Blue Nationally Determined Contributions Challenge
▪ Recently, on the first day of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) Blue NDC Challenge initiative was launched to dramatically scale up ocean-focused climate action.
▪ It is a landmark international initiative launched by France and Brazil.
▪ It urges countries to incorporate ocean-focused climate measures into their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belem, Brazil.
