[Schedule] 09:00 am - 09:50 am (TRT), November 11 (Wednesday), 2025
[Organizer] OPRI-SPF
[Partners] ICIMOD  ·  AMAP, Norway  ·  UNESCO  ·  Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK  ·  Government of Fiji  ·  Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (TBC)
[UNFCCC Links] Global Goal on Adaptation  ·  Adaptation finance  ·  Loss & Damage (FRLD, Santiago Network)  ·  Early Warnings for All  ·  Sendai Framework  ·  NAPs and NDCs
[Location] Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone (in-person only)
 
Glacier, snow and permafrost loss creates a single chain of risk, from glacial lake outburst floods in the mountains to changing river flows, delta salinisation and sea-level rise on coasts and small islands. The most exposed communities have contributed least, yet adaptation finance and early warning remain far below need, as the Langtang Lirung–Rasuwa disaster in Nepal (August 2026) showed. Building on the OPRI-SPF × AMAP session at COP30, this session links cryosphere science with early warning, adaptation and Loss & Damage finance, and closes with a Glacier-to-Ocean Global Action Agenda.
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[Schedule] 04:45 pm – 06:45 pm (TRT), November 11 (Wednesday), 2025,
[Organizer] UNESCO, UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025–2034)
[Location] Side Event Room, Blue Zone (in-person only) 

Accelerating cryosphere change is affecting water and food security, ecosystems, cultural heritage and livelihoods, while adding to sea-level rise and loss and damage. The event explores how scientific knowledge can be turned into adaptation and practical climate action.
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[Schedule] 06:15 pm – 08:00 pm (TRT), November 17 (Tuesday), 2026
[Co-Organizer] Blue Marine Foundation, Investor Watch, POGO, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, OPRI-SPF
[Location] Side Event Room Orange, Blue Zone (in-person only)
 
Climate change is increasingly affecting ocean ecosystems and coastal communities, with implications for the ocean's ability to support adaptation and mitigation. The event showcases finance, governance, science and adaptation examples that can accelerate implementation and strengthen ocean integration across the UNFCCC.
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[Schedule] 10:15 am – 11:05 am (TRT), November 19 (Thursday), 2026
[Organizer] SPF
[Co-Organizers] Governments of Palau, Fiji and Japan 
[COP31 Links] Zero Waste and Methane Reduction  ·  Oceans and Seas  ·  Rio Synergies  ·  NDCs and NBSAPs
[Location] Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone (in-person only)
 
Big Ocean States, island nations with vast ocean territories, are on the front line of the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, marine plastic pollution and biodiversity loss. Zero Waste, championed globally by Türkiye, starts with better waste management, from prevention and recycling to the safe handling of residual waste, and so tackles all three at once. The session draws on Japan's J-PRISM experience, OPRI-SPF's Nippon Foundation-supported work (Oceans X; oyster shells for CO₂ reduction), Palau's Koror State Recycling Center and Fiji's waste management to design next-generation resource circulation.
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OPRI-SPF is also collaborating with our partners in organizing and its staff member is speaking to contribute to the discussions at the following:

13 November, Friday
01:40 pm
Türkiye Oceans and Seas Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP31, Antalya, Türkiye
Sharing Lessons and Perspectives from the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific for Effective Regional Ocean Governance

Ocean Pavilion
Virtual Ocean Pavilion
Cryosphere Pavilion (International Cryosphere Climate Initiative)
 
 # Other Pavilions TBD