International Ocean Cleanup Day

What: International Ocean Cleanup Day

When: 19 September 2020

Where: 97 countries

URL: Join International Coastal Cleanup Day

Description: On the third Saturday of September each year, volunteers around the world take part in the world’s biggest coastal cleanup, known as International Coastal Cleanup Day. The event has been held internationally each year for over 20 years, when people head to the beaches and begin removing debris and rubbish from shorelines, waterways and oceans.

Background: The problem of marine debris does not necessarily start in the ocean, but is dumped further inland and washed down into the oceans. Statistics from the 1999 ICC showed that 59% of debris collected was from land sources. Each year there is a vast increase in the number of marine animals injured or entangled in debris found in the oceans. Turtles mistake floating plastic bags as food and thousands of seals, whales, dolphins, sharks and birds die from entanglement in fishing line and other debris.

UNFCCC COP25

What: UNFCCC COP25

When: 2-13 Dec 2020

Where: Santiago, Chile

URL: COP25 Chile

Description: This will be the 25th annual summit of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 15th session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP 15) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 2).