Raising Ambition through Partnership: Harnessing Ocean-based Climate Solutions to Meet Updated NDC Targets

The Raising Ambition through Partnership (RAP) webinar series highlights successful examples of mitigation and adaptation ambition-raising efforts while promoting exchange and learning to scale impact across the NDC Partnership. This webinar will focus on the critical role that ocean-based climate solutions can play in supporting ambitious NDCs, especially ahead of the September 2025 NDC deadline and COP30. Ocean-based climate solutions have the potential to supply up to one-third of the carbon emission reductions needed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5⁰C, while also providing multifold environmental, social, and economic benefits. 

This event will bring together the WRI Ocean Program, Mangrove Breakthrough, and governments from around the world who are working to activate and mobilize ocean-based climate solutions. Speakers will highlight the important role that voluntary commitment platforms (such as the Our Ocean Conference and UN Ocean Conference) can play in generating ambitious action to support NDCs; the importance of nature-based climate solutions, and concrete steps being taken to support the integration of ocean-based solutions into NDCs and other national climate plans.