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The Ocean and Climate Change
The importance of the ocean to global climate cannot be underestimated. It absorbs a significant part of carbon and an overwhelming portion of the excess heat. Warmer atmosphere and increasing concentration of greenhouse gases nevertheless exert an enormous pressure on the ocean's ability to regulate the climate.
The is at the forefront of climate science and knowledge that inform and underpin meaningful actions to counteract climate change.
Ocean Carbon
Five international research programmes on ocean and climate interaction (IOCCP, IMBeR, SOLAS, WCRP/CLIVAR and the Global Carbon Project) have joined IOC to develop and agree on a roadmap for future research.
Publications
The Science we need for the ocean we want: the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
2020
Publication supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea/ Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)
Changing minds, not the climate: UNESCO mobilizes to address the climate crisis
2019
UNESCO
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030
2018
Global ocean science report 2020: charting capacity for ocean sustainability
2020
UNESCO
