Online: 27th June, 15:00 BST/CEST

This unique event will highlight the crucial connection between whales, London and climate change.

Whales have visited London via the Thames twice this century. But the connection between the city and cetaceans goes much deeper than that.

Whales are a keystone species in the ocean and an important driver of carbon sequestration, helping keep the climate cooler for Londoners. But their habitat is now under threat.

London is contributing to that vulnerability through fossil fuel use, marine pollution and other harmful policies. Yet the city is also an epicenter of climate action and has the potential to play a major role in the protection of whales by, for example, promoting the inclusion of ecocide as an international crime.

Speakers:

Jojo Mehta - Stop Ecocide International

Sian Prior – Clean Arctic Alliance

Sophie Locke - Blue Marine Foundation

Ed Goodall - WDC - Whale & Dolphin Conservation

Andrew Birchenough - IMO International Maritime Organisation

Moderated by:

Antoinette Vermilye - Gallifrey Foundation