51st session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council
When, local time:
Tuesday, 3 July 2018 - 10:00am to Friday, 6 July 2018 - 1:00pm
Where:
France, Paris
Type of Event:
Category 2-Intergovernmental meeting
Contact:
Patrice Boned (p.boned@unesco.org)
Each year, IOC's Executive Council reviews issues and items from on-going work plans, and makes preparations for the Assemblies, which meet once per biennium.
Discussions at this year’s Executive Council will cover, inter alia, the following topics:
⁃ Roger Revelle Memorial Lecture
⁃ UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
⁃ Second edition of the Global Ocean Science Report
⁃ Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)
⁃ Global Ocean Observing System
⁃ Ocean literacy
⁃ Global Climate Observing System
⁃ World Climate Research Programme