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News<br>Global Ocean Science Report: world's most complete picture of ocean science released<br>30 June 2026, Paris — The ocean shapes all life on Earth: our climate, our food, our livelihoods, our future. Yet how much do we really know about it? Today, during a side event at the 59th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the Executive Summary of the 3rd edition of the Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) has been released: the most complete picture of ocean science ever assembled.
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30 June 2026
GOSR is a flagship assessment that tracks global capacity in ocean science, investment in that capacity, and the collaborations and outputs that support ocean understanding, innovation and the blue economy, guiding Member States as they decide what is needed for a sustainable ocean.<br>The report's message is simple. The ocean is an economic powerhouse, rivalling the world's largest national economies, and it makes up 95% of our biosphere — our life support system. Yet less than 1% of national research budgets goes to ocean science: the people and infrastructure needed to understand and protect it.<br>Despite insufficient support, the returns are high. Ocean science publications have doubled in 15 years. Women now make up over 40% of the workforce. More than 80% of countries generate science together, collaboration that is vital for developing nations, and philanthropic funding has almost tripled.<br>But the gaps remain wide.<br>Just ten countries run two-thirds of the world's research vessels. Only one in four UN Ocean Decade actions is fully funded. Funding is short, access to technology is unequal, and time is running out.<br>We are more than halfway through the UN Ocean Decade, and the pathway to 2030 is clear: more skilled people, deeper collaboration, and better tools for decision-making.<br>For this, the ocean needs a bigger part of the budget.<br>Because the future of the ocean is the future of us all.
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