The ability to connect science and policy is also crucial to the oceans’ survival. The CNRS is becoming increasingly involved in major global decision-making bodies as a result of its status as one of the largest contributors of IPCC reports.
The Covid crisis filled in as an indication of the imperative need to organize data toward the system field. Petit stresses the necessity of reestablishing science’s proper place in society. Utilizing the favorable terrain that oceans enjoy is even better.
The conservation of marine life under Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14) of the 2030 Agenda is the primary focus of the United Nations initiative known as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and other partners are all part of this global effort.
“The Ocean Task Force is currently producing a strategic document on the topic of sustainability that draws on the ten CNRS institutes,” Claudet claims. The United Nations Decade’s objective is to propose solutions to ocean-related issues, and this document may provide a springboard for such responses.
