The Southern Ocean Task Force and the Organ izing Committee of Polar Data Forum IV are pleased to announce that the Southern Ocean Decade & Polar Data Forum Wee k 2021 will be convened on 20-24 September 2021.
This event will be dedicated to the 2nd South ern Ocean Regional Workshop for the UN Ocean Decade (20-22 September) and t he 4th edition of the Polar Data Forum (20-24 September).
2nd Southern Ocean Regional Workshop – 20-22 September
In the framework of the United Natio ns Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the Southern Ocean Community engaged in a stakeholder-oriented process to develop the Southern Ocean Action Plan to provide a framework for Southern Ocean stakeholders t o formulate and develop concrete activities that support the Decade vision.
Based on the First Southern Ocean Regio nal Workshop, this 2nd volume of the Southern Ocean contribution to the UN Ocean Decade will provide a space to gather ocean key stakeholders to furth er discuss and prioritize the Southern Ocean challenges, and identify tangi ble actions and deliverables to overcome these as a community.
The Workshop will combine a conference style meeting in support of knowledge exchange, with a public consultation approach that will build up to the development of the Final Southern Ocean Action Plan f or the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Polar Data Forum IV – 20-24 September
Polar Data Forum (PDF) is a place whe re polar data holders get together and make more use of data. The Forum has two main components: the Conference, where the border between funding, pol icy and data is explored through presentations and posters (23-24 September ); and Workshop Sessions & Hackathons, where the Polar Data Community o pens the dialogue to make progress on their shared objectives (20-22 Septem ber).
Based on the activities and discus sions from PDF III, and particularly, on a workshop focused on marine data, this edition of the Polar Data Forum will put the focus on polar oceans. T his also enables the Forum to be aligned with the launch of the UN Decade o f Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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