【Abstract】

Given that the ocean and climate are closely interrelated, there is a growing trend to focus on the ocean in the international community, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is an international regime for reaching agreements on policies and measures to tackle climate change. This paper first introduces recent ocean-related trends in the UNFCCC (Section 1). It then takes an overview of how the ocean was originally discussed within the UNFCCC framework and the negotiations process (Sections 2 and 3). Finally, the author offers her personal views on the future (Section 4), in anticipation of practical next steps for the Dialogue on Ocean and Climate Change under the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).