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Jas Chambers | Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Representative to UNESCO-IOCKaren Evans | CSIRO, Expert Planning Group for The Decade PlanningTony Worby | CSIRO, Chair, National Marine Science Committee

The Science We Need For The Ocean We Wanthttps://oceandecade.org/

• The UNESCO-IOC is leading Decade planning on behalf of the UN• The global ocean community is being engaged• The IOC, like other UN agencies, will align programmes and activities with

Decade objectives

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THE DECADE

Established in 1960 as a UNESCO body and is the competent organization for marine science in the UN system150 Member StatesThrough cooperation, assists countries to achieve 4 High Level Objectives:

• Ecosystem Health• Marine Hazards• Climate Change• Enhanced Scientific Knowledge

Australia is represented at UNESCO-IOC via the Bureau of MeteorologyAustralia hosts and co-sponsors two UNESCO-IOC offices in the Bureau's Perth offices

WHAT IS THE UNESCO-IOC?

The Decade will provide a framework for achieving a number of high level scientific outcomes, clustered around:

Science Action Plan developed by the EPG with input from a range of stakeholders (including you)

Six societal outcomes

Research and Development priorities proposed by stakeholders, including:• Comprehensive ocean observing system for all major basins• Quantitative understanding of ocean ecosystems• Data and information portal • Integrated multi-hazard warning system

THE DECADE

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Uptake and redistribution of CO2 and heat by the ocean

Plastics, deoxygenation, pharmaceuticals Ocean and cryosphere changes are

pervasive. Thresholds of abrupt change, long-term

changes that cannot be avoided, and irreversibility

Long response times imply long-term change.

THE CASE FOR THE DECADE

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Ocean in the UN Frameworks

CCRP PSMA

• Initiative of Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

• Serving heads of government from 14 coastal nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Palau and Portugal

• Prime Minister Morrison is Australia’s member on the Panel.

• The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is the lead for Australia’s engagement in the Panel.

www.oceanpanel.org

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DECADES AND DECADES

2019–2028 Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace United Nations Decade of Family Farming

2018–2028 International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable

Development“

2018-2027 Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of

Poverty

2016–2025 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa

2015–2024 International Decade for People of African Descent

2014–2024 United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for

All

2011–2020 Third International Decade for the Eradication of

Colonialism United Nations Decade on Biodiversity Decade of Action for Road Safety

2010–2020 United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight

against Desertification

https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-decades/

Presenter name | Date

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030):the ocean we need for the future we want.

Are our scientific efforts adequate enough?

NO

What is needed to accelerate our efforts in order to achieve Agenda 2030?

The UN Ocean Decade: develop scientific knowledge, build infrastructure and foster

partnerships for a sustainable and healthy ocean

A clean ocean, sources of pollution are identified, quantified and reduced and pollutants removed

A healthy and resilient ocean, marine ecosystems mapped and protected, multiple impacts are measured and reduced and ocean ecosystem services are maintained

A predicted ocean, society has the capacity to understand current and future ocean conditions, forecast their change and impact on society

A safe ocean, human communities are protected from ocean hazards and safety of operations at sea and on the coast in ensured

A sustainably harvested and productive ocean, ensuring the provision of food supply and alternative livelihoods

A transparent and accessible ocean, all of society has access to oceandata and information, technologies and have the capacities to inform theirdecisions

Interim Planning =>Group

Preparation Phase

ROADMAP

Implementation plan

Scientific communityNGOsCivil SocietyIndustryBusinessTraditional owners

Early career researcher network

Science action plan

Capacity development

Governance, monitoring &

reporting

Communication strategy

Implementation plan

Science community

Policy Makers

Private Sector

Foundations

UN partners

Creation of Ocean Decade Alliance

GLOBAL PLANNING MEETINGS

Science Community

Policy & Managers

STAKEHOLDER FORUM

Science Community

Policy & Managers

Business & Industry

Donors & Foundations

Civil society & NGOs

Science Community

Policy & Managers

Business & Industry

Donors & Foundations

REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

Civil society & NGOs

Ocean Decade endorsed meetings

Science action plan

Capacity development

Governance, monitoring &

reporting

Communication strategy

Implementation plan

Science action plan

Capacity development

Governance, monitoring &

reporting

Communication strategy

Implementation plan

Science action plan

Science Action Plan Framework: a value chain approachEach component adds value to each of the other components

observations of the whole ocean system

understanding of current and future ocean states

assessments of interactions between components of the ocean, including society

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Key action 1 Key action 1 Key action 1

Key action 2Key action 2 Key action 2

Guiding principles

Individual activities: global, regional, national, local

Guiding principles

Guiding principle 1: Actions of the Ocean Decade should be inclusive in their nature.

Guiding principle 2: Actions of the Ocean Decade should be based on partnerships between many disciplines and sectors.

Guiding principle 3: Actions of the Ocean Decade should be transformative in their nature.

Guiding principle 4: Actions of the Ocean Decade should aim to contribute to an equitable and sustainable future for all.

Strategic objectives

Objective 1: Increase transformative science capacity and capability globally

Objective 2: Expand, innovate and integrate global ocean knowledge systems

Objective 3: Understand and predict the whole ocean system and its component parts

Objective 4: Develop integrated assessment and decision support systems and other transformational tools and processes

Build and share scientific and technical capabilities to provide equitable access to ocean knowledge

Advance global ocean-based observation systems that deliver information on all aspects of the ocean

Map all components of the ocean including human activities and their spatio-temporal variation

Develop systematic and globally applicable cultural, economic, social and ecosystem indicators of ocean health that identify thresholds and tipping points

What next?

September: transmission of finalised Implementation Plan to UN General Assembly

June/July: review by IOC executive council

May: revised Implementation Plan to IOC MS

mid March: draft Implementation Plan released for commentcall for initial actions and associated portfolios/programmes/projects

January: start of Decade

May: Ocean Decade launch conference (Berlin)

2019

2020

June: Implementation Plan and first set of actions presented at UN Oceans conference

• Implementing the National Marine Science Plan

• Tony Worby - Chair NMSC (Jan 2019 – present)

NATIONAL MARINE SCIENCE

COMMITTEE

Marine science

Australia’s National Marine Science Committee

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

UNIVERSITIES

Why do we need a National Marine Science Plan?

1. Fund national research vessels for full use.

2. Sustain the Integrated Marine Observing System to support critical climate change and coastal systems research, and expand to include estuarine and coastal observations.

3. Develop marine science research training at our universities that is more quantitative, cross-disciplinary and congruent with industry and government needs. ✔✔

4. Establish and support a National Marine Environmental Baselines and Long-term MonitoringProgram, to develop a comprehensive assessment of our estate, and form the basis for management of Commonwealth and State Marine Reserve networks. ✔

5. Develop a coordinated decision-support science program for policymakers and marine industry. Slow progress

6. Create a National Ocean Modelling System to support ocean state predictions required by defence, industry and government. Slow progress

7. Facilitate coordinated studies on marine ecosystem processes and resilience to enable understanding of the impacts of development (urban, industrial and agricultural) and climate change on our marine estate. ✔

8. Create an explicit focus on the blue economy throughout the marine science system. ✔

Mid-life (2020) review of the Plan- infrastructure, skills, collaborations

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What has changedsince 2015?

Major events since the NMS Plan was released in 2015. Each are associated with the Grand Challenges they influence and/or impact

Coral bleach

Major GABresearch

RV Nuyina

Plastics

Marine Heatwaves

MPAs

Mid-life (2020) review of the Plan

1. Emerging/ongoing challenges

Jurisdictional challenges“Borderless knowledge and decision making”

Digital revolutionData Decision support tools

Nature-based solutions to climate changePace of change and need for ‘intervention’

Biosecurity threats and vulnerability of ocean economy

Ocean narrativeBlue Economy underpinned by a healthy ocean

Decade of Ocean Science1. What do we want out of it?

2. What do we want to put in to it? (Currently no extra $$)

3. Oceans have a high profile in government, including PMO illegal fishing and plastic pollution

4. High level panel UN Oceans Conference (Lisbon, June)

5. UN SDGs Focus on delivery between now and 2030

6. NMSC Working Group will be focused on the Decade

One Planet, One OceanWhat can we achieve

together that we cannot

achieve separately?oceandecade.org