2026 Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue - Part II - Mandated event

Day 1. Wednesday 10 June, 15:00–18:00
15:00	Welcome by the co-facilitators
	High Level Remarks and Opening • Adonia Ayebare, SBSTA Chair • Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean (video message) • Kenya, Host of the 2026 Our Ocean Conference • Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Director, ISCP, UNFCCC secretariat
15:15	COP 31 Presidency Segment on the Ocean • Hon Inia B Seruiratu MP, from Fiji, Envoy for the Ocean (video message) • Ayşin Turpancı, Head of Climate Negotiations and International Policies Department, Türkiye • Sally Box, Deputy President of Negotiations and COP31 Chief Negotiator & Ingrid Lundberg, Head of the COP31 Office of the President of Negotiations, Australia Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions
15:45	Panel on Ocean-based priorities in the NDCs. • Beatriz Soares da Silva, Director of the Department of Market Instruments and REDD+, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Brazil • Kassim Gawusu-Toure, African Group of Negotiators • Hiratsuka Jiro, Director, Office of Climate Change Negotiation and Cooperation, Ministry of the Environment, Japan • Jonathan Baines, World Resources Institute Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions
16:30	Panel on ocean-climate-biodiversity synergies, and international cooperation. • Leel Randeni, Director (Climate Change), Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka • Iván Vejar, Head of the Climate Change and Environment Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile • Alessandra Lamotte, International Relations Officer, European Commission, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries • Valentina Germani, Senior Legal Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions
17:15	Panel on Means of Implementation • Representative, Alliance of Small Island States • Isobel Bartholomew & Davi Bonavides, Standing Committee on Finance member and Forum Co-facilitator • Wenxin Li, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility • Jens Sedemund, Head of the Environment and Climate Change, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions
17:55	Closing • Co-facilitators

Day 2. Defining the Outcome Wednesday 11 June, 15:00–18:00
15:00	Introduction to the World Café Format Breakout Group Discussions
15:10	Breakout Group Discussions • Participants will be divided into a total of 9 groups (10–20 people in each group) to discuss Topics 1,2, 3, with 3 Groups discussing the same topic, based on our guiding questions. • There will be a total of 2 rotations, with 35 minutes allocated for each breakout group discussion. • There will be a 5-minute transition time between each rotation.
17:00	Plenary • Feedback from the breakout group discussions. • Parties to highlight good practices and lessons learned from their national and regional contexts in integration of ocean-based action in their NDCs, adaptation plans and enhancing synergies and international cooperation. Reflections by co-facilitators on key recommendations.
17:55	Closing • Co-facilitators