United Nations Decade of ocean science
The OA Alliance leadership programme supports invited Ministries, departments and policy officers in the development and implementation of unique national commitments to domestic OA activities.
The OA Alliance is an implementing partner of OARS, the UN Decade of Ocean Science endorsed programme dedicated to understanding the challenges posed by an acidifying ocean and reducing the impacts of OA.
Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical applications.
Launched in 2021, Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) is a UN Ocean Decade endorsed programme dedicated to minimizing and addressing ocean acidification through enhanced cooperation at all levels. Aligning with Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.3, OARS was created to provide society with the observational and scientific evidence needed to sustainably identify, monitor, mitigate and adapt to ocean acidification.
OARS is developing a network of scientists and other ocean professionals who provide systematic evidence of how ocean acidification is changing the chemistry of our oceans, how these changes impact the sustainability of marine ecosystems, and how to use this knowledge to underpin better management of marine resources, from local to global scales. The OA Alliance is an implementing partner of OARS.
The science we need for the ocean we want.
Proclaimed in 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (‘the Ocean Decade’) seeks to stimulate ocean science and knowledge generation to reverse the decline of the state of the ocean system and catalyse new opportunities for sustainable development of this massive marine ecosystem.
The Ocean Decade provides a convening framework for scientists and stakeholders from diverse sectors to develop the scientific knowledge and the partnerships needed to accelerate and harness advances in ocean science to achieve a better understanding of the ocean system, and deliver science-based solutions to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The OA Alliance leads the Ocean Decade project: Understanding and Addressing Ocean Acidification and Changing Ocean Conditions Through the Development of OA Action Plans.
Since its inception, the OA Alliance has contributed to the leadership of th eOARS programme
and directly supports in the development and implementation of unique national commitments to domestic OA activities.
The OA Alliance is an implementing partner of OARS, the UN Decade of Ocean Science endorsed programme dedicated to understanding the challenges posed by an acidifying ocean and reducing the impacts of OA.
As co-champions of OARS Outcomes #2 and #7, the OA Alliance is helping to “Identify OA Data and Evidence for OA Mitigation and Adaptation” and “Integrate OA Across Key Policy and Legislation.”
Partners across the OARS UN Decade Program aim to expand OA monitoring and research that help decision-makers better understand climate impacts to marine resources and explore local actions that increase resilience. Through these efforts, OARS aims to foster collaboration and capacity-building to The OARS community is a network of scientists and other ocean professionals dedicated to u