ACTNOW IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART WORK PROGRAMME THAT PROVIDES REGULATORS AND DECISION-MAKERS THE KNOWLEDGE AND FIT-FOR-PURPOSE TOOLS THEY NEED TO COMBAT BIO-DIVERSITY LOSS IN COASTAL AND MARINE HABITATS THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE INTERACTING WITH OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL DRIVERS.  (read more)

GES4SEAS PROJECT AIMS TO INFORM AND GUIDE MARINE GOVERNANCE IN MINIMIZING HUMAN PRESSURES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. (read more)

MOIRAI AIMS TO ADVANCE OUR COMPREHENSION AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE-RELATED CHALLENGES BY ADVANCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF REGIONAL TO COASTAL OCEAN AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CLIMATE MODELS IN EUROPEAN SEAS, BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL AND REGIONAL OCEAN CLIMATE MODELS. (website coming) 

SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO IMPLEMENTING MARINE STRATEGIES: MANAGEMENT TOOLS. THE LINES OF WORK COVERED BY OCEAN+ INCLUDE DISCIPLINES SUCH AS MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MARINE POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ADVANCED MARINE TECHNOLOGIES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS. (read more)

IMPLEMENTING SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODELS INTO THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL TWIN OCEAN TO GUIDE REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING AND POLICY CREATIONTHROUG PARTNERSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS FROM INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, POLICY, AND SOCIETY TO DEVELOP NINE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODELS. (read more)

THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEA (ICES) IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL MARINE SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, MEETING SOCIETAL NEEDS FOR IMPARTIAL EVIDENCE ON THE STATE AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF OUR SEAS AND OCEANS. (read more)