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GCRIOceans and CoastsIn development
Country applications

Country applications

Country work of Oceans and Coasts, linked to national programmes and the national source register. Country pages show only work that a programme record supports.

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Publisher
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Oceans and coasts, Climate and hazards, Biodiversity and nature
Status
In development
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Programme board

Coastal zone A · Country applications · Cycle 4 of 4

  • Workstreams active
    4Active
  • Milestones due this quarter
    4Watch
  • Decisions pending with owners
    2Watch
  • Open risks
    9
Quarter review dueGCRI · Oceans and Coasts

Workstreams

by stage

Scoping02
Tide gauge network upgradeWS-359 · owner: Coastal management agency
Port resilience reviewWS-223 · owner: Coastal management agency
In delivery02
Fisheries stock assessmentMilestone M2 · slipping
Island water security planMilestone M6 · on plan
Review01
Marine heatwave alertsIndependent reviewer named
Closed01
Coastal flood adaptation pathwaysClosure note on record

Gates

  1. Requestowner named
  2. Scoping noteboundary
  3. Qualifiedinputs
  4. BuildFoundry
  5. Testcontrolled
  6. Publishwith limits
  7. Decisionauthority

Oceans and Coasts · Programme boardProgramme board, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

Oceans and Coasts country applications are the national parts of its work on oceans and coasts, each linked to a national programme and the national source register. A country page shows only work that a programme record supports, and the national institutions own the question, the data and the decision.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record
Country applications: the policy cycleA problem reaches the agenda, options are formulated and appraised, consultation tests them, the mandate holder decides, implementation and monitoring follow, and evaluation feeds the next agenda. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

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

03Geography

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.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Natural EarthSources and licences

  • 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

04Scope

Country applications 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.

05National instruments

The national decisions ocean and coastal evidence is prepared for.

InstrumentUsually held byEvidence it needs
Coastal zone management plansCoastal and planning authoritiesSea-level scenarios, erosion, exposure
Port resilience plansPort authoritiesSurge and wind hazards, dependencies
Fisheries managementFisheries agenciesStock assessments, climate effects
Marine spatial planningMaritime authoritiesUses, habitats, hazards
06Status

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.

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07Key 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
Country ownershipThe principle that a country leads its own development policies and strategies and coordinates the actions that support them, set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
National portfolioThe set of programmes, projects and evidence a country maintains in the Nexus network, each with its owner, status and records.
Country systemsA government's own budget, procurement, financial management and reporting systems, used by donors when they deliver through them.
Blue economyEconomic activity that uses or depends on the ocean and coasts, often with an aim of sustainability.
08Sources

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.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

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