APPG for the Ocean launches inquiry into Blue Carbon and Ocean-Based Solutions to Climate Change

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ocean has recently launched its first inquiry into ocean-based solutions to climate change and the role of blue carbon. This inquiry also looks into the benefits offered by ocean-based solutions, and the funding, research and solutions needed for supporting blue carbon.

The APPG for the Ocean is a cross-party group of MPs and Peers that seeks to provide a collective space where all parliamentarians can support and promote ocean research and awareness, to develop greater understanding of the ocean and its role in tackling challenges such as climate change, and to debate wider ocean issues.

This inquiry, which is the APPG’s first since its launch in May 2022, will cover Great Britain, Northern Ireland and all relevant overseas territories and will run until Wednesday 10 August 2022.

APPG Chair Sally-Ann Hart MP commented:

“I’m delighted to announce the launch of this important inquiry into blue carbon and ocean-based solutions. This is a topic close to my own interests, and as Chair of the APPG for the Ocean, I am pleased that the APPG’s first inquiry is examining the integral role of the ocean in tackling climate change.”

For further information on the inquiry and a full list of the questions, please contact [email protected].