With the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference marking a milestone event, the first half of the year saw a series of international ocean gatherings where the global ocean community expressed its resolve to take action for the marine environment. As a concrete illustration of this commitment, a new batch of 43 Decade Actions spanning regional and thematic priority areas of ocean action has been endorsed.
At present, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (‘Ocean Decade’) has galvanized thousands of partners, with more than 500 initiatives carried out in around 66 countries to achieve the 10 Ocean Decade Challenges. With this latest set of Decade Actions, new ocean solutions are bolstering the Ocean Decade portfolio, encompassing diverse and urgent issues ranging from the protection and restoration of marine biodiversity, resilient fisheries and industrial management, to ocean observation and databases, as well as ocean literacy.
Extending across 15 countries – from Australia to Kazakhstan, Tanzania and Mexico – the new Actions are primarily led by research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector and are the first steps on the road to fulfilling the priorities and recommendations identified in the Barcelona Statement which emerged from the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference held in Barcelona in 4월.
“Since the start of the Decade, we have built a strong awareness of the need for action within our community. Now, we are channeling this determination into concrete efforts to get the best results,” said Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC). “Through these new Actions, the Ocean Decade is guiding the ocean community and global ocean policies towards the identified thematic and regional priority gaps outlined in the Barcelona Statement.”
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Balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability for a healthy and productive ocean
As the coordinating agency of the Ocean Decade, UNESCO-IOC is leading two new Programmes to advance sustainable ocean planning, as well as to empower ocean stewardship in Africa.
The Ocean Decade Programme on Sustainable Ocean Planning has been co-designed as a response to the recommendations from the High-Level Ocean Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. It will coordinate and support Decade Actions under Challenges 3 and 4, focusing primarily on a sustainable and equitable ocean economy. Through transboundary cooperation, this Programme aims to develop the tools and knowledge needed for user-driven, climate-smart, and equitable ocean planning underpinned by scientific and Indigenous and local knowledge.
Through its regional Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA), UNESCO-IOC is also creating an enabling environment for the implementation of the Ocean Decade in Africa – one of the focus regions of the Decade. The Programme will help the achievement of the nine priority actions set out in the Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap. This Programme is structured around four thematic components addressing the sustainable management of marine resources, climate change and marine biodiversity, ocean pollution, and resilience to ocean hazards.
To further support ocean leadership in this region, the newly endorsed Western Indian Ocean Marine Conservation Program (MARCOP) will support targeted capacity development efforts in Eastern and South African nations. Led by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) and Macquarie University, this initiative will develop environmental and management solutions, as well as technical, financial, and institutional support for the WIO countries.
Climate change is causing notable shifts in the catch and trade of fish products, with potentially important economic consequences, particularly for nations heavily reliant on the sector. The newly-endorsed Decade Programme The Future of Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems (FishMIP) by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies of the University of Tasmania, Australia, will test new marine models, construct future scenarios of climate change and sea-use, and provide forecasts on how future ecosystems and fisheries will respond over time.
Collective actions for ocean resilience and awareness
The Decade Programme Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions (GEOS) will host 10 new Projects to scale up solutions around the ocean-climate nexus. These initiatives focus on the restoration of marine ecosystems and biodiversity, climate remediation, carbon dioxide removal technologies, and digital coastal ecosystems. Based on multidisciplinary collaboration and co-design, these Projects will be implemented in coastal areas, including in Africa and Caribbean Small Island Developing States.
Under the umbrella of the Ocean Literacy With All (OLWA) Programme, six Projects will accelerate a fundamental shift in the way our ocean is valued, understood, and managed. These initiatives will build an ocean literate society through formal and informal educational and awareness-raising tools, including gameplay and immersive 3D imagery.
These new endorsements bring the total number of Ocean Decade Actions to 556, implemented on all continents and covering all ocean basins.
The current Call for Decade Actions No. 07/2024 is open until 31 8월 2024, aiming to fill gaps in resource mobilization and capacity development for a sustainable ocean.
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자세한 내용은 문의하시기 바랍니다:
오션 디케이드 커뮤니케이션팀(oceandecade.comms@unesco.org)
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바다의 10년 소개:
2017년 유엔 총회에서 선포된 ' 지속 가능한 발전을 위한 유엔 해양과학 10년(2021-2030)'('해양 10년')은 해양 과학과 지식 창출을 촉진하여 해양 시스템의 쇠퇴를 되돌리고 거대한 해양 생태계의 지속 가능한 발전을 위한 새로운 기회를 촉진하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 해양 10년의 비전은 '우리가 원하는 바다를 위해 필요한 과학'입니다. 해양 10년은 다양한 분야의 과학자와 이해관계자들이 해양 과학의 발전을 가속화하고 활용하는 데 필요한 과학적 지식과 파트너십을 개발하여 해양 시스템에 대한 이해를 높이고 2030 의제를 달성하기 위한 과학 기반 솔루션을 제공할 수 있는 소집 프레임워크를 제공합니다. 유엔 총회는 유네스코 정부간해양학위원회(IOC)에 10년의 준비와 이행을 조율하도록 위임했습니다.
About the UNESCO-IOC:
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) promotes international cooperation in marine sciences to improve management of the ocean, coasts and marine resources. The IOC enables its 150 Member States to work together by coordinating programmes in capacity development, ocean observations and services, ocean science and tsunami warning. The work of the IOC contributes to the mission of UNESCO to promote the advancement of science and its applications to develop knowledge and capacity, key to economic and social progress, the basis of peace and sustainable development.
