News
Back on Board: Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise Sets New Leadership and Direction for the Second Cycle
- 28 April 2026
The Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (KH SLR) has entered discussions on its second cycle, with the first Governing Council meeting on 23 April 2026 marking a renewed push to strengthen collaboration and accelerate joint action on sea level rise knowledge.
Creating visibility for Changing Marine Lightscapes
- 02 April 2026
How are changing light conditions affecting marine ecosystems? This is a question increasingly asked by the scientific community. JPI Oceans has often funded research on niche and innovative topics, and our efforts to better understand the role of changing light in the ocean are now beginning to bear fruit. In summer 2025, JPI Oceans’ Joint Action Changing Marine Lightscapes kicked off its two new projects, ISOLUME and ALANIS.
PAGES at sea in the Sicily Channel
- 31 March 2026
By exploiting data and samples from previous cruises and implementing several new ones, the PAGES project (Process-based Assessment for the Good Environmental Status) will contribute to a more comprehensive and reliable assessment of marine ecosystem health
Integrating Blue Carbon Ecosystems under the EU LULUCF Regulation: new policy brief
- 30 March 2026
The JPI Oceans Blue Carbon Knowledge Hub published its second policy brief: ‘Pathways and opportunities for a better policy integration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems under the EU LULUCF Regulation’.
Current Joint Actions
Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining
The Joint Action Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining assesses the long-term impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the deep-sea environment.
- Ongoing
Blue Bioeconomy
The BlueBio ERA-NET Cofund aimed to strengthen Europe’s position in the blue bioeconomy. It consisted of 30 partners from 17 countries, and launched a total of four calls funding 49 projects. Since 2024, JPI Oceans is following up the funded projects and activities.
- Ongoing
Current Strategic Engagements
All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance
The All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance is the result of science diplomacy efforts involving countries from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, aiming at enhancing marine research and innovation cooperation across the Atlantic anywhere between the Arctic and Antarctica.
- Ongoing
European Ocean Observing System
The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) framework promotes ocean observing in Europe by means of collaboration, coordination and integration among the relevant key people, institutions and facilities. JPI Oceans chairs the EOOS framework’s Resource Forum and has initiated a process to create National Charts on Ocean Observing and Monitoring in Europe.
- Ongoing