Ocean Cities Network (OC-NET)

Ocean Cities Network (OC-NET)

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Lead institution:

Mediterranean Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CMIMA-CSIC), Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Unitat de Tecnologia Marina (UTM-CSIC) – Spain

Ocean Cities (OC-NET) is a network of marine cities committed with sustainability, permeability and regeneration of natural marine environments, for and with its population.

OC-NET is an interdisciplinary and bottom-up transformative program, which will change how coastal cities and their inhabitants perceive, interact and evolve with the ocean, from the surrounding waters to the single global ocean.

Cities concentrate most of the world’s population. Thus, they have a major impact on land-ocean ecosystems and climate and are among the least resilient environments. OC-NET combines scientific knowledge, research synergies, and social awareness to effectively impact the city’s evolution and the ocean’s sustainability.

Start Date: 08/06/2021
End Date: 31/12/2030

Lead Contact: Marco Talone (ocean-cities@icm.csic.es)

This Programme hosts the following Ocean Decade Projects:

challenges:

1- Marine pollution

2- Protect and restore ecosystems

4- Sustainable ocean economy

5- Ocean-climate nexus

7- Ocean observations

9- Capacity development

10- Behaviour change

ocean_basins:

Indian Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

South Pacific Ocean

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Ocean Cities Network (OC-NET)