The Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee
for UN Ocean Decade

The UN has dedicated this decade 2021-2030 to particularly focus on the world’s ocean areas. Research and cooperation are to contribute to sustainable community development and support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal No. 14, which objective is to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of the oceans and their resources.

Terms of reference for the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee

Here you can read the terms of reference for kan du læse kommissoriet for the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee:

Members of the commitee

**Adrian Lema**
Afdelingsleder NCKF
Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Forperson

**Anders Erichsen**
Afdelingsleder
Afdelingen for kystmiljø- og økologi
DHI/GTS
Medlem

**Anja Gadgård Boye**
DTU Aqua
Repræsentant for temagruppe 7
Medlem

**Annika Sølvará**
Direktør
Research Council of the Faroe Islands
Medlem og repræsentant for ministerierne, FO UNESCO kommission og myndigheder

**Berit Charlotte Kaae**
Seniorforsker Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning
Københavns Universitet
Medlem

**Birgitte Jacobsen**
Departementet for Fiskeri, Fangst, Landbrug og Selvforsyning, Grønland
Medlem

**Carlo Sørensen**
Chefkonsulent
Kystdirektoratet
Medlem

**Cecilie Petersen**
Ocean Mission Manager
SDU
Medlem

**Henrik Enevoldsen**
Head a.i. of IOC Ocean Science Section
KU og IOC Ocean Science Section
Medlem

**Jóhanna Lava Køtlum**
Direktør
Firum
Medlem

**Karin Margretha H. Larsen**
Head of Environmental Department
Havstovan
Medlem

**Liselotte Hohwy Stockholm**
Direktør
Tænketanken Hav
Medlem

**Marie Maar**
Professor
Aarhus Universitet
Medlem

**Malene Simon Hegelund**
Grønlands Naturinstitut
Medlem

**Mettelise Fritz Hansen**
Departementet for Fiskeri, Fangst, Landbrug og Selvforsyning, Grønland
Medlem

**Paula Canal-Vergés**
Assistant professor
SDU
Medlem

**Rosanna Boersting**
Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse
Ungdomsrepræsentant
Medlem

**Sofia Ribeiro**
Senior Researcher
GEUS

**Steffen M. Olsen**
Ph.d. og klimaforsker
Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Medlem

Kontaktoplysninger for komitéens medlemmer kan forefindes her, for dem med adgang – ellers kontakt komitéens sekretariet.

Terms of reference for the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee

Here you can read the terms of reference for kan du læse kommissoriet for the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee:

Members of the commitee

Kontaktoplysninger for komitéens medlemmer kan forefindes her, for dem med adgang – ellers kontakt komitéens sekretariet.

The Danish, Greenlandic, and Faroese committee has been established at the request of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC), which, with a UN mandate, plans and coordinates the UN’s Decade internationally.

Read more about the UN Ocean Decade here: Ocean Decade – The Science We Need For The Ocean We Want

Priorities for the Ocean Decade

At the constitutive workshop, the committee’s associated thematic groups were formed, and their headings were defined. This forms the basis for the decade’s priorities in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. The priorities are continuously updated here.

Priorities for the Ocean decade

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The Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committeefor UN Ocean Decade

The Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committeefor UN Ocean Decade

Priorities for the Ocean Decade

Priorities for the Ocean decade

The Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee
for UN Ocean Decade

The Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese committee
for UN Ocean Decade