In 2016, the G7 Ministers agreed to take an ambitious approach to tackling ocean issues, and developed the Future of the Seas and Ocean Initiative with five main Action Areas. These Action Areas were revised in 2024 at the G7 Scientific and Technology Ministerial, and include:
Ocean Observation
Support the development and coordination of enhanced sustained global sea and ocean observation, with surface-to-full-depth and pole-to-pole coverage, required to monitor, understand, and manage inter alia climate change, marine biodiversity, and pollution, in particular through marine research infrastructures.
Digital Infrastructure and Prediction Systems
Promote the improvement of global networking to support the development of digital infrastructure and interoperability of data and prediction systems, including digital twins of the ocean, and support international collaboration and open science for the development and improvement of global and regional ocean reanalyses, analyses and prediction systems.
Information for decision making
Improve accessibility and uptake of outputs for decision-making while raising political awareness of the needs for ocean information; support the development of an ocean assessment system, with appropriate indicators, to ensure the translation of data into knowledge and action.
Strengthen collaborative approaches to encourage the development of regional observing capabilities and knowledge networks in a coordinated and coherent way, including support of capacity building in developing countries.
Promote increased G7 political cooperation by identifying additional actions needed to enhance global networks of Ocean observation, data infrastructure, and prediction.
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