The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science is a common framework to deliver the science we need for the ocean we want by 2030.
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๐ข๐ง๐ท The 2027 Ocean Decade will take place on 7-9 April 2027 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!
Co-organised by @IocUnesco@gov_mcti@Prefeitura_Rio, #OceanDecade27 will bring together up to 2,000 participants for three days of dialogue, partnership, and action: https://t.co/mDcNCffoib
๐๏ธ New podcast 'Green Tides', co-produced by the #OceanDecade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience and Podstar, brings the science of coastal resilience to a global audience.
Discover the people, science, and ideas shaping the future of the ocean: https://t.co/hF1yLtSvPl
๐ต No nation can protect the ocean alone.
Since 1960, @IocUnesco has powered global ocean science: 153 nations, 120K daily observations, early warnings across 5 basins. This #WorldOceansDay, let's turn ocean knowledge into action. #OceanDecade
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๐ 5 years ago, the #OceanDecade endorsed the @OceanDecadeECOP Programme โ and it has since become one of the Decade's most meaningful initiatives.
In its new Global Report, the programme highlights 5 years of results and achievements. Read it here: https://t.co/lJvHppDAKe
The ocean reminds us we are bound together. It shapes our climate, sustains ecosystems & economies, and feeds billions.
On World Ocean Day, let's act with ambition & resolve to build a new relationship with the ocean โ grounded in science & build on shared responsibility.
๐ต This #WorldOceanDay, the #OceanDecade endorses 73 new Decade Actions to reimagine the future of the ocean through science, partnerships, and action โ bringing to 882 the total number of Decade Actions delivering ocean solutions worldwide.
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This week's #OceanDecade events, with a special #WorldOceanDay focus!
๐ง Antarctica โ Domain One: Art performance in Rome, Italy: https://t.co/HdwYPJW8OZ
๐ Ocean Week Brunei 2026: https://t.co/RWJEczCCTy
โต Arved Fuchs's Open Observation Expedition: https://t.co/j2itZnF58L
What is ocean science, and why do we need it?
The ocean sustains all life on Earth, and is the planet's largest ecosystem โ yet we know very little about it.
#OceanScience enables us to understand and protect the ocean and the services it provides to humanity.
#WorldOceanDay
Following the Island States Ocean Summit, participants gathered for a collaborative workshop to explore how the Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management Support Platform can help countries access knowledge, partnerships, and financing to turn plans into action.
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๐ต Just published: A new #OceanDecade paper by Laura Meyer, Adam Leadbetter and Peter Burger examine the critical role of private sector ocean data in advancing sustainable ocean governance from national waters to Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
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Day 2 of the Island States Ocean Summit:
๐ต Stronger data systems, financing, capacity development, and regional collaboration advance #SustainableOceanPlanning.
๐ต A Support Platform and a new US$100M Island State Initiative were also announced.
#OceanResilience#OceanDecade
๐ World Ocean Day for Schools is connecting students in 121 countries to their local blue spaces. Help add to the map, join the June 8 celebration, or share your blue career with students!
Register at https://t.co/7tTFyQXg5q
#GenOcean#OceanDecade#WorldOceanDay
๐ต Island States Ocean Summit Day 1: the ocean is changing faster than many communities can adapt.
Leaders and experts called for science-based planning, stronger partnerships, investment & collaboration to accelerate action.
#SustainableOceanPlanning#OceanDecade
If youโre new to the ECOP Programme, welcome! This is your chance to plug into a truly global network of early-career ocean professionals.
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โSustainable Ocean Planning & Management provides countries with a practical framework to balance ocean protection, economic development, and climate resilience through science-based decision-making.โ โ Vidar Helgesen, @IocUnesco
Follow this week for Summit updates. #OceanDecade
Through the @IocUnesco Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme, communities strengthen local response systems so people know exactly what to do when every second counts.
๐ฏThe goal: 100% of at-risk communities #TsunamiReady by 2030: https://t.co/vJ8q4NMdvd
#BeTsunamiReady
The Island States Ocean Summit: Global conversations on ocean resilience and Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management.
Hosted by The Nippon Foundation, in partnership with Japanโs Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IOC through the #OceanDecade.
#SustainableOceanEconomy
๐ชธCoral reefs are ocean heroes, but we risk losing up to 90% of them by 2050.
As part of the #OceanDecade, scientists are developing solutions to protect and restore coral reefs.
This #WorldReefDay, discover 4๏ธโฃ of these pioneering initiatives: https://t.co/pHb4xmrjL9
Happy Monday! This week's #OceanDecade highlights:
๐๏ธ Island States Ocean Summit: https://t.co/eccrb7Yix1
๐ Trust and Transparency in Europeโs Seafood future: https://t.co/F8HZTkzugD
๐ฑ Blue Carbon Science & Policy Summer School: https://t.co/RT7OAWxSKu
#SundaySpecies: Meet Gonionida sp. 4! ๐ฆ
In a recent deep-sea expedition, Gonionida sp. 4 was discovered on a seamount in the southeast Pacific, adding to the growing list of unknown marine life being found in the oceanโs depths.
๐ท @OceanCensus, an #OceanDecade Programme
The @RCA, an #OceanDecade Implementing Partner, launches a new project with partners and local communities to advance sustainable, low-cost marine aids to navigation for Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries.
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