UN Ocean Decade’s Post

The #UNOceanDecade, spanning from 2021 to 2030, holds significant importance for several reasons: #Preserving #MarineBiodiversity: The Ocean Decade aims to enhance understanding of marine ecosystems, promote conservation efforts, and safeguard biodiversity. Healthy oceans are vital for sustaining marine life and supporting ecosystem services that humans rely on. #ClimateRegulation: #Oceans play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide and heat. The Ocean Decade seeks to address ocean-related climate challenges, such as ocean acidification and sea-level rise, through research, mitigation, and adaptation strategies. #SustainableDevelopment: The Decade aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs), particularly #Goal14: Life Below Water, by promoting sustainable ocean management practices, fostering blue economy initiatives, and ensuring equitable access to marine resources for present and future generations. #OceanEconomy: Healthy oceans are essential for supporting industries such as fisheries, tourism, shipping, and renewable energy. By promoting sustainable practices and responsible governance, the Ocean Decade aims to unlock the economic potential of the ocean while safeguarding its health and productivity. #Resilience and #Adaptation: The Ocean Decade seeks to enhance the resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems to climate change impacts, natural disasters, and other stressors. This involves integrating scientific knowledge, traditional knowledge, and innovative solutions into adaptive management strategies. #GlobalCooperation: The Decade provides a platform for international collaboration, knowledge sharing, and capacity building among governments, researchers, civil society, and the private sector. Cooperation at the global level is essential for addressing transboundary ocean issues and achieving sustainable ocean governance. #Cultural and #SocialSignificance: Oceans hold cultural and spiritual significance for many communities worldwide. The Ocean Decade aims to raise awareness of the importance of oceans for cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge systems, and traditional practices, fostering a deeper appreciation and stewardship of marine environments. Overall, the UN Ocean Decade presents a critical opportunity to advance ocean science, policy, and management efforts, driving collective action towards a more sustainable and resilient future for our oceans and planet.

We hope to see you at the UN Ocean Decade conference this week! At the conference, we will be sharing our thoughts on the role of philanthropy in delivering the science we need for the ocean we want, helping craft guidelines and best practices to advance strategic ocean communications, and discussing our own UN Ocean Decade project, "Science Without Borders®: Conserving the Tropics."

“The #ocean sustains all life on Earth, and is the planet's largest ecosystem – yet we know very little about it. #OceanScience is what will enable us to understand and protect this invaluable resource.” 🌊 The #OceanDecade24 week is on. Explore the week’s 120+ events👉 https://bit.ly/43NZH0S, not least the two sessions that GWP is involved in tomorrow: 👉 Catalyzing #Source2Sea Synergies towards Healthy #Rivers and a Healthy Ocean 👉 New approaches to combat eutrophication and #hypoxia Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/3U6MJrV

Can ocean science help the world meet its sustainable development goals? It's a big challenge, and a big reason that #WHOI is at the UN Ocean Decade conference. We're deepening partnerships and finding new ways to advance understanding of the ocean and its role in our lives. Follow along as we post from #OceanDecade24 this week!

Only as a reminder how important ocean science is for today and of course as well for tomorrow

I think understanding Ocean Science is more crucial in todays day and age, given the fact how ecosystems are being destroyed and damaged and people are still dumping trash and oil spills are still happening which is quite sad. We need to act forward.

Everytime when I get an update from the UN Ocean Decade, I realise how little we know about the oceans, the beauty, and the importance of safeguarding it. I am fascinated by the role of the Blue Economy in all of this and how we are contributing to the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while protecting it at the same time. #Fugro, #nextgeneration, #blueeconomy, #sdg14, #coastalResilience,

🌐 1 Ocean. 10 years. 10 challenges. ➡️ 🇺🇳 Discover more about UN Ocean Decade and the 10 challenges of ocean science : 1️⃣ Understanding and beating marine pollution 2️⃣ Protecting and restoring biodiversity 3️⃣ Sustainably nourishing the global population 4️⃣ Developing a sustainable, resilient and equitable ocean economy 5️⃣ Unlocking ocean-based solutions to climate change 6️⃣ Increasing community resilience to ocean and coastal risks 🌊 7️⃣ Sustainably expanding global ocean observing system 8️⃣ Creating a digital representation of the ocean 9️⃣ Skills, knowledge, technology and participation for all 🔟 Restoring humanity’s relationship with the ocean ⏭️ This is the reason why the 3️⃣rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice next June 2025 is a key milestone to pave the way to better preserving the Ocean, one our best ally in climate change struggle! #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain

What is ocean science, and why do we need it? 🐙 The ocean sustains all life on Earth, and is the planet's largest ecosystem – yet we know very little about it. Ocean science is what will enable us to understand it, and to protect this invaluable resource for us all. This World #ScienceDay for Peace and Development, see how the #OceanDecade delivers the science we need for the ocean and the future we want: www.oceandecade.org

🌊 Ocean Decade White Papers at the Ocean Decade Conference 🌍 In 2023, the #Vision2030 Working Groups began work to develop a set of White Papers that address each #OceanDecade challenge. After extensive work and an inclusive public review process, these documents were presented at the UN Ocean Decade Conference. These documents outline what is needed to fulfill the objectives of each Challenge by the end of the #OceanDecade, including priority datasets, gaps in science and strategic measures. Working Group 4’s challenge was to develop a vision for the Decade to contribute to a “Sustainable and equitable ocean economy”. The group was co-chaired by Peter Haugan and Andrew Rhodes Espinoza, who have been supported by the Sustainable Development Reform Hub to develop this paper and support this goal. Featured in photo, right to left: Shang Chen (First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China), Laura Vittoria De Luca Peña (Ghent University, Belgium), Dr Lucy Buxton (Ocean Decade Australia), Carl Gouldman (NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, USA), Tobias Dolch (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany). #SustainableOceanDevelopment #SustainableOceanEconomy #SustainableDevelopment