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SCIENCE AND GOVERNANCE
IPOS, future expert

panel on the ocean

Inspired by expert panels on the climate and biodiversity, the Ocean
& Climate Platform is supporting the creation of an international

panel specialised in ocean sustainability. The workshop organised
during Monaco Ocean Week led to a new phase in the creation of this

consensus of knowledge.

How can we provide decision-makers with the foun-
dations for reliable and shared governance regarding
the changes affecting the ocean? How can we build
a transversal knowledge base to inform United Na- IN
tions Ocean Sustainability policies? All these issues
were addressed at the workshop on 25 March 2022 SIGHT
– the second phase of a first event organised during
Monaco Ocean Week 2021 on ocean governance.
Constructive discussions introduced by biologist and “What we need is a change in the way we
oceanographer Françoise Gaill, Vice-President of the conduct oceanography and a genuine social
Ocean & Climate Platform, were held during this Inter- contract for oceanography.”
governmental Panel on Ocean Sustainability (IPOS ), Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary
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which is still in the set-up stage. Salient points were
discussed, such as the issue of defining and co-pro- of the International Oceanography
ducing “knowledge” and the legal possibilities of set- Commission of UNESCO
ting up a framework for polycentric ocean governance.

10. International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS).