UN Ocean Decade

🔵 #UNOC3: The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (9-13 June 2025, Nice, France) is accepting applications for side events! Side events can be organized either in-person or virtually, by Member States, the UN system, intergovernmental organizations and accredited non-governmental stakeholders. The side events will be an opportunity for all participants to share knowledge and solutions to accelerate implementation of #SDG14, identify new and emerging issues, exchange national and local experiences and practices, and showcase voluntary commitments for the Voluntary Ocean Commitments. Deadlines for applications depend on whether your event will be on-site, off-site, or online, and range from 14 March to 21 April 2025. 👉 Find all the info you need to apply here: https://lnkd.in/dqy3ySpE

Join H2OO: Heirs To Our Ocean youth leaders in taking action against #PlasticPollution! 🌊🌎💙 Plastic pollution is flooding our communities and ocean, but together we can stop it at the source. 🗓️ On World Water Day, Saturday, March 22nd, the U.S. Youth Action Council for the UN Ocean Decade is calling on YOU to take part in "Sea, Audit, Share," a global brand audit event. 🔎 What’s a brand audit? It’s a way to track which companies are responsible for plastic pollution. By collecting plastic waste in your community, documenting the brands and sharing the data, you help push for corporate accountability and policies that stop plastic pollution before it starts. 📢 Be part of the solution! Access the brand audit guide and sign up here: https://linktr.ee/unod Your participation fuels real action! Join us in restoring our relationship with the ocean—because a thriving future starts with us. 🌊✨ The U.S. Youth Action Council for the UN Ocean Decade is an official Decade Action led by H2OO: Heirs To Our Ocean, a youth-led organization and Decade Implementation Partner. #SeaAuditShare #StopPlasticPollution #UNOceanDecade #HeirsToOurOcean #BreakFreeFromPlastic #YouthLeaders #CitizenScience #GenOcean The 5 Gyres Institute Break Free From Plastic

JUST PUBLISHED: The State of the Global Climate 2024 report, published by the World Meteorological Organization, outlines that clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, which was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era. It also shows that sea-level rise and ocean warming are irreversible for hundreds of years and underlines that, amid global warming, early warnings and climate services are vital to protect communities and economies. Key ocean insights include:  🔹 In 2024, ocean heat content reached the highest level in the 65-year observational record. Over the past eight years, each year has set a new record for ocean heat content. 🔹 The rate of ocean warming over the past two decades is more than twice that observed over the period 1960–2005. 🔹 Acidification of the ocean surface has continued over the past 39 years. 🔹 In 2024, global mean sea level reached a record high in the satellite record (from 1993 to present). The rate of global mean sea-level rise in the past 10 years was more than twice the rate of sea-level rise in the first decade of the satellite record (1993–2002). 🔹 The 18 lowest Arctic sea-ice extent minima in the satellite record all occurred in the past 18 years. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eHzj3XHF 

The G7 Future of the Seas and Ocean Initiative working group brings together government representatives and scientists from G7 nations and the European Union to address ocean issues where coordinated joint actions are needed to advance global ambitions. Co-chaired by Canada and France and coordinated by EU4OceanObs, a Decade Implementing Partner, this working group has recently released its 2025 priorities, which are the ocean science areas where the group will seek to strengthen national actions and international cooperation: 1️⃣ Augmented observing and forecasting for marine life 2️⃣ Arctic Ocean observing 3️⃣ Digital twins of the ocean capacity 4️⃣ Global ocean monitoring indicators 5️⃣ Governance, coordination, and sustained funding for the observing system 6️⃣ Ocean carbon 7️⃣ OneArgo, an initiative endorsed by the #OceanDecade that aims to transform the revolutionary ‘core’ Argo array, which tracks the upper ocean physical state, to one that includes the polar oceans and marginal seas, extending to the full ocean depth and including ocean biogeochemical measurements 8️⃣ Marine research infrastructures integration and harmonization 9️⃣ Support for the World Ocean Assessment Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eERAKFRv

A mystery mollusc, a worm mimicking a nudibranch, and an anglerfish with two lures: meet some of the weird and wonderful new marine species discovered last year, published today in the World Register of Marine Species' top-10 marine species of 2024! Led by VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute, the World Register of Marine Species is an #OceanDecade endorsed project that aims to complete a full taxonomic overview of all marine life, thereby not only supporting scientists but everyone who makes use of species names, including policy, industry and the public at large. Each of these marine species has a story. This top-ten list is just a small highlight of on average 2,000 fascinating new marine species discovered every year. In 2024, over 3,200 marine species were described and added to WoRMS, including some 610 fossil species. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eggUw6kt #TaxonomistAppreciationDay #OceanScience #MarineSpecies

NEW RESOURCE: The Ocean Incubator Network Learning Toolkit is an open access book that aims to serve educators, researchers and anyone interested in advancing ocean literacy through diverse research, educational and interdisciplinary approaches. Endorsed as an #OceanDecade Activity and co-authored by Margherita Paola Poto and Laura Vita from the the Ocean Incubator Network at UiT Norges arktiske universitet, this toolkit focuses on a number of critical themes, including: 🔹 an exploration of positionality, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging one’s own perspective in ocean-related research and advocacy; 🔹 the nuances of trans-cross and interdisciplinarity in ocean studies, advocating for a systemic approach to understanding oceanic phenomena; 🔹 a model for collaborative research and project development methods; 🔹 a mapping of student-led projects on Ocean Literacy; 🔹 activities that can be implemented to promote understanding and engagement with oceanic themes. Download it here: https://ow.ly/nJBz50Vkkk2

2025 is already in full swing with a very strong focus on the UN Ocean Conference happening in Nice this June. As Global Coordinator of the UN Ocean Decade Programme for Early Career Ocean Professionals now is a very busy and interesting period to plan our presence there, co-design side events and finalize our internal projects so that we can be best prepared to engage and promote the ECOP Programme agenda during UNOC. We saw a significant increase in our membership, nodes, and partnership opportunities last year - and this infographics below can perfectly attest to that. With elevated support for the youth and early career researchers in general around the world, I am positive that in Nice we will be able to further expand our connections and partnerships. 💡 Here are a few ideas how to connect with us in Nice: ➡️ I am planning to attend both the One Ocean Science Congress and UNOC and will be happy to personally meet you to discuss how we can partner to support our international network of over 6,000 ECOPs in 163 countries with 6 regional and 50+ national coordination teams. ➡️ If you are looking for ECOPs to speak at your event, from a certain country or working on a specific topic, let me know and we can recommend someone for you. ➡️ At the One Ocean Science Congress, we are organizing a town hall called "Capacity Development in the UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme: successes, challenges, and ways forward". We welcome all of you to join us for this important discussion on capacity development and barriers for its uptake (date to be announced later). ➡️ We are involved in preparation of applications for several other events and are looking for partners for side events either in the blue or green zone of UNOC. We have a strong interest in speaking or being involved in events on capacity development, ocean literacy, intergenerational dialogue, geographical and intersectoral inclusivity and organization of networks (we have a lot to share on this!). Please reach out to me if you would like to discuss any of these items or new ideas :) Looking forward to meeting you in person in Nice!

🚨FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: the Fondation BNP Paribas and #OceanDecade are teaming up for a call for projects dedicated to ocean and coastal ecosystems! Ocean acidification, coastal erosion, coastal artificialization, overfishing… Today, ocean and coastal ecosystems are seriously threatened and affected by human activities. Through this 6th edition of the “Climate & Biodiversity Initiative” programme, the BNP Paribas Foundation will support between 7 and 15 projects for a total amount of 7 million euros over 3 years. Applications are open to European scientific research projects (basic and/or applied) focusing on climate and biodiversity related to ocean and coastal ecosystems. 👉Submit your proposal by 4 May 2025 🔗More info: https://ow.ly/QQSV50Vjcvz

JUST PUBLISHED: Issued at the first Ocean Decade International Coastal Cities Conference (26-27 February 2025, Qingdao, China), the Qingdao Declaration calls on coastal cities globally to: 🔹 Build the global cooperation for blue partnerships 🔹 Promote the co-design of science and knowledge and cooperation for marine technological innovation to empower coastal city development 🔹 Address global climate change challenges and enhance the resilience of ocean cities 🔹 Protect marine biodiversity and safeguard marine ecological health 🔹 Develop a sustainable ocean-based economy and foster new quality productive forces 🔹 Cultivate blue citizens and enhance public ocean literacy Ahead of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference that will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica in Nice, France in June 2025, this Declaration underlines the commitment of the Conference's participants to further the ambition of the Ocean Rise and Coastal Resilience Coalition that will be launched on this occasion by supporting the science and knowledge needs of cities. 👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eE2khEp7 

Happy Monday! Start your week with a roundup of some of this week's exciting #OceanDecade events and activities: 🌐 Ongoing: 'Ocean Lovers Education'. In cooperation with the international 'Ocean Film Tour', the German Ocean Foundation is running a free online teaching platform, providing teachers with educational material focusing on the individual films and the issues they address: https://lnkd.in/ecqzDpdD  🇯🇵 18 March: Join the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research and partners at the 2025 Hyogo Forum on Sustainable Oceans to explore innovative solutions to protect our marine environment as climate change intensifies: https://lnkd.in/eDHteqiw 🇺🇸 20 March: Join UNESCO Ocean at the Arctic Science Summit Week (20 – 28 March 2025, Boulder, Colorado) for the wokshop 'Coordinating Arctic Ocean Science with the UN Ocean Decade' to identify the most productive pathway for Arctic Ocean science coordination within the #OceanDecade, and the primary ways in which the Arctic science community can benefit from Ocean Decade support: https://lnkd.in/d76kYvHU  And more! Dive in our online events calendar for ocean events happening across the world: https://lnkd.in/e8HC4cWm