Vision 2030 is a strategic initiative by the Ocean Decade to define success for each of its 10 challenges by 2030. It aims to identify trends, gaps, and user needs, setting key targets and milestones for progress.
The process will determine user needs, essential datasets, gaps in science, and required resources for each challenge. Concrete indicators and methodologies will evaluate the impact and relevance of these challenges over time.
Coordinated by IOC/UNESCO, Vision 2030 is led by 10 expert Working Groups, each focused on a specific challenge. These groups include diverse stakeholders, such as government, NGOs, academia, and local communities, and are led by two expert Co-Chairs.
In June 2024, 10 Vision 2030 White Papers were published, outlining resources, partnerships, and technology solutions needed to achieve these goals by 2030, providing strategic recommendations for a sustainable ocean future:
- Understand and beat marine pollution
- Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity
- Sustainably nourish the global population
- Develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy
- Unlock ocean-based solutions to climate change
- Increase community resilience to ocean hazards
- Sustainably expand the Global Ocean Observing System
- Create a digital representation of the ocean
- Skills, knowledge, technology and participatory decision making for all
- Restoring society’s relationship with the ocean
The key outcome of Vision 2030 will be a series of white papers on the 10 Ocean Decade Challenges, along with a synthesis report that addresses connections between the Challenges. Draft versions will be shared for broad review and input in the coming months. Final drafts will be presented and discussed at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona during thematic ‘Science Solution Forums,’ offering a global platform for stakeholders to engage, share insights, and collectively advance the implementation of the Challenges.
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(Text by: CESAM’s Communication, Promotion and Dissemination Office)