COASTWAVE PROJECT ENDORSED AS “UN OCEAN DECADE PROJECT”

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), endorsed the IOC-UNESCO and EU Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) CoastWAVE project “Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean (NEAM) Region to the Impact of Tsunamis and Other Sea Level-Related Coastal Hazards” on 9 September 2022. The project will run from September 2021 to March 2024. Dr Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of IOC-UNESCO expressed that the endorsement of CoastWAVE project is a “milestone in the Ocean Decade Programme” and an “engagement and commitment to the Ocean Decade vision”.