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The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), also called the Ocean Decade, is a global initiative launched in January 2021 to unite diverse stakeholders in advancing ocean science. It aims to foster collaboration beyond traditional boundaries to drive transformative change, producing data, knowledge, and science-based policies at all levels. The vision is “the science we need for the ocean we want”, and the mission is to deliver transformative ocean science solutions for sustainable development, connecting people and the ocean.
UNOD Implementation Plan
UNOD Implementation Plan
The UN General Assembly called on the IOC to prepare the Implementation Plan for the Decade in consultation with Member States, specialized agencies, funds, programmes and bodies of the United Nations, as well as other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholders. The resulting Implementation Plan, which is the result of a highly inclusive two year preparation process involving thousands of stakeholders, will guide the ambitious endeavor represented by the Decade, and will evolve with time reflecting new possibilities, opportunities, and challenges.
The Decade Implementation Plan of the Decade provides a non-prescriptive framework for transformational action that will build on existing achievements and deliver across geographies, sectors, disciplines, and generations. It describes the process required to move from the ‘ocean we have’ to the ‘ocean we want’, and the desired state of the ocean at the end of the Decade.
The operational framework that will guide the design and implementation of actions throughout the Decade comprises several levels, from the bottom-up to reach the Decade Outcomes and related 2030 Agenda and Regional and Global Policy Frameworks.
Decade Actions represent the tangible initiatives and endeavors that will be implemented by a wide range of stakeholders to fulfill the objectives and thus achieve the challenges. It includes programmes, projects, activities and/or contributors.
Decade Objectives are the steps in the process relevant to all challenges. Three objectives are suggested to fulfill the Ocean Decade challenges, which represent the highest level of the Decade Action Framework and articulate the most immediate priorities for the Decade.
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