Members of the BIOACID project will participate in the UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn in November 2017.

Please meet us at our joint information stand “Oceans Of Impact” in the COP23 Bonn Zone (F.15.01) from November 6 to November 17 and tweet to us using #OceansOfImpact or @BIOACID_project.

BIOACID coordinator Prof. Ulf Riebesell participates in the following side events:

Linking the ocean with climate protection – Ocean acidification as a conjunctive matter
Monday, 6 Nov, 14:30-15:30h
German Pavillon, Bonn Zone
Hosts: Umweltbundesamt (UBA) and Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB)
Participants: Prof. Dr. Ulf Riebesell, GEOMAR; Scott Hook, Pacific Islands Forum; Helge Wendenburg, Leiter der Abteilung „Wasser, Ressourcen“ im BMUB;
Chair: Dr. Lilian Busse, UBA

EU Oceans Day “Our oceans, our climate – Perspectives from the EU and beyond”
Panel “Oceans, Climate and the role of science III: From challenges to solutions”
Friday, 10 November, 16:00-17:00h
EU Pavillon, Bonn Zone
Host: DG Mare, European Comission
Participants of the panel: Prof. Ulf Riebesell, GEOMAR;  Dr. Phil Williamson, NERC and University of East Anglia, Prof. Valeriano Parravicini, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Dr. Ana Queiros Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Chair: Prof. Carol Turley, NERC and PML

German Science Hour: Our ocean future: marine ecosystems under climate change
Saturday, 11 November, 12:30-13:30h
German Pavillon, Bonn Zone
Host: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Participants: Prof. Dr. Ulf Riebesell, GEOMAR; Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Pörtner, IPCC und Alfred Wegener Institute; Dr. Sebastian Ferse, ZMT; Wilfried Kraus, BMBF
Chair: Conny Czymoch