The proposed "International (UN) decade of ocean science for sustainable development - Towards the ocean we need for the future we want" describes an initiative to develop a programme of work together with all interested parties in order to achieve major parts of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda related to the ocean.
This document includes the following information:
• Introduction
• Spirit and opportunity of the 2030 agenda
• Caring for the ocean - an urgent need and duty
• Challenges and opportunities of the ocean
• Proposal for an ocean decade
• Harmony with and contribution to the sustainable development goals
• Conceptual model of decadal programme: characteristics, structure and responsibility
• Conclusions: special features and characteristics of the ocean decade