An anthology of poems co-created by children in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28

In 2023, the University of Exeter twinned 14 coastal schools in the UK and UAE as part of the Schools Across The Ocean programme. Over 400 children aged 10-12 worked with marine scientists, teachers, writers, translators, and artists to find out about and share how all living things on the planet rely on a healthy Ocean.

The We Are The Ocean anthology, in English and Arabic, is a jigsaw of all 400 children’s words, thoughts, worries, discoveries, pictures, conversations, and hopes. Because of what they have learnt together, they have taken and will continue to take action to heal and save our one and only ocean. The anthology was launched at COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai in 2023 and presented to world leaders.