The UN Decade of Ocean Science
The objective of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is to increase ocean knowledge globally and ensure that society can use this knowledge, enabling us to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. There are calls for proposals at the national and international level and activities for everyone to join. The Research Council’s Ocean Secretariat is responsible for coordinating and following up Norwegian efforts related to the Ocean Decade.
In 2017, the UN General Assembly decided that the decade 2021 to 2030 will be the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The Decade of Ocean Science will stimulate and coordinate national and global research efforts, such that the goals, and goal number 14 – Life below water – in particular, can be reached.
Both national and international calls for proposals are planned for the Decade of Ocean Science.
Norway conducts high-level ocean research. Ambitions for the Decade of Ocean Science are high. A document comprising proposed priority areas at the national level has been prepared, a national comitee is founded avd the secretariat in the research council coordinates the work.
The National Committee will help ensure that Norwegian efforts achieve the goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science. The committee consists of representatives from key marine environments in Norway within research, business and industry, public administration, NGOs, communication and interested public.