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News and Events3rd Coastal Symposium – Coast in Transition 2022
The increasing pressure on our coasts due to climate change and human use increases the need for results and options for action for sustainable coastal management. The 3rd Coastal Symposium 'Küste im Wandel - Coast in Transition 2022' will be held in Hamburg-...
Integrated Research for Integrated Ocean Management
We are delighted to share with you a recent paper by FEC fellow Lena Rölfer and colleagues. This new publication highlights the need for integrated approaches that bridge the gap between science, policy and society, as well as across different epistemological...
Lessons and key principles on emerging global marine assessment
A new publication is out now, and the first coming from FEC to be published in Anthropocene Coasts! Lead by FEC Fellow Kyle Fawkes, the paper focuses on the evolution of global assessments of the marine environment and aims to provide guidance on their future...
Call for abstracts: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022
Co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS), Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the global leader in ocean sciences conferences. Please consider...
First Workshop of the UN Ocean Decade “Mega-Delta Programme”
On August 13, the 1st Mega-Delta Programme Workshop was held, with 26 scientists from more than ten countries participating online, including the members from Future Earth Coasts Executive Committee. Miss Chloe Nunn from IOC-UNESCO also joined this workshop on...
Rebuilding Coral Reefs: A Decadal Grand Challenge
Date of event: Tuesday 20 July 2021 Time: 12:00 UTC/ 14:00 CEST Venue: Online Register here Future Earth Coasts is happy to announce this virtual event where we will discuss the urgency of coral reef protection, efficient management measures and the science to...
The ocean in a changing climate: Rapidly growing risk of loss and damage?
We are happy to announce that the report 'The ocean in a changing climate: Rapidly growing risk of loss and damage?' which reflects the key messages of the expert dialogue held in January has been published. Organized by the Global Programme on Risk Assessment and...
Coastal and marine planning in the Westfjords, Iceland
Today we bring you news from the Sustainable Resilient Coasts (COAST), a Future Earth Coasts affiliated project seeking to establish the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) region as a demonstration of how to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the...
Webinar: Tools For Climate-Smart Decision Making
The European Space Agency (ESA) has joined forces with the Space Climate Observatory (SCO) to host a community webinar on 23 April 2021 (13:30-15:00 CET) to share progress in the development of tools that use Earth observations towards climate-smart decision...
CERTO: monitoring water quality at a global scale
Pictured: Satellite image of the Tagus estuary (via Certo-project.org) Water quality is a worldwide issue affecting food production, industry, nature, recreation and ultimately human wellbeing. Copernicus Evolution: Research for harmonised and Transitional water...