Hosted by the Government of Spain, the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference will bring together the global Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate and take stock of progress, and set joint priorities for the future.
The event will cover Ocean Decade challenges, including the following critical issues:
The Ocean Frontier Institute will be taking part in events and meetings to:
April 9, 2024
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dr. Waite will participate as a speaker in this satellite event hosted by the University of Bergen.
April 10, 2024
Science and Policy Manager
Ronnie Noonan-Birch will moderate this opening plenary session.
April 12, 2024
Chief Innovation Officer
Eric Siegel will help moderate this event hosted by the UN Ocean Decade Technology and Innovation Working Group and the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Anya Waite will take part in a panel discussion about enabling future innovations at the intersection of sustainability, equality, and impact.
(Organized by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), when paired with extensive emissions reductions, is a mitigation strategy to limit warming to 1.5°C as it removes legacy carbon emissions from the atmosphere by augmenting natural processes on ocean and land.
However, in order to meet climate goals, CDR must scale 30 times its present capacity by 2030, which is estimated to require an annual global investment of 1.13 billion USD/year for research and development.
This panel event will:
(Organized by World Meteorological Organization)
This panel event is focused on the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, which will provide a valuable tool to support the transparency of global mitigation action.
The system will be built on three components:
Open and unrestricted access to data will ensure a full transparency of system outputs, which will provide globally consistent information that will feed multiple applications including supplementary information to the traditional inventory reporting.
(Organized by Minderoo Foundation)
This session unveils the transformative potential of eDNA in mapping the lifeblood of our seas, promising a leap in how we observe ocean life and manage Marine Protected Areas. Dive into the future of ocean stewardship and witness how cutting-edge genomics merge with oceanic expeditions to redefine marine protection.