Towards the integrated Ocean Science we need for the Arctic Ocean we want

The Arctic region is vulnerable and at the same time an area of increasing economic interest and a critical component of the global climate system. Melting sea ice combined with technological advances opens the area for shipping routes, resource extraction and other human activities. Despite this, the Arctic remains one of the least observed and understood environments on earth.

In this event at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona we discuss what is the status, what are the challenges, and what are the ways forward? 

• Here you can find a summery of the event (pdf)

Organizers: The Research Council of Norway, the national committees for the Ocean Decade in Norway, Canada and Denmark, Greenland  and Faroe Islands, European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Arctic ROOS, The European Polar Board (EPB) and International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).

Programme

13.15: Welcome and introductions

• Welcome by the Norwegian minister of fisheries and ocean policy, Cecilie Myrseth
• Welcome by Kevin Brosseau, Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• The Arctic in a global context by Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary IOC of UNESCO and Assistant-General of UNESCO

13.35: Panel discussion with:

• Adrian Lema, National Ocean Decade Committee of Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Director of National Center for Climate Research
• Heidi Marie Kassens, Chair of International Arctic Science Committees (IASC) Marine Working Group
• Joseph Nolan, Science Officer, European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Arctic ROOS
• Larry Mayer, National Ocean Decade Committee of US and Director of Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping
• Enooyaq Sudlovenick, Assistant Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
• Arild Sundfjord, National Ocean Decade Committee of Norway and Programme leader, Arctic Ocean Programme at Norwegian Polar Institute
• Moderator: Siri Carson, leader of the Norwegian National Ocean Decade Committee and Professor at NTNU

Click link for 2024 Ocean Decade Conference webpage