The United Nations proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, to be held from 2021 to 2030. This Decade will provide a common framework to ensure that ocean science can fully support countries’ actions to sustainably manage the Oceans and more particularly to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The focus of the Decade is on science because it can inform us what needs to be done and how. However, in its present state of development, ocean science is largely competent for diagnosing problems. The capacity of science to offer systematic solutions to issues of sustainability needs a massive upgrade.
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Following the cancellation of the Second Global Planning Meeting, two webinars have been conducted on March 31st and April 2nd to present the Draft Implementation Plan of the Ocean Decade.
This Implementation Plan for the Decade presents a number of directions for research and development that are necessary to make ocean science competent to support a sustainable ocean economy and managing ocean related risks.
