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Fifteen experts from 13 countries will take part in the multi-stakeholder Decade Advisory Board to assist UNESCO-IOC in coordinating the UN Ocean Decade 2021-2030.

Call for nominations for a vacant IOC representative at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC).

The third Ocean Decade Laboratory "A Clean Ocean" focused on how to map the state of pollution in the ocean, how to clean it up, and how to establish sustainable ways to achieve the goals of "A Clean Ocean" – by 2030.

A new global coalition Ocean Action 2030, launched today dedicated to providing countries with technical and financial assistance to develop and implement Sustainable Ocean Plans.

As we approach the end of the first year of the Ocean Decade, the Decade Coordination Unit (DCU) has been advancing in discussions with several partners to support the implementation of the Ocean Decade. This includes establishing Decade Collaborative Centres (DCCs), which are decentralized coordination structures that will enhance coordination of a wide range of thematic and geographic priorities for Decade Actions.

The Ocean Agency, together with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, announced today the official launch of the Ocean Decade Creative Communication Toolkits, a range of free online communication resources made available thanks to the support of UN Environment Programme, 11th Hour Racing and Adobe.

A new book by UNESCO Press offers an intimate dive into the history of ocean science and multilateral scientific cooperation through analytical restrospective and personal memoirs.

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have organized dedicated capacity building activities on Marine Spatial Planning for stakeholders from fishing ports.

For the first time, ocean data and the GOOS Essential Ocean Variables are called out in a WMO Unified Policy. This is a call for action to share ocean data that reaches beyond the global meteorological community.