Dates: 7-8 October 2025
Venue: Sopot, Poland and Online
Hosts: Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
The Board re-elected Francois Lallier (UM, France) as an EMB vice-Chair for a second two-year term. The Board discussed the ongoing operations of EMB, and heard about EMB's engagement in the UNOC and OOSC events in June 2025.
The Board also received an update on the activities of the EMB Young Ambassadors and EMB Ambassador Alumni.
In terms of science activities, the Board received updates on the ongoing working groups on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and the newly initiated working group on Biomolecular Approaches. The Board approved the Terms of Reference for a new working group on Submarine Cables, and were presented with impact reports for EMB publications from 2023. The Board also selected a topic for a new EMB working group.
An update was also given regarding EMB's engagement in ongoing or recently finished H2020 / Horizon Europe projects EcoScope, BRIDGE-BS, RHE-mediation, BAMBOO and SURIMI, as well as the EMODnet tender and the DG MARE/CINEA tender Towards IPOS.
The Board received an update on EMB's support of the UN Ocean Decade as an Implementing Partner, as well as EMB's support of the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and waters.
An open session was hosted by IO PAN and had a general theme of "Ocean Carbon Science: Do We Have Enough?". The session was opened and moderated by Karol Kuliński (IO PAN), and featured presentations and discussions on a variety of related topics. The presentations can be seen below:
- Sequestration by the biological carbon pump: Do we really know what we are talking about?, Andy Visser (DTU, Denmark)
- What can we learn from the Baltic Sea CO2 system?, Karol Kuliński (IO PAN, Poland)
- How Do Biological Processes and Pelagic–Benthic Coupling Influence Marine Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity?, Monika Kędra (IO PAN, Poland)
