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The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is the most ambitious global plan ever developed for biodiversity and will be the central focus of negotiations at the 15th Convention of Parties of the Convention of Biological Diversity to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 – 17 December 2023

Prada Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Lorenzo Bertelli, gave us an exclusive interview where he shares his passions, the importance of the Prada/IOC-UNESCO SEA BEYOND educational programme, the legacy the Prada Group can leave by the end of the UN Ocean Decade and much more! Dive into this enriching conversation with us!

From 21 to 23 November 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) hold the 5th International Forum for Marine/Maritime Spatial planning (MSPforum) and the 3rd International Conference on MSP in Barcelona, Spain.

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) announced that Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), a private-sector company specialising in the manufacture and installation of trans-oceanic telecommunications cables, has joined the Corporate Data Group of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the first company to do so.

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) and its Portuguese Committee, the Government of Portugal and the international not-for-profit EurOcean Foundation are inviting early career ocean professionals (ECOPs) to apply to the newly launched Mario Ruivo Memorial Lecture Series.

UNESCO and the European Commission gathered 70 tsunami early warning and preparedness experts in Ispra, Italy, to discuss the requirements, challenges and opportunities of effective local tsunami warning in the context of multi-hazard disaster risk mitigation.

Day and night, a group of scientists are gliding through a special route across the Mediterranean Sea, stopping every 25 nautical miles to measure important parameters, from the surface to the 3 km deep bottom.

18 Pacific Countries and Territories conducted a 2-hour live regional table top exercise (PacWave22-PICT) to test new early warning procedures for a potential tsunami arising from volcanic activity in the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai (HTHH) Volcano. The Exercise was the first-ever fully dedicated to Pacific Island Countries and Territories.

On Friday, November 11th 2022 International Non-profit Oceanic Global will host The Ocean x Climate Summit, a first-of-its-kind event designed to place the ocean center stage in the global climate agenda.