THE STATE OF THE OCEAN 2022 - A MUST READ REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC) OF UNESCO I!
George Florin Staicu
Speaker, EBRD PFI Relationship Manager, Coordinating Lead Author UNEP Global Environment Outlook; Global Ambassador of Sustainability; member of International Finance Corporation's GLC Directory of Training Professionals
THE STATE OF THE OCEAN 2022 - A MUST READ REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC) OF UNESCO I!
Excerpt from the IOC UNESCO report's Executive Summary:
<<This pilot edition of the State of the Ocean Report (StOR) was proposed and developed to demonstrate the feasibility of keeping the world up to date on the current state of the ocean. Building on examples from IOC-led or joint initiatives, the report is structured around the initial Challenges of the UN Ocean Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021–2030.
The StOR reveals a lack of reliable benchmarks in many aspects of ocean knowledge. Most sections in the report tend to be descriptive and qualitative, consistent with the recent seminal Intergovernmental @Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES Assessment 2019) that stated: ‘human actions threaten more species with global extinction now than ever before’.
The IPBES further elaborates: ‘marine ecosystems, from coastal to deep sea, now show the influence of human actions, with coastal marine ecosystems showing both large historical losses of extent and condition as well as rapid ongoing declines (established but incomplete)’.
Indeed, a key conclusion from the pilot StOR is that ocean knowledge is generally able to identify (‘establish’) issues but falls short of these
being comprehensive and, hence, actionable (‘incomplete’) – ‘one cannot manage what one cannot measure’.
There is, therefore, an urgent need for a quantitative description of the state of the ocean, with established benchmarks and the capacity to report changes.
The overall aim remains – to produce (probably annually) a brief, accessible, one-stop overview of the current state of the ocean, and to mobilize global society to act towards ‘the ocean we need for the future we want’ as a contribution to sustainable development, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14. To achieve this, the StOR must be more encompassing.
So, for subsequent editions, the IOC will invite contributions from UN agencies and professional organizations, turning the StOR into a pan-UN publication.
This pilot StOR covers nine of the ten Decade Challenges, with the exception of Challenge 3, which examines how the ocean’s role can be optimized to sustainably feed the world’s population. This aspect is not covered by IOC mandate and therefore not addressed in the pilot edition.
Challenge 1. Understand and beat marine pollution 14
Challenge 2. Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity
Challenge 4. Develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy
Challenge 5. Unlock ocean-based solutions to climate change
Challenge 6. Increase community resilience to ocean hazards
Challenge 7. Expand the Global Ocean Observing System
Challenge 8. Create a digital representation of the ocean
Challenge 9. Skills, knowledge and technology for all
Challenge 10. Change humanity’s relationship with the ocean
Ocean Decade The science we need for the ocean we want>>
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Download the pdf report using this link: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/202208041733---IOC%20State%20of%20the%20Ocean%20Report%20-%20pilot%20edition.pdf
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George Florin Staicu
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Eastern Europe Coordinating Lead Author for the Global Environment Outlook (GEO7) report 7th edition (https://lnkd.in/dtD8FaVi);
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