Town Hall “Call for action”
Overview
“Call for action to advance ocean prediction capabilities for the benefits of society” led by OceanPredict/ForeSea and Mercator Ocean International.
Town Hall at the One Ocean Science Congress (June 4 – 9:00 to 10:00 CEST)|Room 3
This town hall meeting aims to present a call for action for international mobilization to advance ocean prediction capabilities in response to societal needs, based on the outcomes of the OP’24 symposium and the activities of relevant UN Decade programmes and the OceanPrediction UN Decade Collaborative Center. This one-hour session will feature a series of talks summarizing the discussions and outcomes of OP’24, concluding with the presentation of the call to action
Session Description
TM24
Call for action to advance ocean prediction capabilities for the benefits of society
Convener: Pierre-Yves Le Traon
Wed, 04 Jun, 09:00–10:00 (CEST)|Room 3
The Ocean is undergoing dramatic changes due to climate change, pollution and the (over)exploitation of marine resources. Advanced ocean monitoring and prediction capabilities are urgently required to sustainably manage the Ocean, protect marine biodiversity and support climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.
The OceanPredict 2024 Symposium « Advancing Ocean Prediction science for societal benefits » (https://www.oceanpredict24.org/), organized by the OceanPredict/ForeSea programme in collaboration with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC) was held from November 18-22 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The event marked a significant milestone in global ocean prediction science. It brought together 350 on-site participants and attracted 1,500 online registrations from around the world, highlighting its importance within the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. The symposium reviewed the recent achievements and discussed the main challenges required to advance the development of ocean reanalyses, analyses and prediction capabilities in response to societal needs. The event included sessions centered around ocean predictions from physics, sea ice to biogeochemistry and from global, regional to coastal scales. It covered new developments in ocean predictions (observations, modeling, data assimilation, ensemble approaches, machine learning / AI, digital twins, etc.), ocean prediction systems and services, and user applications and societal benefits.
This town hall meeting will build on the OP’24 symposium outcomes and the activities of the relevant UN Decade programmes and the OceanPrediction UN Decade Collaborative Center to present a call for action for an international mobilization to advance ocean prediction capabilities in response to societal needs.
The one-hour session will be organized around a series of talks summarizing OP’24 discussions and outcomes. The session will gather international speakers from a large range of countries and several ECOPs. It will be concluded with the presentation of the call for action.
Agenda
Moderator: P.Y. Le Traon, MOi
- 9:00-9:02 – Opening – V. Helgesen (IOC-UNESCO) 2’
- 9:02-9:07 – The Power of Prediction for a sustainable Blue Economy – J. Veitch (SAEON) 5’
- 9:07-9:17 – Building the ocean prediction of tomorrow: scientific challenges 10’
- 5’ Global and regional – Fraser Davidson (ECCC)
- 5’ Coastal and land-sea interfaces – J. Staneva (Hereon)
- 9:17-9:37 – Round table: Ocean Observation and Ocean Prediction: where do we want to go and how? 18’
Post (IOC-UNESCO), S. Wijfells (WHOI), Y. Faugere (CNES), E. Alvarez (MOi), J. Tintore (SOCIB), D. Lecellier (GEO Blue Planet*).
The round table will gather representatives of satellite agencies, GOOS and ocean prediction community (Ocean Prediction DCC and relevant programmes) to discuss how the ocean observing and ocean prediction communities will work together to deliver the predicted ocean outcome of the UN Decade.
- 9:37-9:40– Presentation of the call for action – M. Drevillon (MOi) 3’
- 9:40-9:58 – Discussion 20’
- 9:58-10:00 – Conclusion – P. Bahurel (MOi) 2’
*ECOP