National Oceanography Centre, UK, National and Public Good
Lead Research Organisation:
National Oceanography Centre
Department Name: Science and Technology
Abstract
Mankind is increasingly turning to the oceans for vital resources and services, including energy, food, minerals, recreation and transport, while also being increasingly impacted by ocean hazards such as sea-level rise and tsunamis. However, ocean resources are finite and many are being rapidly depleted through human exploitation, while both resources and hazards are being altered by global climate change. Consequently, there is increased interest from society and policy-makers in developing sustainable and responsive approaches to ocean management, underpinned by trusted and robust scientific advice.
By NERC's definition, NC-NPG funding supports activities that will strengthen national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit through provision of independent scientific and expert advice, or other services required by government and the wider public. NOC's NC-NPG activity is therefore targeted at UK national interests in the ocean, including (a) setting the public policy framework to develop the marine-based economy whilst protecting the ocean's future health, (b) protecting people and economic infrastructure from marine-related disasters, and (c) making sense of and addressing the implications of global environmental changes involving the ocean.
To achieve this, NOC will focus NPG activity on the most relevant international and national fora, e.g. representation and support of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the UK Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC), to ensure cutting-edge science and technology outputs are available to UK Government and international policy-makers. To achieve this, the four FTE of staff effort available for NPG activity will be delivered through dedicated personnel in the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO), and additional input from >250 science and technology experts drawn from across the organisation as required.
NOC's NPG activity will ensure UK Government is able to increase its influence in international affairs relating to the oceans, is well informed about current and emerging ocean issues (e.g. marine robotics and establishment of Marine Protected Areas), and is able to respond promptly and appropriately to natural hazards and disasters.
By NERC's definition, NC-NPG funding supports activities that will strengthen national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit through provision of independent scientific and expert advice, or other services required by government and the wider public. NOC's NC-NPG activity is therefore targeted at UK national interests in the ocean, including (a) setting the public policy framework to develop the marine-based economy whilst protecting the ocean's future health, (b) protecting people and economic infrastructure from marine-related disasters, and (c) making sense of and addressing the implications of global environmental changes involving the ocean.
To achieve this, NOC will focus NPG activity on the most relevant international and national fora, e.g. representation and support of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the UK Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC), to ensure cutting-edge science and technology outputs are available to UK Government and international policy-makers. To achieve this, the four FTE of staff effort available for NPG activity will be delivered through dedicated personnel in the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO), and additional input from >250 science and technology experts drawn from across the organisation as required.
NOC's NPG activity will ensure UK Government is able to increase its influence in international affairs relating to the oceans, is well informed about current and emerging ocean issues (e.g. marine robotics and establishment of Marine Protected Areas), and is able to respond promptly and appropriately to natural hazards and disasters.
Planned Impact
The primary beneficiary of NOC NC-NPG activity is UK Government, in particular the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Defra, BEIS and DfID. The three primary objectives outlined previously impact on each Department, but to varying extents. For example, in the international arena, NOC are tasked with providing the UK Delegation to the IOC and have undertaken this role for over 50 years; this means that DfID (as the responsible Department for UNESCO) and FCO (as the responsible Department for foreign policy) can have confidence that UK representation has continuity, with well-established relationships and contacts, and understands the wider UK marine landscape (including the NERC research community). In addition, Defra are increasingly becoming responsible for international environmental policy, where they report against a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goal indicators, data for which will partly be recognised by way of our coordination efforts. NOC NPG also provides the science lead and coordination of the UK's contribution to the G7 'Future of the Seas and Oceans' initiative, to the benefit of BEIS.
NOC will continue to underpin (via NPG) the ongoing need for co-ordination of dialogue between key UK Government Departments and Delivery Agencies with marine interests, and who require marine evidence to support their work (presently about 30 Departments and Agencies); this is a priority identified by two House of Commons Science & Technology Reports. This coordination is undertaken by the UK MSCC, which reports to Ministers, with NOC providing key resources to the secretariat (together with Defra and Marine Scotland). The added value NOC provides is scientific expertise to complement policy expertise. In addition, our advice on storm surges (the UK's single biggest natural disaster risk, with four million people and £150bn of assets at risk) and tsunamis (advice provision and the UK's national contact point) to the UK Natural Hazards Partnership of the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat was recently demonstrated following Hurricanes Irma and Jose where storm surge modeling expertise was sought.
Whilst the above Departments are the major beneficiaries of NOC NPG activity, there are increasing opportunities to demonstrate value to others, mirroring increased interest in ocean affairs. An active example is a significant upsurge in requests from the MoD to access NOC capability and experience in marine robotics, which is now formalised through (a) the MoU between NOC, Royal Navy and Dstl, and (b) provision of a bi-annual MoD 'Marine Autonomy and Technology Engagement Day' hosted by NOC. Finally, to measure our NPG impact we will develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for (a) processes designed to increase NOC impact within UK Government, e.g. numbers of staff exchanges between NOC and Government Departments, and numbers of briefings requested / delivered, and (b) outcomes of our three primary objectives via an annual NOC NPG impact review, using our own input metrics and customer feedback on outcomes.
NOC will continue to underpin (via NPG) the ongoing need for co-ordination of dialogue between key UK Government Departments and Delivery Agencies with marine interests, and who require marine evidence to support their work (presently about 30 Departments and Agencies); this is a priority identified by two House of Commons Science & Technology Reports. This coordination is undertaken by the UK MSCC, which reports to Ministers, with NOC providing key resources to the secretariat (together with Defra and Marine Scotland). The added value NOC provides is scientific expertise to complement policy expertise. In addition, our advice on storm surges (the UK's single biggest natural disaster risk, with four million people and £150bn of assets at risk) and tsunamis (advice provision and the UK's national contact point) to the UK Natural Hazards Partnership of the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat was recently demonstrated following Hurricanes Irma and Jose where storm surge modeling expertise was sought.
Whilst the above Departments are the major beneficiaries of NOC NPG activity, there are increasing opportunities to demonstrate value to others, mirroring increased interest in ocean affairs. An active example is a significant upsurge in requests from the MoD to access NOC capability and experience in marine robotics, which is now formalised through (a) the MoU between NOC, Royal Navy and Dstl, and (b) provision of a bi-annual MoD 'Marine Autonomy and Technology Engagement Day' hosted by NOC. Finally, to measure our NPG impact we will develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for (a) processes designed to increase NOC impact within UK Government, e.g. numbers of staff exchanges between NOC and Government Departments, and numbers of briefings requested / delivered, and (b) outcomes of our three primary objectives via an annual NOC NPG impact review, using our own input metrics and customer feedback on outcomes.
Organisations
- National Oceanography Centre (Lead Research Organisation)
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) (Collaboration)
- CROWN ESTATE (Collaboration)
- British Embassy Santiago (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Collaboration)
- Government of the British Virgin Islands (Collaboration)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Collaboration)
- UN International Seabed Authority (Collaboration)
- Government of Newfoundland & Labrador (Collaboration)
- CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE (Collaboration)
- United Kingdom Research and Innovation (Collaboration)
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (Collaboration)
- Government of Scotland (Collaboration)
- Historic England (Collaboration)
- Scottish Association for Marine Science (Collaboration)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- GO-SHIP (Collaboration)
- UK National Commission for UNESCO (Collaboration)
- World Meteorological Organization (Collaboration)
- International Cable Protection Committee (Collaboration)
- PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- University of Malaysia, Terengganu (Collaboration)
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Collaboration)
- UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (Collaboration)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Collaboration)
- Government of Chile (Collaboration)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Collaboration)
Publications
Clare M
(2023)
Climate change hotspots and implications for the global subsea telecommunications network
in Earth-Science Reviews
Smith S
(2019)
Ship-Based Contributions to Global Ocean, Weather, and Climate Observing Systems
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Freeman E
(2019)
The International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set - Meeting Users Needs and Future Priorities
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Ponte R
(2019)
Towards Comprehensive Observing and Modeling Systems for Monitoring and Predicting Regional to Coastal Sea Level
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Cronin M
(2019)
Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Kent E
(2019)
Observing Requirements for Long-Term Climate Records at the Ocean Surface
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Williams C
(2022)
The Three Rs: Resolving Respiration Robotically in Shelf Seas
in Geophysical Research Letters
Talling PJ
(2022)
Longest sediment flows yet measured show how major rivers connect efficiently to deep sea.
in Nature communications
Solomon A
(2021)
Freshwater in the Arctic Ocean 2010-2019
in Ocean Science
GCOS
(2022)
The 2022 GCOS ECVs Requirements
| Description | Enhanced closer working relationship with UK Government Departments and Agencies. Greater coordination of UK marine science community and its use to promote UK expertise Enabled NOCs and UK voice to be heard on the International stage Use of science as a form of 'soft power/diplomacy' |
| Exploitation Route | contribution to setting UK Marine policy, including the FCO International Ocean Strategy. Contributions to supporting UK Government at international fora, such as the UN. Supporting natural disaster mitigation in the UK OTs. Contributing to the global debate on ocean science and the importance the oceans play in moderating climate change. |
| Sectors | Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Description | it is clear that use of these funds has enabled the NOC to provide experts from a wide range of disciplines to participate in numerous fora and to represent not only the NOC but the UK at national and international fora, ensuring that UK marine science expertise is actively contributing to global challenges, including climate change, capacity development and developing international instruments (Treaties). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | 'Safeguarding the environment in British Overseas Territories' call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action: 2020-2021 - A Report of the Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) Initiative |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://rocainitiative.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/roca-progress-report-2020-2021.final_.pdf |
| Description | Brexit science and innovation Summit Inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Call for Evidence: Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://noc.ac.uk/files/documents/about/ispo/CCS_2019_-_National_Oceanography_Centre.pdf |
| Description | Chair of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO) Assembly of Members. |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | http://emso.eu/what-is-emso/ |
| Description | Climate Change and Fisheries |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PN-0604#fullreport |
| Description | Co-developed with the ISA an experts meeting to develop a Technology Roadmap for the ISA |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The NOC briefing paper and outcomes of the experts meeting will provide the foundation upon which the ISA will develop a Technology Roadmap that will complement ISA Regulations relating to the exploration and exploitation of deep sea minerals. |
| URL | https://isa.org.jm/news/isa-noc-expert-meeting-defines-pathways-advance-innovation-and-technology-de... |
| Description | Coastal flooding and adaptation to climate change inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://noc.ac.uk/files/documents/about/ispo/Coastal_Flooding_and_Adaptation_to_Climate_Change_NOC.p... |
| Description | Contribution to a House of Lords inquiry into the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The inquiry report referenced a number of NOC contributions, where the associated summary reccommendations would rely on NOC research capabilities e.g. modelling where sea level rise (SLR) will impact, in particular, small island states and the impact SLR will have on climate change migrants; the need to support UK Overseas Territories that dont currently benefit from the Blue Belt programme; the need to ensure participation in the COP26 established Ocean dialogues at future UNFCCC COP; and the importance of SMART cables as a component of ocean observations and the need to improve their governance. |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/9005/documents/159002/default/ |
| Description | Contributions to the development of the G7 Decade Navigation Plan |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g7-climate-and-environment-ministers-meeting-may-2021-com... |
| Description | Coordinated input to the Highly Protected Marine Areas review call for evidence (October 2019) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://consult.defra.gov.uk/marine/highly-protected-marine-areas-call-for-evidence/ |
| Description | Draft Environment Bill 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Establishment of an IOC Sub-Commission for the Inidian Ocean |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | FCO International Ocean Strategy |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | FCO led cross-government deep sea mining workshop, at Lancaster House. |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | NOCs contribution at the workshop was used to inform a UK position in relation to the UN International Seabed Authority's (ISA) development of regulations for deep seafloor mineral mining. |
| Description | Future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation Professor Sir Adrian Smith call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://noc.ac.uk/files/documents/about/ispo/Professor%20Sir%20Adrian%20Smith-Evidence-NOC%20May%202... |
| Description | GEOSPATIAL COMMISSION - national geospatial data strategy, call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | GOOS Ship Observations Team - Vice Chair |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The SOT is responsible for the co-ordination of ship-based observation networks and reviewing and revising the requirements and procedures for the observing systems. |
| URL | https://www.ocean-ops.org/sot/ |
| Description | IOC Seventeenth Session of the Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GE-GLOSS-XVII), 7-10 November 2022, Paris, UNESCO |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Observational tide gauge network is providing robust scientific evidence about sea level rise along the global coastline and contribute to the development of the adaptation policies by national governments, local authorities and coastal communities |
| Description | IOC-UNESCO Global Ocean Science Report |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://en.unesco.org/gosr |
| Description | Inputs from NOC research on subsea cables to Dept for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | uote from Rebecca Nottingham at DCMS "Research from Dr Clare and the NOC is extremely helpful for us as policymakers in DCMS. The increased awareness offered by this research directly contributes to the formulation of informed, strategic policymaking that accurately reflects developing hazards and risks, enhances our understanding of how to protect critical infrastructure in a fragile and changing marine environment, and supports resilience plans through evidence-based understanding of risk impacts and likelihood. This research also enables us as policymakers to draw on a trusted, reliable and authoritative source, supporting us in triaging an abundance of information and ensuring HMG actions, decisions and policies can be guided by informed, impartial research." |
| Description | Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC) - UK Integrated Marine Observing Network |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Marine Science Coordination Committee - International Working Group (MSCC IWG) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The MSCC IWG plays a cruicial role in coordinating UK marine science with an international perspective. It allows government and delivery aganecies to assess engagement with international and share knowledge thus allowing alignment with national priorities. The MSCC IWG has been designated as the UKs National Decade Committee of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. |
| URL | https://projects.noc.ac.uk/iwg/ |
| Description | Marine Science Coordination Committee International Working Group (MSCC IWG) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The NOC organised a meeting with FCO and Defra marine policy leads to ascertain UK policy priorities for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. In supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) chair their first MSCC IWG meeting the NOC assumed the role of coordinating UK participation at UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development events. This was demonstrated by way of coordination and selection of appropriate UK participants at the Decade North Atlantic Regional Workshop, collation of UK stakeholder feedback use to influence possible UK science contributions to the UN Decade. Continued engagement with FCO aligns UK science priorities with UK Government marine policy priorities. |
| Description | Marine Science Coordination Committee secretariat support |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The UK Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC) brings together the marine science and evidence interests of multiple UK government departments, devolved administrations and public agencies. This enables marine science activities to be better coordinated nationally to avoid duplication of efforts and provides a means to engage with those in Government, Devolved Administrations and other Public Bodies on the latest research advances, to explain the importance research findings and to understand the science-based evidence needs. TTo assist this process the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) provides secretariat support. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/marine-science-co-ordination-committee |
| Description | Membership of Joint GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The GCOS Implementation Plans influence funding for networks contributing to the climate record. |
| URL | https://gcos.wmo.int/en/atmospheric-observation-panel-climate |
| Description | Membership of and contribution to World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Expert Teams and Study Groups: Expert Team on Data Standards (ET-Date) and Study Group on Ocean Observations Infrastructure and Systems (SG-OOIS). |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Improvements to the global observing system feeding through to improved weather forecasts and the associated benefits (through ET-Data and SOT). Improved evidence for monitoring marine and global climate change. Both are achieved by helping ensure we are making the observations we need (SOT) and by making sure that the operational centers have timely access to those data (ET-Data). The SG-OOIS is only a few months old so impacts have not yet been realised. |
| URL | https://community.wmo.int/governance/commission-membership/commission-observation-infrastructures-an... |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://oceanprediction.org/ |
| Description | Public consultation on EU funds in the area of investment, research & innovation, SMEs and single market |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Review of continental shelf submissions derived from ridge features of the seafloor. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | State of the UK Climate 2017 UK MetOffice Report |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2018/state-of-the-climat... |
| Description | Support to the FCO in relation to Treaty negotiations for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | As the UK exit the EU we will now participate as an independent country, whereas in the past UK priorities were included within broader EU policy. As such it is even more important now that the UK Government is as well informed of UK positions in relation to the treaty negotiations. The NOC, as the primary UK research agency active on the High Seas is best placed to provide this. Its is also imperative that the NOC is aware of any possible impact on undertaking marine scientific research on the High Seas and provides advise to ensure the UK Government is aware of the need to avoid any substantial impact. |
| URL | https://www.un.org/bbnj/ |
| Description | Sustainable Seas Inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | a need for a change of attitude, the "out of sight, out of mind" or "sea blindness" attitude to the seas must be tackled. See summary at the web link below |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmenvaud/980/98003.htm |
| Description | The Changing Arctic Inqury |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | UK Delegate at the IOC-UNESCO |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Being a UK Delegate at the IOC-UNESCO allows us to influence Decisions and Resolutions that guide the work of the IOC. The UK Deleghation was also influential in steering the direction of an Implementation Plan for the UN Decade of Ocean Sceince for Sustainable Development. |
| URL | https://ioc.unesco.org/ |
| Description | UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy - Healthy Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | UK Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC) Roadmap |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | UK Member of the GO-SHIP Science Committee |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | UK representation in international community, ensuring uk strategic input and maintianing contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) |
| URL | https://www.go-ship.org/ |
| Description | UK Member of the GO-SHIP science committee and member of GO-SHIP data management team |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | GO-SHIP forms the climate-quality backbone of the global hydrographic dataset used for numerous studies, including those feeding into IPCC reports, of the ocean's role in ameliorating climate change by absorbing and storing heat and carbon, and its changing impact on sea level, freshwater, nutrients, and ocean acidity. It serves as a crucial reference for other regional and global (e.g. Argo) ocean observations and validation for numerical models that predict the current and future state of the earth system, and it also provides real-time data for assimilation into operational forecasting models. The UK contributes nearly 10% of the international GO-SHIP sections, and the UK sections span key regions of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, with a correspondingly large impact on forecasts on a range of timescales. |
| Description | UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - UK prioritization |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | member of the UK Delegation at the BBNJ Treaty Negoatiations |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | members of the UN Decade Regional Workshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia steering Committee |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office working with NOC CEO Prof Ed Hill were invited onto the steering committee of the UN Decade Regional Workshop. Our involvement resulted in significant influence in securing the participation of a strong UK team from the key UK marine research agencies as well as incorporating access to a UK Research vessel, RRS James Cook, used to promote UK Marine science capabilities. |
| Description | the National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | NPOP is a collaborative programme between the NOC, the Met Office, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. The scientific collaboration aims to provide an improved understanding and prediction of many aspects of the marine environment, including; fisheries, safety at sea, maritime operations, marine renewable energy, coastal flood warning, and the achievement and maintenance of good environmental status. As part of this programme, scientists from the partner organisations develop and promote the application of world-leading marine products and services, with a focus on national and public benefit. This includes the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information, and advice about the marine environment. To assist this process the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) provides secretariat support. |
| URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/npop |
| Description | Improving resilience of telecommunication links to Small Island Developing States |
| Amount | £118,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Marine Environmental Advisor to International Cable Protection Committee |
| Amount | £40,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Cable Protection Committee |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | Sustainability of subsea cables |
| Amount | £18,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Cable Protection Committee |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Title | Database of Country Profiles |
| Description | The NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office has compiled a database of countries with which we are or would like to engage with. The database provides information available to NOC colleagues who wish to work with a particular country. The database contains information on: marine Treaties; national marine policies; Voluntary Commitments to the UN Ocean Conference; national Funding agencies; Government Departments responsible for marine affairs; Government and other delivery agencies; specific UK interests; enterprise/commercial interests; past experiences provided by NOC colleagues. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Too soon to say |
| Title | Database of NOC experts on national and international board/panels etc |
| Description | The NOC provides experts that support a variety of national and international initiatives. To ensure visibility and coordination of effort the NOCs International and Strategic Partnerships office collates information of who does what. This is a useful tool should anyone require detail of any particular initiative in that it provides a direct contact point. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The database was used to support NOCs recent Centre Evaluation |
| Title | UK Marine Science and Technology Compendium |
| Description | The database provides an overview of the UK's marine research institutes and university departments, the marine industry sector, government bodies representing marine and marine-related Non-Governmental Organisations. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | For the first time we have a UK wide single point source of the majority of UK marine science expertise. This compendium greatly assisted the UK being able to make a substantial input to the IOC-UNESCO Global Ocean Science Report for publication later in 2019. |
| URL | http://naqbase.noc.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Advisory Board membership for DEFRA Marine Natural Capital & Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Membership of mNCEA advisory board. Includes 6-weekly meetings since June 2021 to review ongoing activity towards programme objective: Transform the way the DEFRA evidence-base is captured, analysed and brought together to ensure science meets the needs of policy / decision makers to embed a natural capital approach, allowing us to leave our marine environment in a better state than we found it, achieving clean, productive, healthy and biologically diverse seas, and a sustainable blue economy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attendance of AB meetings. Contribution to workshops and summary reports addressing transformation of UK marine monitoring and innovative approaches. |
| Impact | Successful submission of mNCEA (within broader NCEA bid) by DEFRA to Spending Review 2021. This will fund a new 3 year, mNCEA programme from 2022. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative efforts with NOAA to enable the UK to become a member of an All Atlantic Research Alliance |
| Organisation | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Since the UKs departure from the EU it is now lo longer party to the Galway Statement (the EU is the signatory member). As such the UK is in danger of not having its contributions to Atlantic Ocean marine scientific research being recognised. To address this the NOC has been exploring possitibilities to become members. Having learnt that this would not be possible in that the Galway or Belem Statements would not be re-opened for signature, we were made aware via our colleagues at NOAA that a new Declaration offering an opportunity to become a member of a broad stakeholder community of researchers in the Atlantic was being developed. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As a key stakeholder in developing the Declaration, NOAA as the USA representatives, have been providing information to the NOC such that we can share with UK Government such that the UK becomes members via Ministerial agreement. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Coordination of UKs contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the providers of the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO, the NOC is in a privileged position to receive inflammation relating to the UN Decade, where the implementation plan is being developed by the IOC-UNESCO. Given this we work closely with UK Government departments to share information as well as support their ambitions to coordinate UK contributions. To this end the NOC has taken on a de-facto role in coordinating UK marine research agency participation in UN Decade events. Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to selected UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the Chair of the UKs Marine Science Coordination Committee International Working Group (MSCC IWG) the FCO has the responsibility to ensure coordination of UK agency interests under the auspices of the MSCC. As the lead Department for the environment Defra has a responsibility to ensure any UK Decade activities align with UK environment policy. As the lead Department for funding research BEIS has an interest in capturing what will be needed should any UK Decade programmes be developed. |
| Impact | Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to select UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Coordination of UKs contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the providers of the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO, the NOC is in a privileged position to receive inflammation relating to the UN Decade, where the implementation plan is being developed by the IOC-UNESCO. Given this we work closely with UK Government departments to share information as well as support their ambitions to coordinate UK contributions. To this end the NOC has taken on a de-facto role in coordinating UK marine research agency participation in UN Decade events. Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to selected UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the Chair of the UKs Marine Science Coordination Committee International Working Group (MSCC IWG) the FCO has the responsibility to ensure coordination of UK agency interests under the auspices of the MSCC. As the lead Department for the environment Defra has a responsibility to ensure any UK Decade activities align with UK environment policy. As the lead Department for funding research BEIS has an interest in capturing what will be needed should any UK Decade programmes be developed. |
| Impact | Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to select UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Coordination of UKs contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the providers of the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO, the NOC is in a privileged position to receive inflammation relating to the UN Decade, where the implementation plan is being developed by the IOC-UNESCO. Given this we work closely with UK Government departments to share information as well as support their ambitions to coordinate UK contributions. To this end the NOC has taken on a de-facto role in coordinating UK marine research agency participation in UN Decade events. Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to selected UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the Chair of the UKs Marine Science Coordination Committee International Working Group (MSCC IWG) the FCO has the responsibility to ensure coordination of UK agency interests under the auspices of the MSCC. As the lead Department for the environment Defra has a responsibility to ensure any UK Decade activities align with UK environment policy. As the lead Department for funding research BEIS has an interest in capturing what will be needed should any UK Decade programmes be developed. |
| Impact | Examples include at the UN Decade Regional Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the NOC, as the IOC Focal points, took on responsibility to select UK participation and collation of UK feedback that will be used in other UK Decade initiatives e.g. UN Decade meeting organised by the Royal Society. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Development of MoU with the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) |
| Organisation | University of Malaysia, Terengganu |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office, working with colleagues in the Legal and Governance Team, facilitated the signing of a MoU with the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. This MoU will underpin collaborative research on Habitat Mapping, Biology, Ecology, Chemistry, Physical Oceanography, and Policy Engagement. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Enabled NOC scientists access to work with a key Malaysian partner |
| Impact | The NOC has hosted a three week visit from two researchers from UMT in November and December 2019. Dr Azizi Bin Ali and Mr Roslan Latif spent the time in Marine Geoscience, MARS and the glider team respectively. A return visit is being planned for next year and NOC hopes to deliver a workshop in support of the NC-ODA ACCORD project. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Development of a personal respirator for healthcare professionals treating COVID-19 (PeRSo) |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution by various members of OTE during initial prototype and testing phase of project: • Assistance with researching and sourcing suitable engineering materials and components • Assistance with researching and sourcing HEPA filtration materials • Contribution of design/manufacturing ideas • 3D printing of components • Securing of external manufacturing effort at extremely short notice (hours) to manufacture prototype parts |
| Collaborator Contribution | University of Southampton led the project and, since our involvement, have developed the PeRSo respirator to the point where it is now in manufacture with Indo Lighting Ltd/Baynhams, available for sale and in use by frontline healthcare workers. https://www.baynhams.com/perso |
| Impact | PPE equipoment for use during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Enabling a member of the Advisory Board of the UN Ocean Decade |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the UK Delegation to the IOC-UNESCO the NOC worked with Defra and FCDO colleagues to identify a nominne to the UN Ocean Decade of Ocean Science Advidory Board that could foster the support of UK Government. To this end the NOC supported Defra's efforts in submitting Prof Gideon Henderson, Defra Chief Scientific Advisor as a nominee. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the host agency Defra submitted the nomination |
| Impact | Re-enfoced the strong working relationship between the NOC and Defra. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Enhanced collaborations with International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) |
| Organisation | International Cable Protection Committee |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I met with the ICPC (umbrella organisation at 170 cable companies) when I was invited to give a keynote address at their plenary meeting in 2018 in Cape Town. I shared findings and future directions for monitoring seafloor hazards, which led to me being invited to apply for (and awarded with) the role as Marine Environmental Advisor to the ICPC. This role will enable me to continue to perform knowledge exchange to a large industry community and to ensure that seafloor hazards research funded by UKRI continues to have wide reaching impact beyond the lifetime of these grants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ICPC funded my travel, subsistence etc to attend at the plenary meeting and facilitated meetings with a large number of cable companies. Following my appointment (to start June 2019) as Marine Environmental Advisor, they will provide recurrent funding of £20K per year (ON AN OPEN ENDED BASIS) to support my time to enable knowledge exchange about marine hazards, and understanding impacts of seafloor infrastructure on the marine environment. |
| Impact | NERC funding enabled me to develop these links in a much deeper manner than would have been possible. I am currently contributing to the only recognised legal treatise on submarine cables with the ICPC. This collaboration involves engineers, geologists, biologists, and legal experts. Specific feedback from the ICPC: "The project has pioneered a quantified global perspective of cable faults caused by earthquakes and cyclones. Thus, it is possible to identify hazard 'hot spots' and their impact via the frequency and extent of damage sustained by multiple cable systems. Such information is essential for improving subsea cable routes and has been instrumental in the design of one new route through the cable-congested Strait of Luzon between Taiwan and the Philippines. The redesign allowed the cable to cross the highly active Gaoping Canyon at a location where turbidity currents waned to speeds that were not damaging to cables. This project highlighted the importance of meteorological disturbances as generators of cable-damaging turbidity currents. A suggestion made that these cyclone-related hazards were on the rise appears to have been proved correct. At least three studies now show that typhoons in the western Pacific are intensifying as ocean and atmosphere warm. As a result, the cable industry is now aware of an emerging hazard and routes should be designed accordingly, i.e. where possible avoid high discharge rivers that feed submarine canyons. There is no doubt that the research supported by NERC has provided new knowledge that is of direct value to the cable industry" Lionel Carter, marine environmental advisor, International Cable Protection Committee In 2022, this collaboration led to a successful NERC Urgency grant to understand the reasons for widespread subsea cable damage that disconnected Tonga from the internet. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Fostering collaborations with UK Overseas Territories - habitat mapping in the BVI |
| Organisation | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
| Country | Virgin Islands, British |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Efforts instigated and supported by NPG resulted in the NOC receiving £90k to undertake capacity development in marine habitat mapping, funded by the DVI Disaster Recovery Fund. The success of this programme led to the NOC being awarded £600,000 by Darwin Plus to continue these efforts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | BVI funded and stakeholders participated |
| Impact | Training of local stakeolders. Influence approaches to managing BVI waters. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Fostering relationships with UK Overseas Territories - engagement in the UN Ocean Decade |
| Organisation | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
| Country | Virgin Islands, British |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the UK Delegation to the IOC-UNESCO we are exploring ways by which a number of UK OTs can get involved in UN Ocean Decade related activities. There is a regional Decade Plan of Action which manages Decade related activities in the region and involvement of UK Ots is currently minimal. |
| Collaborator Contribution | engaging in info sharing |
| Impact | none so far |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | G7 |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provide a science coordinator to the G7 Future of the Sea and Oceans initiative. A tangible outcome is that NOC has been working with BEIS on implementing a key recommendation of the G7 Future of the Seas Working group, namely that the G7 should form an Global Ocean Observing System Implementation Team and to coordinate G7 ocean observing efforts and ensure that it is clearly tied into the work of GOOS by co-locating the activity with the IOC in Paris. NOC has supported BEIS in developing a costed plan for this which will involve the UK (BEIS) funding a position to lead this activity, thereby ensuring the UK continues to play a leadership role in the on going ocean observing activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide funding to enable a coordinator that will be line managed by the NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO). Provide the UK Government lead. |
| Impact | The post-holder, Dr Kay Hill has been appointed and started in January 2020. Too early to advise regarding outputs/outcomes. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visit by Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. |
| Organisation | Government of Newfoundland & Labrador |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office responded to a request for a visit by Minister Bernard Davis who had recently taken up his post as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation where he had an interested in understating the innovative technologies being developed by the NOC. The NOC advised the UK High Commission in Ottawa where the High Commissioner was keen to support building partnerships with Canadian agencies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador have ambitions to develop their State as the lead in the Canadian Maritimes region in developing technologies, working in partnerships with local and international partners. |
| Impact | Direct links that can be used by UK Government to foster UK-Canada partnerships |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | ISA/UN-OHRLLS Women in Deep Sea Research project to promote women empowerment in marine scientific research |
| Organisation | UN International Seabed Authority |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides an Advisory Board member and access to opportunities to women from developing countries to participate on NOC managed research vessels via a bursary programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ISA manage the programme, which supports the their voluntary contribution to the UN Ocean Conference 2017 (#OceanAction15467) to enhancing the role of women in marine scientific research through capacity-building |
| Impact | to date contributions have been in an advisory capacity. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | International GO-SHIP co-chair |
| Organisation | Go-Ship |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Chair meetings of the science committee 4 times a year Meet with the other co-chair and technical co-ordinator monthly Represent GO-SHIP at monthly Ocean co-ordination group (OCG) meetings Prepare annual GO-SHIP report, summary of GO-SHIP achievements and forward look and GO-SHIP specification sheet for OCG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration |
| Impact | GO-SHIP brings together scientists with interests in physical oceanography, the carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems, and other users and collectors of hydrographic data to develop a globally coordinated network of sustained hydrographic sections as part of the global ocean/climate observing system. GO-SHIP is a major contributor to WCRP's Climate Variability and Predictability Experiment (CLIVAR) and International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project. GO-SHIP is part of the Global Climate Observing System / Global Ocean Observing System (GCOS / GOOS). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) engagement |
| Organisation | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Department | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Member of the WMO/IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC) JCOMM Coordinator for Table Driven Codes activitiesinclude: Representing JCOMM at the sessions of the WMO Inter-Programme Expert Team on Codes and Maintenance (IPET-CM) Attending Sessions of the JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG). The IPET-CM coordinates data formats for real time transmission of meteorological and Ooceanographic observations within the WMO community Preparatory work and attendance at the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT) Attended the 7th Session of the JCOMM Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC) Participation in the organisation of (on behalf of ETMC) and participation in the 5th JCOMM Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology (CLIMAR-5) Invited participants in the WMO Workshop on Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions for WMO Data Exchange Invited participant in the JCOMMOPS Strategic Planning Meeting, representing the SOT |
| Collaborator Contribution | JCOMM was the joint initiative between two UN organisations, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) which bring together experts from the fields of meteorology and ocean science. The JCOMM has subsequently been replaced by the Joint Collaborative Board (JCB), but remains a joint initiative between the IOC and the WMO. |
| Impact | The IPET-CM coordinates data formats for real time transmission of meteorological and oceanographic observations within the WMO community and the JCOMM coordinator roles ensures that the needs of the marine community are represented and met within the WMO system Representing the needs of the marine climate community and ETMC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) engagement |
| Organisation | World Meteorological Organization |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Member of the WMO/IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC) JCOMM Coordinator for Table Driven Codes activitiesinclude: Representing JCOMM at the sessions of the WMO Inter-Programme Expert Team on Codes and Maintenance (IPET-CM) Attending Sessions of the JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG). The IPET-CM coordinates data formats for real time transmission of meteorological and Ooceanographic observations within the WMO community Preparatory work and attendance at the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT) Attended the 7th Session of the JCOMM Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC) Participation in the organisation of (on behalf of ETMC) and participation in the 5th JCOMM Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology (CLIMAR-5) Invited participants in the WMO Workshop on Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions for WMO Data Exchange Invited participant in the JCOMMOPS Strategic Planning Meeting, representing the SOT |
| Collaborator Contribution | JCOMM was the joint initiative between two UN organisations, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) which bring together experts from the fields of meteorology and ocean science. The JCOMM has subsequently been replaced by the Joint Collaborative Board (JCB), but remains a joint initiative between the IOC and the WMO. |
| Impact | The IPET-CM coordinates data formats for real time transmission of meteorological and oceanographic observations within the WMO community and the JCOMM coordinator roles ensures that the needs of the marine community are represented and met within the WMO system Representing the needs of the marine climate community and ETMC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Lead Author on Chapter 5 (Carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks) of the IPCC Assessment Report 6 |
| Organisation | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC provides the Lead Author on Chapter 5 (Carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks) of the IPCC Assessment Report 6. The LAM3 (Lead Author Meeting) was the 3rd all-author meeting during which the authors worked to address the comments from the public review of the First Order Draft of the AR6, and to develop the Second Order Draft. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Lead Author worked to address the comments from the public review of the First Order Draft of the AR6, and to develop the Second Order Draft. Attendance at LAMs is required for continued involvement in the IPCC assessment process. |
| Impact | TBD |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Marine Environment mapping in the BVI |
| Organisation | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
| Department | Ministry of Natural Resources & Labour |
| Country | Virgin Islands, British |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Following a visit by the (then) Deputy Prime Minister of the BVI in December 2018 where a request was made to use a UK Government funded facility, the Containerised Autonomous Marine Environmental Laboratory (CAMEL), the ISPO has been coordinating with the FCO, the British High Commission in the BVI and the Government of the BVI to enable its use. The principles and tangible outcomes of the marine mapping that will take place and the use of autonomous capabilities will feed into a broader marine policy framework that the BVI are currently developing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the point of contact between NOC researches, the FCO, the BHC and the Government of the BVI the ISPO has been integral to support access to funding and coordinating the project. |
| Impact | too early |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Marine Mineral Resources: Scientific and Technological Advances |
| Organisation | UN International Seabed Authority |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The NOC NPG allows continued cooperative efforts with the International Seabed Authority (ISA). One result of this was the selection of the NOC (above all other deepsea research organisations) to lead author a report on mineral resources of the deep seafloor. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ISA and the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) are partners in drafting the report. |
| Impact | An ISA technical report documenting and summarising the advances in scientific understanding and technology for mineral resources from the marine realm. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Maritime Policy Unit (MPU), FCO/NOC MoU |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) maintains an MoU with the MPU, FCO. This enables the MPU to establish a relationship with the NOC that few other non-governmental organisations have. This enables easy access to NOC expertise to the MPU and conversely allows the NOC access to privileged opportunities with the FCO. This has resulted in the NOC hosting the venue for the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to visit the NOC and announce the FCO International Ocean Strategy. The NOC has been instrumental in the NOC contributing to the FCOs deliberations in international policy, such as at the International Seabed Authority of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), where the ISPO will participate at the IGC. It has enabled the NOC to contribute to the drafting of the International Ocean Strategy (we were the only non-government dept to do so). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MPU choosing the NOC as the venue for the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to visit the NOC and announce the FCO International Ocean Strategy. Our partnership has allowed the NOC to be visible within a broader UK Government landscape, where traditionally BEIS and Defra would have been the 'usual suspects'. Enabled participation of the NOC ISPO at the IGC of the BBNJ. Support the NOC in our capacity to provide the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO. Agreeing to chair the MSCC International Working Group. |
| Impact | see above |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | NOC support to Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Organisation | Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Quote from Rebecca Nottingham from DCMS: "Research from Dr Clare and the NOC is extremely helpful for us as policymakers in DCMS. The increased awareness offered by this research directly contributes to the formulation of informed, strategic policymaking that accurately reflects developing hazards and risks, enhances our understanding of how to protect critical infrastructure in a fragile and changing marine environment, and supports resilience plans through evidence-based understanding of risk impacts and likelihood. This research also enables us as policymakers to draw on a trusted, reliable and authoritative source, supporting us in triaging an abundance of information and ensuring HMG actions, decisions and policies can be guided by informed, impartial research." |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing letters of support and steering research to ensure that it provides useful insights for understanding threats to and resilience of the subsea cable network. |
| Impact | Quote from Rebecca Nottingham of DCMS: Research from Dr Clare and the NOC is extremely helpful for us as policymakers in DCMS. The increased awareness offered by this research directly contributes to the formulation of informed, strategic policymaking that accurately reflects developing hazards and risks, enhances our understanding of how to protect critical infrastructure in a fragile and changing marine environment, and supports resilience plans through evidence-based understanding of risk impacts and likelihood. This research also enables us as policymakers to draw on a trusted, reliable and authoritative source, supporting us in triaging an abundance of information and ensuring HMG actions, decisions and policies can be guided by informed, impartial research. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | NOC-Chile collaboration |
| Organisation | British Embassy Santiago |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC has been discussing with the British Embassy in Santiago and the newly establish Chile Ministry of Science to seek opportunities to provide UK expertise to support Chile in their effort to deliver the marine component of their Cliamte Change Observatory System. As the NOC has expertise in delivering ocean observing systems, management of marine data, engagement with national stakeholders and engagement with the international community to ensure contributions support global efforts, we are very well placed to provide consultancy of best practice. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The British Embassy instigated the query and has acted in introducing the NOC to the Chile Ministry of Science. It will also explore the use of the Embassy funding framework to support closer engagemnt efforts e.g. to provide a workshop. The Chile Ministry of Science has provide detail of needs and development of a concept note. |
| Impact | The relationship has resulted in funding being provided by the British Embassy to enable NOC researchers to provide mentoring of local stakeholders and to deliver a webinar to the Chilean Government. These activities are in support of the Chilean Governments Climate Change Observatory programme, which has been established to monitor the affects of climate change from the mountain tops to the deep sea off-shore Chile mainland. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | NOC-Chile collaboration |
| Organisation | Government of Chile |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC has been discussing with the British Embassy in Santiago and the newly establish Chile Ministry of Science to seek opportunities to provide UK expertise to support Chile in their effort to deliver the marine component of their Cliamte Change Observatory System. As the NOC has expertise in delivering ocean observing systems, management of marine data, engagement with national stakeholders and engagement with the international community to ensure contributions support global efforts, we are very well placed to provide consultancy of best practice. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The British Embassy instigated the query and has acted in introducing the NOC to the Chile Ministry of Science. It will also explore the use of the Embassy funding framework to support closer engagemnt efforts e.g. to provide a workshop. The Chile Ministry of Science has provide detail of needs and development of a concept note. |
| Impact | The relationship has resulted in funding being provided by the British Embassy to enable NOC researchers to provide mentoring of local stakeholders and to deliver a webinar to the Chilean Government. These activities are in support of the Chilean Governments Climate Change Observatory programme, which has been established to monitor the affects of climate change from the mountain tops to the deep sea off-shore Chile mainland. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | supporting the National Partnership for Ocean prediction as co-Chair hosted a workshop at NOC-Liverpool spanning this community including researches and representatives from (e.g.) IMAREST and Marine Management Organisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK national expertise in ocean prediction |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | supporting the National Partnership for Ocean prediction as co-Chair hosted a workshop at NOC-Liverpool spanning this community including researches and representatives from (e.g.) IMAREST and Marine Management Organisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK national expertise in ocean prediction |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | supporting the National Partnership for Ocean prediction as co-Chair hosted a workshop at NOC-Liverpool spanning this community including researches and representatives from (e.g.) IMAREST and Marine Management Organisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK national expertise in ocean prediction |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Science into Policy - member of the UK Delegation for treaty negotiations on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General Assembly resolution 72/249) (BBNJ) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has continued to work with the Ocean Policy Unit (OPU) of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the International Marine Environment Team at Defra and the Office for Product Safety and Standards at BEIS as part of the UK Delegation at the ongoing international treaty negotiations for areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), providing marine scientific research and capacity development experts to help develop UK policy positions and draft treaty text. Given the UKs exit out of the EU (Brexit), this work has attained an elevated level of importance in that we must now develop our own policy positions and can do so without any dilution by incorporation with positions of the EU and its Member States.The NOC is the only non-government member of the Delegation. The NOC participates in the informal intersessional dialogues, which are virtual 1.5 dialogues bringing together UN Member states to share respective views on draft treaty text, by way of blog posts, with the intention to enable convergence of positions prior to the formal, in person intergovernmental conference (IGC) scheduled to be held later in 2021. The NOC participates in the High Seas Dialogues, which are virtual sessions, running parallel to the informal intersessional dialogues, providing a virtual platform for member states to vocalise their positions and allow an opportunity to exchange views. The NOC participated and presented at a UK organised workshop on financing the new treaty, where the NOC presented the use of the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding of marine related activities, primarily via bi-lateral support. The NOC has participated in bi-lateral discussions with other member states. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The OPU of the FCDO provide the Head of Delegation plus legal and policy expertise. Defra provide legal and policy expertise in relation to two Parts of the draft treaty in particular, namley Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Area Based Management Tools (ABMTs). BEIS provide expertise relating to benefit sharing of marine genetic resources. |
| Impact | The negotiations are on-going. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Science into Policy - member of the UK Delegation for treaty negotiations on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General Assembly resolution 72/249) (BBNJ) |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has continued to work with the Ocean Policy Unit (OPU) of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the International Marine Environment Team at Defra and the Office for Product Safety and Standards at BEIS as part of the UK Delegation at the ongoing international treaty negotiations for areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), providing marine scientific research and capacity development experts to help develop UK policy positions and draft treaty text. Given the UKs exit out of the EU (Brexit), this work has attained an elevated level of importance in that we must now develop our own policy positions and can do so without any dilution by incorporation with positions of the EU and its Member States.The NOC is the only non-government member of the Delegation. The NOC participates in the informal intersessional dialogues, which are virtual 1.5 dialogues bringing together UN Member states to share respective views on draft treaty text, by way of blog posts, with the intention to enable convergence of positions prior to the formal, in person intergovernmental conference (IGC) scheduled to be held later in 2021. The NOC participates in the High Seas Dialogues, which are virtual sessions, running parallel to the informal intersessional dialogues, providing a virtual platform for member states to vocalise their positions and allow an opportunity to exchange views. The NOC participated and presented at a UK organised workshop on financing the new treaty, where the NOC presented the use of the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding of marine related activities, primarily via bi-lateral support. The NOC has participated in bi-lateral discussions with other member states. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The OPU of the FCDO provide the Head of Delegation plus legal and policy expertise. Defra provide legal and policy expertise in relation to two Parts of the draft treaty in particular, namley Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Area Based Management Tools (ABMTs). BEIS provide expertise relating to benefit sharing of marine genetic resources. |
| Impact | The negotiations are on-going. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Science into Policy - member of the UK Delegation for treaty negotiations on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General Assembly resolution 72/249) (BBNJ) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has continued to work with the Ocean Policy Unit (OPU) of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the International Marine Environment Team at Defra and the Office for Product Safety and Standards at BEIS as part of the UK Delegation at the ongoing international treaty negotiations for areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), providing marine scientific research and capacity development experts to help develop UK policy positions and draft treaty text. Given the UKs exit out of the EU (Brexit), this work has attained an elevated level of importance in that we must now develop our own policy positions and can do so without any dilution by incorporation with positions of the EU and its Member States.The NOC is the only non-government member of the Delegation. The NOC participates in the informal intersessional dialogues, which are virtual 1.5 dialogues bringing together UN Member states to share respective views on draft treaty text, by way of blog posts, with the intention to enable convergence of positions prior to the formal, in person intergovernmental conference (IGC) scheduled to be held later in 2021. The NOC participates in the High Seas Dialogues, which are virtual sessions, running parallel to the informal intersessional dialogues, providing a virtual platform for member states to vocalise their positions and allow an opportunity to exchange views. The NOC participated and presented at a UK organised workshop on financing the new treaty, where the NOC presented the use of the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding of marine related activities, primarily via bi-lateral support. The NOC has participated in bi-lateral discussions with other member states. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The OPU of the FCDO provide the Head of Delegation plus legal and policy expertise. Defra provide legal and policy expertise in relation to two Parts of the draft treaty in particular, namley Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Area Based Management Tools (ABMTs). BEIS provide expertise relating to benefit sharing of marine genetic resources. |
| Impact | The negotiations are on-going. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Science into policy - UN Decade of Ocean Sceince for Sustainable Development (Decade) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the de-facto science focal point for UK engagement during the preparation of the Implementing Plan for the UN Ocean Decade, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has been the Ocean Policy Unit (OPU) of the FCDO main contact point with regards to coordinating and collating UK contributions. This has enabled the OPU to understand the UK marine science community narrative, allowing a perspective of its relevance to UK policy positions relating to the Decade. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The OPU provides the Chair of the International Working Group of the UKs Marine Sceince Coordination Committee, which has the remit to enable 'top down' discussions relating to UK contributions to the Decade. Defra are spearheading UK Government interests in the Decade, using the UK Presidency of the G7 to seeks opportunities for UK contributions. |
| Impact | Established the International Working Group of the UK Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC), as Chaired by the OPU, FCDO as the UK National Decade Committee Coordinated UK responses to the Decade Implementation Plan Disseminated Decade related information Acted as the liaison between the FCDO and Defra and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) Provided Defra with detail of specific areas of interest, including membership of the Decade Alliance |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Science into policy - UN Decade of Ocean Sceince for Sustainable Development (Decade) |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the de-facto science focal point for UK engagement during the preparation of the Implementing Plan for the UN Ocean Decade, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has been the Ocean Policy Unit (OPU) of the FCDO main contact point with regards to coordinating and collating UK contributions. This has enabled the OPU to understand the UK marine science community narrative, allowing a perspective of its relevance to UK policy positions relating to the Decade. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The OPU provides the Chair of the International Working Group of the UKs Marine Sceince Coordination Committee, which has the remit to enable 'top down' discussions relating to UK contributions to the Decade. Defra are spearheading UK Government interests in the Decade, using the UK Presidency of the G7 to seeks opportunities for UK contributions. |
| Impact | Established the International Working Group of the UK Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC), as Chaired by the OPU, FCDO as the UK National Decade Committee Coordinated UK responses to the Decade Implementation Plan Disseminated Decade related information Acted as the liaison between the FCDO and Defra and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) Provided Defra with detail of specific areas of interest, including membership of the Decade Alliance |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Science into policy - UNESCO |
| Organisation | Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the providers of the UK Delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the NOC works with the UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO to ensure marine related initiatives are promoted within the broader UNESCO. The NOC works with the UK National Commission for UNESCO to ensure marine related initiatives are given visibility and support the Commissions efforts in UNESCO related governance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Deputy Permanent Representative is the conduit to engage with UNESCO Member States. The National Commisssion provide a conduit to their counterpart organisations, as such enbaling briad dissemination of UK activities within the IOC-UNESCO. |
| Impact | Election of the UK onto the Executive Council of the IOC-UNESCO Inclusion of UK motivated text into UNESCO Decisions on its 2022-2029 Strategy. UK spearheading efforts to access a greater share of the UNESCO regular budget to the IOC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Science into policy - UNESCO |
| Organisation | UK National Commission for UNESCO |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As the providers of the UK Delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the NOC works with the UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO to ensure marine related initiatives are promoted within the broader UNESCO. The NOC works with the UK National Commission for UNESCO to ensure marine related initiatives are given visibility and support the Commissions efforts in UNESCO related governance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Deputy Permanent Representative is the conduit to engage with UNESCO Member States. The National Commisssion provide a conduit to their counterpart organisations, as such enbaling briad dissemination of UK activities within the IOC-UNESCO. |
| Impact | Election of the UK onto the Executive Council of the IOC-UNESCO Inclusion of UK motivated text into UNESCO Decisions on its 2022-2029 Strategy. UK spearheading efforts to access a greater share of the UNESCO regular budget to the IOC |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Support the UN International Seabed Authority with their Capacity Development initiatives |
| Organisation | UN International Seabed Authority |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As a close ally of the ISA the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) were approached by the ISA to seek support for a capacity development workshops to be held in Kiribati and Uganda The ISPO liaised with NOC colleagues and provided experts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ISA provided the platform for the NOC to demonstrate our capabilities and expertise in deep water research. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Technological Roadmap for deep seafloor mineral exploration |
| Organisation | UN International Seabed Authority |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Having had sight of the NOC Tech Roadmap the ISA approrached the NOC to develop a tech roadmap for ISA purposes. This will entail the NOC developing a concept note, to be followed by a workshop where the findings of which will form the basis of a Technology Roadmap. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ISA will help develop the concept note, will organise and fund a workshop and then pay the NOC to develop the Roadmap doc. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Crown Estate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Marine Biological Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK Integrated Marine Observation Network (UK-IMON) |
| Organisation | Scottish Association For Marine Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NOC provides the Chair to the UK-IMON, which is supported by NC-NPG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Some provide financial support, others expertise and their time. |
| Impact | 20 March 2019 - MSCC meeting Edinburgh 20th March: o Representation of UK-IMON at MSCC plenary meeting. Included delivery of paper proposing refreshed leadership of UK-IMON, which was approved. NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 23 to 24 July 2019 - IOC/GOOS meeting, Southampton 23-24 July o attendance of meeting with IOC/GOOS representative Dr Emma Heslop to discuss UK activity related to GOOS 2030 strategy and United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. 06 to 08 Aug 2019 - Monthly visit for UK-IMON related meetings at NOC Southampton o UK-IMON related meetings with UK euroGOOS representatives to discuss future UK national and internal ocean observing capability and representation. o UK-IMON related meetings with NERC-DEFRA funded Marine Integrated Autonomous Observing Systems representatives to discuss future development of integrated approaches to UK ocean observing. o NPG met through representation and leadership of national marine science body UK-IMON. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK UNESCO Commission |
| Organisation | UK National Commission for UNESCO |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The ISPO provides the Alternate Head of the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO and as such are the point of contact for the UK National Commission for UNESCO on all maters where ocean science and marine environmental science are concerned. |
| Collaborator Contribution | strengthened relationship between the NOC, UKs representation at the IOC-UNESCO and the National Commission. Coordination of marine environmental science into the broader UK Government and UNESCO landscape. |
| Impact | coordination of cohesive and consistent messaging into the UNESCO landscape. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UK national Argo program |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC expert has engaged in leadership and guidance of the UK national Argo program. Participation in 2 in-person meetings and video-conference calls of the UK Argo expert group (NOCS, BODC, Met Office, PML). Guidance and support to PhD students from UEA (2) and Exeter on access and use of UK and international Argo data. Training and guidance to PhD student from UEA on preparation of Argo floats for deployment at sea; troubleshooting faults and interaction with manufacturers. Outreach activities: school visit for careers day; engagement with media organisation preparing material on Argo; recording of video material for web site; NOCS Open Day; Appointed co-chair of the newly-formed international Deep Argo Mission Team. Co-convenor of International Deep Argo Workshop (May 2019). Chair of international review of US Argo program (Nov, 2019). Preparing to host 21st international Argo Steering Team at NOCS in 2020. Tech development: Preparation of floats for deployment in the N Atlantic pilot array of Deep Argo. Data development: Maintained a mapped/gridded version of the global Argo dataset; contributed a global ocean heat content estimate (2005-2019) to an international collaboration for a review paper. |
| Collaborator Contribution | collaboration |
| Impact | to be added |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UK national Argo program |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Department | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC expert has engaged in leadership and guidance of the UK national Argo program. Participation in 2 in-person meetings and video-conference calls of the UK Argo expert group (NOCS, BODC, Met Office, PML). Guidance and support to PhD students from UEA (2) and Exeter on access and use of UK and international Argo data. Training and guidance to PhD student from UEA on preparation of Argo floats for deployment at sea; troubleshooting faults and interaction with manufacturers. Outreach activities: school visit for careers day; engagement with media organisation preparing material on Argo; recording of video material for web site; NOCS Open Day; Appointed co-chair of the newly-formed international Deep Argo Mission Team. Co-convenor of International Deep Argo Workshop (May 2019). Chair of international review of US Argo program (Nov, 2019). Preparing to host 21st international Argo Steering Team at NOCS in 2020. Tech development: Preparation of floats for deployment in the N Atlantic pilot array of Deep Argo. Data development: Maintained a mapped/gridded version of the global Argo dataset; contributed a global ocean heat content estimate (2005-2019) to an international collaboration for a review paper. |
| Collaborator Contribution | collaboration |
| Impact | to be added |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UK national Argo program |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC expert has engaged in leadership and guidance of the UK national Argo program. Participation in 2 in-person meetings and video-conference calls of the UK Argo expert group (NOCS, BODC, Met Office, PML). Guidance and support to PhD students from UEA (2) and Exeter on access and use of UK and international Argo data. Training and guidance to PhD student from UEA on preparation of Argo floats for deployment at sea; troubleshooting faults and interaction with manufacturers. Outreach activities: school visit for careers day; engagement with media organisation preparing material on Argo; recording of video material for web site; NOCS Open Day; Appointed co-chair of the newly-formed international Deep Argo Mission Team. Co-convenor of International Deep Argo Workshop (May 2019). Chair of international review of US Argo program (Nov, 2019). Preparing to host 21st international Argo Steering Team at NOCS in 2020. Tech development: Preparation of floats for deployment in the N Atlantic pilot array of Deep Argo. Data development: Maintained a mapped/gridded version of the global Argo dataset; contributed a global ocean heat content estimate (2005-2019) to an international collaboration for a review paper. |
| Collaborator Contribution | collaboration |
| Impact | to be added |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UK national Argo program |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC expert has engaged in leadership and guidance of the UK national Argo program. Participation in 2 in-person meetings and video-conference calls of the UK Argo expert group (NOCS, BODC, Met Office, PML). Guidance and support to PhD students from UEA (2) and Exeter on access and use of UK and international Argo data. Training and guidance to PhD student from UEA on preparation of Argo floats for deployment at sea; troubleshooting faults and interaction with manufacturers. Outreach activities: school visit for careers day; engagement with media organisation preparing material on Argo; recording of video material for web site; NOCS Open Day; Appointed co-chair of the newly-formed international Deep Argo Mission Team. Co-convenor of International Deep Argo Workshop (May 2019). Chair of international review of US Argo program (Nov, 2019). Preparing to host 21st international Argo Steering Team at NOCS in 2020. Tech development: Preparation of floats for deployment in the N Atlantic pilot array of Deep Argo. Data development: Maintained a mapped/gridded version of the global Argo dataset; contributed a global ocean heat content estimate (2005-2019) to an international collaboration for a review paper. |
| Collaborator Contribution | collaboration |
| Impact | to be added |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UK national Argo program |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC expert has engaged in leadership and guidance of the UK national Argo program. Participation in 2 in-person meetings and video-conference calls of the UK Argo expert group (NOCS, BODC, Met Office, PML). Guidance and support to PhD students from UEA (2) and Exeter on access and use of UK and international Argo data. Training and guidance to PhD student from UEA on preparation of Argo floats for deployment at sea; troubleshooting faults and interaction with manufacturers. Outreach activities: school visit for careers day; engagement with media organisation preparing material on Argo; recording of video material for web site; NOCS Open Day; Appointed co-chair of the newly-formed international Deep Argo Mission Team. Co-convenor of International Deep Argo Workshop (May 2019). Chair of international review of US Argo program (Nov, 2019). Preparing to host 21st international Argo Steering Team at NOCS in 2020. Tech development: Preparation of floats for deployment in the N Atlantic pilot array of Deep Argo. Data development: Maintained a mapped/gridded version of the global Argo dataset; contributed a global ocean heat content estimate (2005-2019) to an international collaboration for a review paper. |
| Collaborator Contribution | collaboration |
| Impact | to be added |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UN Nippon Fellow |
| Organisation | UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | the NOC International & Strategic Partnership Office (ISPO) provides supervisory support to UN Nippon Fellows that visit the NOC to carry out their Thesis write-up. In the 2018 the Fellow was from the Dominican Republic, who's thesis was to address the unilateral declaration of DR maritime zone and maritime boundary lines. This was of particular interest to the UK Government who have a joint demrache with the USA disputing the DR declaration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | the DOALS fund the Fellows. the DOALOS enable NOC participation of law of the sea related workshops. |
| Impact | Fellow Thesis |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | hosted visit by UKRI Stakeholder Engagement and Insights and Senior Strategy Adviser, International |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office hosted two visits by the UKRI. The first was to share with their Stakeholder Engagements and Insights officer NOC best practice in how we engage with partners nationally and internationally. The second visit by UKRI International was to share best practice in support of UKRI developing their international strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Introduced more UKRI colleagues, resulting in broader visibility of the NOC |
| Impact | not known |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | support Historic England and their UN Decade aspirations |
| Organisation | Historic England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Informed Historic England on the UN Decade and advised on a possible approach for their involvement in the Decade, in particular in relation to underwater cultural heritage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | N/A |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | support Uni of Portsmouth Blue Governance initiative |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO the NOC is well placed to support other agencies. Alan Evans met with Uni of Portsmouth colleagues who have an interest in the UN Decade in particular in spinning up a Blue Governance office with aspirations to support the Decade. Alan placed them in touch with the UK National Commission to UNESCO and ensured their participation at a UN Decade Regional Workshop. |
| Collaborator Contribution | N/A |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | "Our Future Climate - Understanding the spread of physical risk for the oil and gas industry" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | represented the NOC sea level science research by giving an invited talk at the climate change workshop being jointly organised by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) together with the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) and World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), which took place on 25-27 September 2018 at the BP Upstream Learning Centre (ULC) in Sunbury, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | "Sea level futures" conference (2-4 July 2018, Liverpool) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | generated 8000 EURO funding from ESA to facilitate the conference, negotiated two fellowships paid by IOC- UNESCO for the participants, invited 8 keynote speakers, experts in sea level, modelling and impact studies from USA, France, Italy, Germany and the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://conference.noc.ac.uk/sea-level-futures-2018 |
| Description | Attendance and presentation at Natural Hazards Partnership meetings (Mike Clare, James Hunt and Jenny Brown) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to and presentation at quarterly Natural Hazards Partnership meetings (advisory group for the Cabinet Office on natural hazards), in particular involving guidance on volcanic eruptions and potential tsunami risk (e.g. La Palma), landslide tsunami hazards, and providing updates on coastal hazards including wave overtopping and storm surges. This has involved technical presentations in collaboration with the British Geological Survey to DEFRA, Cabinet Office and separate follow up presentations to the Dept for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | http://www.naturalhazardspartnership.org.uk/ |
| Description | Attended international GO-SHIP Steering Committee (of the Global Ocean Observing System) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International strategy setting, coordination and collaboration in sustained ocean observing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.go-ship.org/ |
| Description | Attended the 1st Global Planning Meeting of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first Global Planning Meeting provided a forum that brought together approximately 200 leaders to represent ocean science and technology, ocean policy and sustainable development, businesses and industries, NGOs and civil society, donors and foundations. This first meeting offered a crucial opportunity to co-design mission-oriented research strategies in support of the Decade expected societal outcomes, taking advantage of cross-cutting supporting developments such as transforming knowledge systems; accelerating transfer of technology; enabling training and education; and fostering science-policy dialogues. The meeting facilitated in-depth and interdisciplinary discussions across sectors to identify concrete deliverables and partnerships to meet the Decade's societal outcomes. This first Global Planning Meeting launched a series of regional workshops and established a Stakeholder Forum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://en.unesco.org/1st-global-planning-meeting |
| Description | BBNJ - High Seas Dialogues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The High Seas Dialogues were established to enable continued dialogue relating to the nagotiations for a new treaty for areas beyind national jurisdiction. As a member of the UK Delegation at the BBNJ the NOC provided specialist input to the capacity development component of the negoatiations, plus acted in support on elements where marine scientific resarch (MSR) was of particular relevance e.g. the impact of a new treaty on undertaking MSR or the provision and use of MSR in enabling part(s) of a new agreement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | BBNJ Intersessional Work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Due to Covid-19 delaying formal in-person negotiations the UN facilitated a number of on-line discussions, focussing on different Parts of the new treaty. As a member of the UK Delegation at the BBNJ the NOC provided specialist input to the capacity development component of the discussions, plus acted in support on elements where marine scientific resarch (MSR) was of particular relevance e.g. the impact of a new treaty on undertaking MSR or the provision and use of MSR in enabling part(s) of a new agreement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The NOC hosted, on behalf of Defra a marine science side event of the CHOGM 2018, where the NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) provided support assistance to engage with Defra and liaise with senior diplomats from Commonwealth countries. The UK Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey used the opportunity during the event to share that the UK has joined a global battle to safeguard the world's coral reefs from climate change and rising sea temperatures by way of announcing that the UK had officially signed up to the Coral Reef Life Declaration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.chogm2018.org.uk/ |
| Description | Contribution to Environmental Impacts of Human Activities Committee of the OPSAR Commission in relation to submarine cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Working with various contracting parties and the European Subsea Cables Association to update Best Environmental Practices and Guidance on subsea cable installation and operation documents. These will be published in 2023 and represent the state of the art assessment of the impacts posed by and mitigation measures for subsea cable installation in the OSPAR area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Contribution to and presentation at quarterly Natural Hazards Partnership meetings (advisory group for the Cabinet Office on natural hazards), |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to quarterly meetings to discuss current state of knowledge on natural hazards faced by the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Engagement with subsea cable companies (Keynotes delivered at International Cable Protection Committee Plenary, European Subsea Cables Association Plenary, Submarine Networks London, SubOptic Foundation meeting) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote addresses given by Mike Clare at multiple subsea cable-related events including International Cable Protection Committee Plenary, European Subsea Cables Association Plenary, Submarine Networks London, SubOptic Foundation meeting. These were opportunities to exchange knowledge, share findings from the research and understand industry challenges and how the science can help them address them. Industry partners have since reached out for future collaborations, to share data, and have reported improved practices (i.e. more resilience cable routes). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Generation of a website detailing "Essential Climate Variables" GCOS IP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A website providing an authoritative resource giving information on those climate variables that are GCOS/WCRP/WMO believe to be essential to monitor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://gcos.wmo.int/en/essential-climate-variables |
| Description | ICO-UNESCO Executive Council meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) provides the Alternate Head of the UK Delegation at the IOC -UNESCO. The IOC-UNESCO Executive Council (EC) sets the agenda for the full IOC-UNESCO Assembly and as such influence of UK interested in marine environmental research is made via the the EC. In the run up to the meeting NOC had met with officials from FCO, BEIS, Defra and the UK National Commission for UNESCO (for DfID) on the key issues and lines to take. A report with follow up actions was provided to these departments. One of the key decisions of the IOC-EC was approval of a revised roadmap for the International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2021 |
| URL | http://www.ioc-unesco.org/ |
| Description | IMAREST-Operational Oceanography Special Interest Group (OOSIG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 1OOSIG promotes engagement between users and suppliers of operational oceanographic products and services. It also encourages the exchange of knowledge between different marine sectors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.imarest.org/special-interest-groups/operational-oceanography |
| Description | IMarEST Ocean Governance Special Interest Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Having recently been invited to be a co-Chair of the OG SIG I have participated in the OG SIG management Board meetings to develop plans for events that the SIG will undertake during 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.imarest.org/special-interest-groups/ocean-governance |
| Description | IOC-UNESCO Group of Experts on Capacity Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Capacity Development (CD) is an essential tenet of IOC's mission. It enables all Member States to participate in and benefit from ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development and human welfare on the planet. The vision contained in the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021 (IOC/INF-1332) identifies capacity development as the primary catalyst through which IOC will achieve its four high level objectives in the current 2014-2021 IOC Medium-Term Strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021 |
| URL | http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewEventRecord&eventID=2417 |
| Description | Inputs to Indonesian Hydrographic Office on environmental impacts of subsea cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare provided inputs to a report to Captain Oke Dwiyana Pribadi of the Pusat Hidro-Oseanografi Angkatan Laut (Indonesian Hydrographic Office) in relation to the environmental impacts of subsea power and telecommunications cables and their resilience to oceanographic and geological hazards. This has directly informed Indonesian decision making on cable routing and marine spatial planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | International Argo Steering Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Member of the International Argo Steering Team; also of the Executive of the Steering Team; Also co-chair of the Deep Argo Mission Team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://argo.ucsd.edu |
| Description | Invited speaker at the G20 Digital Economy Task Force meeting convened by the Italian Presidency, held in Trieste, Italy and online as a hybrid event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at the G20 Digital Economy Task Force meeting convened by the Italian Presidency, held in Trieste, Italy and online as a hybrid event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2021 |
| URL | https://www.mise.gov.it/index.php/en/202-news-english/2042534-submarine-networks-the-infrastructure-... |
| Description | Invited talk at various cable industry events incl. International Cable Protection Committee plenary, European Subsea Cables Association plenary, Submarine Networks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and knowledge transfer at various industry events to discuss findings from recent direct monitoring of turbidity currents. Events were attended by hundreds of industry and policy-related representatives. Follow up discussions have led to directed funding and collaborations on other NERC-funded projects, and improved routing of cables. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | July 2019: Attended the IUGG General Assembly, Montreal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NPG funds covered the cost for Dr Andrew Matthews to attend the IUGG General Assembly in Montreal last year, representing PSMSL (Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level). PSMSL report to a couple of the scientific unions making up the IUGG, as they give us the mandate to collate and distribute sea level data. Dr Matthews presented reports on PSMSL activities to the IAPSO business meeting and IAPSO's Commission on Sea Level and Tides, attended the IAG business meeting, and gave an invited talk to a session on their Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC) plenary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | provision of secretariat support and participation at the Marine Science Coordination Committee (MSCC) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/marine-science-co-ordination-committee |
| Description | Media coverage of turbidity current research and threats for subsea cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research profiled by multiple media outlets - providing increased understanding of the general public. New Scientist: "The mysterious underwater avalanches reshaping Earth" (https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734230-200-the-mysterious-underwater-avalanches-reshaping-earth/); Geographical Magazine feature "The largest marine landslide causes internet outages in Africa" https://geographical.co.uk/science-environment/largest-marine-landslide-causes-internet-outages; Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/global-internet-connectivity-is-at-risk-from-climate-disasters/ BBC: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230201-how-undersea-cables-may-affect-marine-life The Times newspaper "How we rely on a fragile network of undersea cables" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-we-rely-on-a-fragile-network-of-undersea-cables-6k9n8nrgr; BBC news coverage "Underwater avalanche continued for two days" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57382529 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734230-200-the-mysterious-underwater-avalanches-reshaping-e... |
| Description | Membership of AOPC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Assessing the current state of the atmospheric component of the global observing system for climate, and identifying its gaps and inadequacies Securing the implementation of designated GCOS networks and promoting the establishment and enhancement of other systems to provide long-term and consistent data and information for atmospheric ECVs, such as Earth radiation budget, Surface radiation, Greenhouse gases, Water vapour, Cloud properties, and Aerosols Liasing with relevant research, operational and end-user bodies in order to determine and maintain the requirements for data to monitor, understand and predict the dynamical, physical and chemical state of the atmosphere and its interfaces on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales, on both global and regional levels Promoting the transfer and accessibility of data to the user community, as well as the rehabilitation of historical observational and proxy climate datasets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://gcos.wmo.int/en/atmospheric-observation-panel-climate |
| Description | Membership of GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Provide expert input |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NOC Association for Marine Science National Capability Beneficiaries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The NOC Association of Marine National Capability Beneficiaries (NOCA) is the main vehicle for our engagement with the beneficiaries of NOC-led marine science National Capability (NC). NC comprises: science; large-scale research infrastructure, small-scale NC-services, facilities and data and National and Public Good. NOC leads all Marine Science NC which includes NC delivered by NOC and other NOC Marine NC Delivery Partners who are funded and accountable for performance of delivery via NOC. These are: the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML); the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS); and the Continuous Plankton Recorder Programme delivered by the Marine Biological Association of the UK. Two primary initiatives which come under the umbrella of the NOCA are The Marine Facilities Advisory Board and Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) Advisory Board. The NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) provides secretariat support to deliver the NOCA Annual Plenary meeting and the NOCA Board meetings (x2). In addition the ISPO provides dedicated secretariat support to the Marine Facilities Advisory Board, which involves organising two Board meetings, follow-up actions e.g. helping collate input from the community to update NOCs National Marine Facilities Technology Roadmap and facilitate the annual capital marine equipment call. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://noc.ac.uk/about-us/our-national-role/noc-association |
| Description | NOC and CLASS representative in EuroGOOS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International strategy setting, coordination and collaboration in sustained ocean observing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | NOC provided the UK representative at the UN Informal Consultative Process |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, in 2019, will, in its deliberations on the Report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea, focus its discussions on the topic Ocean Science and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.At this year's event the NOC sat at the UK Delegations chair and having consulted with FCO ensured UK interests were taken into account. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.un.org/Depts/los/consultative_process/consultative_process.htm |
| Description | Northern Oceans Regional Panel (NORP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NOC expert invited member of (and task team leader for) the Northern Oceans Regional Panel (NORP), a body convened by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) as part of its CLIVAR (Climate & Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change) and CliC (Climate and Cryosphere) Core Projects. NORP is an international forum for coordinating and strategizing activities on the role of the Arctic Ocean in the context of the global climate system from a coupled perspective. NORP's first meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland, on 15-16 June 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.clivar.org/clivar-panels/northern |
| Description | OceanObs 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-authors on an International GO-SHIP Oceanobs'19 white paper Submitted posters on International GO-SHIP to Oceanobs'19 Chair the biannual meeting of the Internatonal GO-SHIP science committee at Oceanobs'19 Submitted an abstract "Enabling improved management decisions and impact assessment for adaptation to climate change in vulnerable coastal areas through provision of Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) data sets and derived products from tide gauge networks". Abstracts ID: 267 Contributed to a white paper "Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level" submitted to Frontiers in Marine Science, section Coastal Ocean Processes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.oceanobs19.net/ |
| Description | Operations Committee of the European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International strategy setting, coordination and collaboration in sustained ocean observing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Participated in United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I attended the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea as an invited expert on sustained ocean observing. I made a presentation on the achievements and challenges of the Argo program, especially as they related to Law of the Sea. The main audience were national government representatives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | RRS Discovery used as venue to host Chilean Navy and representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A Captain's table lunch party for the British Naval Attache to Chile, the Chilean Navy Regional Commander and the British Honorary Consul, Punta Arenas. The activity will enhance wider regional engagement with the Chilean authorities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Report on SMART cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare authored a public-facing report, published by the International Cable Protection Committee, on the SMART cables initiative, deep ocean observation, and the long-lived collaborations between ocean scientific research and the subsea cables industry (https://iscpc.org/publications/submarine-cable-protection-and-the-environment/). This report has been used as part of discussions at the United Nations, by multiple industrial partners, and by government (e.g. Dept for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iscpc.org/publications/submarine-cable-protection-and-the-environment/ |
| Description | Royal Institution workshop on Electromagnetic Fields and Power Cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare was an invited attendee at a two day joint industry-academic workshop (17-18th Jan) at the Royal Institution organised by The Crown Estates, CEFAS and Marine Scotland on Electromagnetic Fields in the Marine Environment focused on assessing the risks posed by high voltage power cables in marine settings. The outcome of the workshop was a synthesis of the current state of knowledge and identification of next steps to reduce uncertainties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230201-how-undersea-cables-may-affect-marine-life |
| Description | Short documentary on Hunga Tonga eruption and impacts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NOC staff (Mike Clare, Isobel Yeo and James Hunt) contributed to a short documentary that showed the seafloor and island impacts of the January 2022 Hunga volcano eruption. This had been viewed >736 thousand times as of March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYhCEeIO25k |
| Description | State of the Art Offshore Site Characterisation: Engineering Geology, Geomorphology and Geohazards Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare gave an invited presentation (in collaboration with Chris Martin of Arup) to the Engineering Group of the Geological Society on "State of the Art Offshore Site Characterisation: Engineering Geology, Geomorphology and Geohazards" (6th April 2022) which was attended by c.100 geotechnical engineering industry practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Steering Committee for AtlantOS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International strategy setting, coordination and collaboration in sustained ocean observing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | SubOptic Foundation early career event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare presented at the "WAVE" event in London on 14th Sept organised by the SubOptic Foundation, focused on attracting the next generation to the subsea telecoms industry. He contributed to a panel focused on Sustainability alongside The Crown Estate and industry CEOs. The event was attended by 100 early career industry and government representatives and >300 online from across Europe and Africa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The 3-day POGO Workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Biological Oceanographic Observations (19-22 May in Ostend, Belgium) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The past two decades have seen rapid advances in technology available to oceanographers seeking to study and manage marine ecosystems. Relatively cheap, compact computers and digital storage have allowed scientists to collect big, complex datasets; yet these information rich datasets have grown so large that analysis with traditional methods has become untenable. The 3-day POGO Workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Biological Oceanographic Observations (19-22 May in Ostend, Belgium) gave an overview of state-of-the-art machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) that is currently applied in biological oceanography and provided hands-on training by domain experts. The training I received in ML/AI for image analysis has already been applied to our current projects COMICS, SUMMER and CUSTARD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The North East Atlantic hub of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The meeting was sponsored by DEFRA and opened by Therese Coffey (Minister of State for Environment and Rural Opportunity). The North East Atlantic Ocean Acidification Hub was established to serve European countries that are conducting monitoring, and other OA activities, within the NE Atlantic region. Its purpose is to foster good practice for the efficient collection of comparable and geographically distributed data to assess ocean acidification and its effects and to support adaptation tools like model forecasts. The key role of the hub is to ensure a common methodology for recording measurements, encourage submission of ocean acidification measurements to the UN through National Data Centres and cataloguing of this data on a central global portal to map effort and identify gaps. The main goals and scope of the hub are to: • Share information on OA monitoring (and experimental and modelling) activities • Facilitate data submission to the GOA-ON data portal • Promote community "best practices" consistent with GOA-ON • Facilitate capacity building & training activities • Provide integration across the region NOC experts in data management and ocean acidification monitoring technologies participated to share their respective expertise. The North East Atlantic Ocean Acidification Hub is the recognised framework to capture data for UK reporting to SDG14 indicator 14.3.1 (Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.pml.ac.uk/Research/Projects/North_East_Atlantic_hub_of_the_Global_Ocean_Acidif |
| Description | UK National Focal Point for Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International strategy setting, coordination and collaboration in sustained ocean observing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - Implementation Planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Due to Covid-19 a number of on-line events were hosted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) to enable the development of an Implementation Plan for the UN Ocean Decade. As the UK Delegation at the IOC-UNESCO the NOC participated in order to express UKs interets and influence the development of a Implementation Plan. The NOC shared outcomes of these workshops via fora such as the MSCC IWG and other networks e.g. broader MSCC and NOC Association of beneficiries of National Capability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Use of NERC Research Vessels to promote UK science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | RRS James Cook visit to Rio (Brazil) supporting BEIS with UK-Brazil Year of Science & Innovation - British Ambassador present RRS Discovery Chile - visit included diplomatic involvement, SIN network, schools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Vice Chair of GOOS SOT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Observations from ships provide important real-time information on meteorological conditions at sea, along with a long record of observations important for climate applications. The work of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Ship Observations Team (SOT) oversees several enduring data collection programs including Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) and Ships Of Opportunity (SOOP). The individual programs presently support research, climate forecasting, numerical weather prediction and maritime safety services among other applications. Variables measured include surface meteorological observations, plus sub-sets for upper air meteorological and upper ocean physical data. The role of the SOT and its nine task teams is to respond to requirements for ship-based observational data, including metadata, expressed by relevant international programs and/or systems in support of marine services, and to coordinate actions to implement and maintain the networks to satisfy these requirements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.ocean-ops.org/sot/ |
| Description | hosted FCO and Defra pre IGC4 (BBNJ Treaty negotiations) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In preparation for participation at the upcoming Treaty negotiations on BBNJ the NOC International and Strategic Partnerships Office hosted a high level delegation consisting of representatives from the FCO and Defra. The workshop was used to discuss key aspects of the treaty including establishing key UK policy and priority approaches, in particular in relation to establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) on the High Seas. A key driver that support the UKs policy of establishing 30% of marine areas protected by 2030. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | meet with Jamaican partners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | visit to Jamaica to meet with: the Pro Vice Chancellor and Campus Principle of the University of the West Indies and the Director of the Centre for Marine Science, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus; the Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), and his Secretariat; and the Director, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). Results include: MoU with the UWI; UK support for two fellows from Developing countries to be based at the ISA; funding to NOC to deliver an ISA report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | member of CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Regional Panel (NORP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Regional Panel (NORP) was endorsed by the 38th Session of the World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee in April 2017 and its inaugural meeting was held in Davos in June 2018. It serves as an international forum for coordinating and strategizing activities on the role of the Arctic Ocean in the context of the global climate system from a coupled perspective. In addition, this panel facilitates progress in developing new tools and methods to observe the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas and their climate impacts, to standardize and archive observations of the Arctic Ocean, and the coupling with other components of the climate system. Meetings are held biennially in person and monthly by teleconference. Sheldon Bacon (NOC) is an inaugural member of NORP, and present activities include development of an Arctic Ocean freshwater distribution review paper. The next in-person meeting is to happen in March 2020 in Akureyri. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | participation of the EuroGOOS General Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EuroGOOS is an international non-profit association of national governmental agencies and research organisations, committed to European-scale operational oceanography within the context of the intergovernmental Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). EuroGOOS operates in five regional sea areas where operational systems have been set up: the Arctic (Arctic ROOS), the Baltic (BOOS), the North West Shelf (NOOS), the Ireland-Biscay-Iberian area (IBI-ROOS) and the Mediterranean (MONGOOS). Strong cooperation within these regions, enabling the involvement of many more regional partners and countries, forms the basis of EuroGOOS work, and is combined with high-level representation at European and Global forums. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://eurogoos.eu/ |
| Description | participation of the European Marine Board plenary sessions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The European Marine Board (EMB) is the leading European think tank in marine science policy. It provides a platform to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy. The European Marine Board is a unique strategic pan-European Forum for seas and ocean research and technology. We provide a strategic forum to develop marine research foresight, initiate state-of-the-art analyses and translate these into clear policy recommendations to European institutions as well as national governments. The NOC International & Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) represents the NERC at the EMB by way of providing the Alternate NERC rep. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021 |
| URL | http://www.marineboard.eu/ |
| Description | sea level summer school in Qingdao, China, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Summer School on "Past, present and Future Sea Level changes" took place from 25-30 June 2018, back to back with the training course "Ocean Forecast Systems" of the IOC-UNESCO Regional Training and Research Centre on Ocean Dynamics and Climate from 2-7 July 2018. NOC contributed by way of designing the sea level course, lectures over 7 days, which was done together with Prof. John Church, and to invite sea level experts to give lectures; in addition we contributed with teaching (lectures about sea level observations, future sea level changes, geoengineering) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | visit to Anguilla |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | visit to Anguilla to support the replacement of a tide gauge (the original was destroyed by hurricane Irma) that feeds into the broader Tsunami Warning System as well as provide details of local sea level. Met with the Governor and will explore further areas that the NOC can support Anguilla with the post-hurricane recovery and on-going marine and maritime needs e.g. provision of a wave buoy to support shipping between St Martin and Anguilla and well as enhance their understanding of the marine environment around their coastline. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |