Blue Carbon at COP30: Navigating Potential and Risk
As global leaders gather at COP30 to confront the climate crisis, a new policy brief by BIOcean5D, BlueRemediomics and the Tara Ocean Foundation highlights the potential and risks of ocean carbon sequestration, urging caution and emphasising the need to prioritise direct emission reductions.
Swimming against the current: highlighting the value of plankton services for marine conservation
Recently published BIOcean5D research highlights the understudied value of plankton, their ecosystem services and disservices, and the importance of integrating this knowledge into marine policy.
From DNA to action: improving climate change predictions and ocean conservation with advanced modelling
A recent publication co-funded by BIOcean5D improves advanced modelling, sharpening predictions of climate change impacts and guiding stronger ocean conservation efforts.
A decisive moment for the future of our Ocean
World leaders, political decision-makers and marine science experts gathered in Nice, France this month for the largest Ocean summit ever organised.
BBNJ: protecting biodiversity in the Wild West of the high seas
Recently published policy briefs provide recommendations to support the rapid and effective implementation of the BBNJ Treaty and activate unprecedented protection of our Ocean and its biodiversity.
European Ocean Days 2025
BIOcean5D was at the European Ocean Days event, held in Brussels from 3–7 March 2025, together with a diverse group of stakeholders to address urgent ocean and water challenges, discuss how to protect and preserve Europe’s marine ecosystems and help shape upcoming EU policies and initiatives.
UNCBD COP16: connecting science and policy to strengthen ocean conservation – part 2
The BIOcean5D policy brief – launched at UNCBD COP16, in Cali, Colombia – describes innovative scientific approaches to strengthen existing marine protection and conservation strategies.
UNCBD COP16: connecting science and policy to strengthen ocean conservation – part 1
Improving marine protection and conservation strategies requires integrating new and innovative science-based approaches. Bridging the science-policy gap is a major aspect of BIOcean5D, illustrated by the policy brief launch at UNCBD COP16, in Cali, Colombia.
Multidisciplinary collaboration to dive deeper into marine biodiversity
Our June workshop in Spain brought BIOcean5D WP6 team members together to discuss our progress in understanding the economic and social value of biodiversity.
The BIOcean5D policy strategy plan
New deliverable: our strategy to create and distribute three policy briefs that will result from BIOcean5D and other EU-funded research projects is out now