Cross-Cutting Themes for U.S. Contributions to the UN Ocean Decade (2022) / Chapter Skim
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offers a rare opportunity to bring the global community together to design and implement the science needed to ensure the health and sustainability of the ocean. The UN Ocean Decade further raises international recognition of the critical importance of the ocean and ocean science to the long-term well-being of humankind.
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The UN Ocean Decade aims to advance progress toward the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by raising awareness of opportunities in ocean sciences and enabling the connection between scientists with promising research concepts and potential funders in the private and public sectors. To foster collaboration across sectors, the U.S.
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This consensus study committee has proposed two foundational themes and four topical themes. The themes described here present frameworks for future development of research programs that provide sustainable solutions to the ocean challenges identified by the UN Ocean Decade.
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The initial outcome will be to elevate and prioritize equity and inclusion and incorporate these core principles during each topical theme's development. This is fundamental for the UN Ocean Decade and helps define and guide implementation of inclusive and equitable ocean science practices to achieve a more sustainable ocean for everyone.
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Consideration of these digital ocean outcomes will also assist in the operationalization of each topical theme. By the end of the UN Ocean Decade, the committee envisions a network that connects the unconnected, truly engaging those who need knowledge services for ensuring a healthy ocean with those who can create those services.
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A key to the success of the topical themes will be the incorporation of the findings from the foundational themes to ensure that the research efforts involve diverse communities and perspectives and provide universal access to data and information that will define the way that science is practiced both during the UN Ocean Decade and beyond. The Ocean Revealed, the first topical theme, calls for the coordinated development and deployment of new techniques, technologies, and approaches, including citizen/community science where possible, to measure a range of ocean variables (biological, chemical, and physical)
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This recognizes the need to understand the connectivity of the deep sea with mesopelagic and surface ecosystems and to characterize deep-seabed ecosystems in areas targeted for deep-sea mining as well as estimate recovery rates from disturbance by proposed seafloor mining activities. In all cases attention will be given to research that incorporates the human ecosystem into new strategies and approaches for sustaining ocean health and resources while supporting marine transportation, renewable energy, and evolving uses of the ocean.
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For the first component, environmentally sustainable, equitable, and just adaptation strategies for responding to rising seas and increased coastal flooding will be developed with the affected coastal communities. This will require improvements in regional projections for sea level rise and coastal flooding, increased understanding of the capacity for NBSs to increase coastal resilience under a variety of climate scenarios, and co-development of knowledge and solutions for coastal communities, particularly those at high risk and with low capacity for adaptation.
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