Lead institution:
The Research Council of Norway’s Ocean Secretariat – Norway
The goal of Values of the Ocean is to support research and innovation central for achieving the Ocean Decade’s goals on ten areas:
- Climate and environment interactions
- Holistic ocean governance
- Healthy and safe seafood for all
- Renewable energy from the ocean
- Environmentally friendly maritime transport
- An ocean of data
- Who owns the ocean?
- Keeping the Arctic in one piece
- Global ocean economy and development aid
- Everyone understands the ocean
Researchers, industry actors and public sector will be involved and cooperation between research disciplines, sectors and countries central.
Start Date: 1/1/2021
End Date: 31/12/2030
Lead Contact: Kjersti Fjalestad (ktf@rcn.no)
challenges: 1- Understand and beat marine pollution, 2- Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, 3- Sustainable Blue Food, 4- Sustainable Ocean Economy, 5- Ocean-Climate Nexus, 9- Capacity Development, 10- Behaviour Change
ocean_basins: Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean
type_of_action: Contribution