The European Marine Board (EMB) Secretariat will be participating in the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) and the One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC). Both events take place in Nice, France, and will bring together scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders to advance evidence-based governance and sustainable management of the Ocean.
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A group of internationally renowned marine scientists under the European Marine Board has published the Future Science Brief on ‘Deep Sea Research and Management Needs’. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of knowledge and offers recommendations for how both the exploration and management of the deep sea can be made more sustainable. The scientists issue a clear warning: without a thorough understanding of ecosystem processes and biodiversity, informed decisions on the sustainable use and protection of the deep sea are not possible. They are now calling for targeted research to close these knowledge gaps and ensure long-term preservation of the deep sea.
ChihChung Chang and Yara Costa have been selected as the two new artists for the 2025 - 2026 edition of the EMBracing the Ocean programme!
We are delighted to introduce our two new EMB Young Ambassadors! We can now announce that Anne Gaspers, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway which is part of the Norwegian Marine University Consortium, and a researcher at SINTEF Ocean, and Jorge Juan Santos Bruna, a PhD candidate at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), Spain, have been selected! You can find out more about them here. We look forward to working with them.
EMB Policy Brief No. 13 ‘Navigating the Future VI: The Ocean's role in addressing global crises’ presents main research and policy recommendations needed to help us address the global crises we face through Ocean science, summarising the main messages and recommendations from the EMB Position Paper No. 28 “Navigating the Future VI: Placing the Ocean within the wider Earth system”.
EMB has been actively advocating on the importance of marine knowledge for the European Ocean Pact by helping to shape the position of the SEArica Intergroup of the European Parliament, responding to the Call for Evidence by the European Commission, and engaging in direct discussions with the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis.
The European Marine Board is looking for two new artists/groups of artists for the 2025 – 2026 edition of our ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ artist-in-residence programme.
EMB Policy Brief No. 12 ‘Requirements for Coastal Resilience in Europe’ presents key policy, scientific and community recommendations for building coastal resilience and enhancing the capacity to cope with impacts from coastal pressures, summarising the main messages and recommendations from the EMB Position Paper No. 27 “Building Coastal Resilience in Europe”.
EMB is looking for two enthusiastic, engaged, and creative early career marine scientists to join their Ambassador Programme. The Ambassadors will play an important role in advocating for EMB and promoting the societal and political relevance of all aspects of the Ocean and marine sciences, including natural sciences, social sciences, policy, and humanities, within their own communities, and to a wide diversity of stakeholders in Europe. The two new Ambassadors will collaborate and liaise with our current Ambassadors and recent Alumni to share experiences and ideas, and work on activities together. They will also ensure the continuation of the EMB ECOP Network.
EMB Executive Director, Sheila Heymans, attended the fourth Annual Meeting of EcoScope in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) from 5-7 November 2024. Science Officers Ana Rodriguez and Fernanda Bayo followed the Assembly online.