Minister Receives Excellency In Leadership Award 1st October 2021 – Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Excellency in Leadership Award, presented by the...
by ILIN Advisor | 27 Aug, 2021 | Blog, News
Canada is home to three oceans, all of which harbour thousands of fish and animals, on which many Canadians rely. But, with a warming planet, these bodies of water are rapidly changing.
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that our oceans’ climates — existing environments with delicately balanced ecosystems — face extreme change under climate-change scenarios.
by ILIN Advisor | 26 Aug, 2021 | Blog, News
By Cassandra Garrison
(Reuters) – A blob of warm water in the southern Pacific is fueling a decade-long megadrought in Chile, and climate change is at least partly to blame, scientists say.
The “Southern Blob” east of New Zealand is driving hot and dry conditions in Chile, with snow caps melting https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/mega-drought-andes-leaves-some-peaks-without-snow
by ILIN Advisor | 26 Aug, 2021 | Blog, News
Abstract
Marine ecosystems are experiencing unprecedented warming and acidification caused by anthropogenic carbon dioxide. For the global sea surface, we quantified the degree that present climates are disappearing and novel climates (without recent analogs) are emerging, spanning from 1800 through different emission scenarios to 2100. We quantified the sea surface environment based on model estimates of carbonate chemistry and temperature. Between 1800 and 2000, no gridpoints on the ocean surface were estimated to have experienced an extreme degree of global disappearance or novelty. In other words, the majority of environmental shifts since 1800 were not novel,
by ILIN Advisor | 9 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Energy, Events, Front Page, News
07 July 2021, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: SIDS DOCK, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience Organization, has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom (UK)-based Global OTEC Resources Limited, to collaborate on developing and deploying Floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Technology Concept in SIDS. The signing ceremony took place on Friday, 2 July 2021, by means of a virtual conference between representatives in Seychelles, Jamaica, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
by ILIN Advisor | 15 Jun, 2021 | Blog, Energy, Events, News
This 2019 photo provided by NOAA shows the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory in Hawaii. Measurements taken at the station in May 2021 revealed the highest monthly average of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history.
Susan Cobb/NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Monday.
by ILIN Advisor | 5 Dec, 2020 | News
Oceans contain vast renewable energy potential – theoretically equivalent to more than double the world’s current electricity demand. Nascent ocean energy technologies could cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power generation and help to ensure a sustainable, climate-safe energy future.
Alongside other offshore renewable energy technologies, ocean energy – including wave, tidal, salinity gradient and ocean thermal energy conversion technologies – forms a crucial component in the world’s emerging blue economy.
This outlook from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)