COP26 - Review 8: Floodwater, Oceans, Threats and Solutions. - a podcast by Marketing Humber

The University of Hull deals with all aspects of water and oceans with respect to climate change which it presented at COP26 in Glasgow. Hiatt Jackson is the Technology Research Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre and explains how nature-based solutions can help us better manage flood water from extreme weather. The oceans not only threaten low lying land through rising sea levels but also offer a huge natural carbon sink to absorb excess carbon dioxide. However, this process can have damaging side effects: Dr Christina Roggatz, a research fellow in Marine Chemical Ecology at the University of Hull, has been looking into ocean acidification and its devastating impact on sea-life. The marine environment offers much potential for carbon sequestration which needs to be managed carefully to avoid further acidification. Economics determine the investment that will be made in this area as carbon values are attributed to natural absorption processes, plants and potentially to the ‘service’ provided by living creatures from whales to elephants. We hear from Patricia Morales CEO of Filanthropia Cotés Solari, Ralph Chami, Co-Founder at Rebalance Earth and Assistant Director, Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund; and Paul Holthus, President and CEO, World Ocean Council, a global blue economy business and investment organisation. Our reporter Jonathan Levy compiled this report in our latest review from COP26

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