G7 Future of Seas and Ocean Initiative

German G7 Presidency 2022

February 15, 2022

With the overarching objective “Progress towards an equitable world”, Germany aims to use its Presidency to strengthen the G7 as a community of values that can work together to make progress with regard to multilateral cooperation,

First planning meeting of the Surface Ocean CO2 Monitoring Strategy

February 8, 2022

Co-hosted by the G7 FSOI Coordination Centre and the IOCCP/ GOOS Biogeochemistry Panel, the meeting discussed the scope of the strategy, including engagement with users from multiple sectors, observing requirements, existing capacity, data management, synthesis and

G7 FSOI and IOCCP launch development of a Surface Ocean CO2 Monitoring Strategy

December 7, 2021

On 25 November 2021, the G7 FSOI Coordination Centre hosted a one-day workshop jointly with the 16th Session of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) to launch the activity “A

GOOS at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)

November 5, 2021

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) presented its ocean-climate priorities at the 26th session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Co-chair Anya Waite (Ocean Frontiers Institute) presented GOOS priorities in the

NOAA’s supports establishing a globally operation Surface Ocean CO2 reference network

November 3, 2021

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has affirmed its support to establish a global operational surface ocean CO2 reference network. This one of the priority areas of the G7 FSOI and is a project

International scientists signal missing ocean data in global climate policy

October 7, 2021

In a workshop convened by the Ocean Frontier Institute, international scientists raised alarm that global climate target calculations and derived climate policies are missing a critical variable: the impact of changing ocean carbon on the climate.