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- Marine pollution
2- Protect and restore ecosystems
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