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Global subject programme

Global subject programme

Priorities of Oceans and Coasts shared across countries, and the methods used to compare them. A global programme is a shared agenda, not a claim of global offices.

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The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Oceans and coasts, Climate and hazards, Biodiversity and nature
Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record
Global subject programme: a programme through its gatesA request with a named owner becomes a scoping note; inputs are qualified at a gate; delivery runs in workstreams; a controlled test and an independent review precede publication; the owner decides. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

The Oceans and Coasts global programme is the shared agenda of priorities in the oceans and coasts field that cut across countries, such as sea level and coastal flood and marine pollution, with the methods used to compare them. It is an agenda, not a claim of global offices, and each element shows its status from the programme record.

02Geography

Ocean state in Pacific Island states.

Marine heat, sea surface temperature, chlorophyll and sea ice from satellite analyses, framed on Pacific Island states; each layer is a dated NASA product.

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Ocean state

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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Natural Earth

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Marine heat, sea surface temperature, chlorophyll and sea ice from satellite analyses, framed on Pacific Island states.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

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  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • GHRSST Level 4 MUR analyses, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; distributed by the NASA Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS Aqua ocean colour, NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group; distributed by the NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
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Layers and dates

  • Sea surface temperature anomaly: GHRSST MUR25, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Sea surface temperature: GHRSST MUR, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Ocean chlorophyll-a concentration: MODIS Aqua ocean colour, NASA OB.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Sea ice concentration: GHRSST MUR, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

03Scope

Global subject programme in Oceans and Coasts.

  1. 01

    Sea level and coastal flood

    Shoreline exposure and changing sea levels.

  2. 02

    Marine ecosystems

    Habitats, trophic systems and ecosystem condition.

  3. 03

    Fisheries and livelihoods

    Fish stocks, food security and local economies.

  4. 04

    Ports and maritime infrastructure

    Coastal transport and continuity.

  5. 05

    Ocean observation

    Marine sensing and data limitations.

  6. 06

    Blue economy

    Development, access and ecological safeguards.

04Global frame

The agreements and bodies a global ocean and coastal programme reads against.

Process or bodyWhat it sets
UN Convention on the Law of the SeaMaritime zones and environmental duties
BBNJ AgreementBiodiversity beyond national jurisdiction
IMO conventions such as MARPOLPollution from ships
UN Decade of Ocean ScienceCoordinated ocean science
05Status

Work is shown as its record stands.

Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.

All programmes in Oceans and Coasts

06Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
ProgrammeA group of related projects and activities managed together to obtain benefits that managing them separately would not, in the sense the Project Management Institute's programme standard uses.
Results-based managementA management approach in which everyone contributing to a set of results makes sure their processes, products and services serve those results, and measures progress against them, as the UN Development Group handbook sets out.
Theory of changeA stated chain of causes from a programme's activities to its intended outcomes, used to plan evaluation.
Coastal floodFlooding of coastal land by the sea, caused by high tides, storm surge and waves on top of mean sea level.
07Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

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