Two new use cases have been developed highlighting ocean observation's crucial role in supporting Coastal Resilience and Marine Biodiversity conservation. The latest additions join the EU4OceanObs use cases for fisheries, eutrophication, Sargassum, Arctic Sea ice and marine litter. [...]
The workshop “Use cases as a tool to show the societal value of ocean observing towards coastal resilience and marine biodiversity” was held online on 3 September. The EU4OceanObs use cases target ocean and coastal challenges and the [...]
G7 Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting Communiqué 2024 G7 High Level Conference on Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean Health and Coastal Resilience G7 FSOI Workshop on Marine Research Infrastructures integration and harmonization G7 Science and Technology [...]
9 - 11 July | G7 Science and Technology Ministerial 2024 The Science and Technology Ministers of the Group of Seven, including the European Union, will convene from 9 to 11 July 2024 in Bolognia and Forlì, Italy, [...]
The annual Digital Ocean Forum took place on 12 and 13 June 2024 in Brussels under the auspice of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). Bringing together over 200 participants on site [...]
The Ocean Decade Conference 2024 took place in Barcelona, Spain from 10 to 12 April, co-organised by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the Government of Spain. Gathering over 1,500 participants from 124 countries on site and 3,000 [...]
From 4 to 7 March 2024, GEO Blue Planet held a workshop on “Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa” at the United Nations Office in Nairobi. Organised in collaboration with UNEP, the workshop was [...]
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) held its first symposium in Brussels from the 13 to 14 February 2024. This event brought together representatives from partner organisations and stakeholders science, policy and private sectors to share [...]
The EU4OceanObs successor project is well underway, covering the period October 2023 to October 2027. Financed under Horizon Europe through a contribution agreement between the European Research Executive Agency (REA) and Mercator Ocean International, the second phase [...]
An expert workshop on improving biogenic products to advance modelling of ocean carbon sequestration in the Arctic was held from 13-14 December 2023 in Sopot, Poland. Hosted by the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, this [...]
The second phase of the EU4OceanObs project (2023 – 2027) is funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme through a contribution agreement between the European Research Executive Agency and Mercator Ocean International. The initial project (2021 to 2023) was funded through the Partnership Instrument managed by the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments and implemented by Mercator Ocean International.
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