Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)

Blog: NOC attend the 32nd Session of the IOC Assembly

Alan Evans, Prof. Ed Hill, Dr Emma Gregory and Dr Louis Clement

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) recently provided the UK delegation at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly hosted at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Dr Louis Clement and Dr Emma Gregory share their experience.

New Ascension Island tide gauge providing unique sea-level insight

The Ascension tide gauge
  • The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has installed a new tide gauge located on Ascension Island.
  • The cutting-edge gauge will provide a unique record of sea-level in the remote ocean.

NOC contributes to pilot UN State of the Ocean Report

During last week’s UN Ocean Conference, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) launched a pilot “State of the Ocean Report”.

NOC congratulates Professor Gideon Henderson on appointment to UN Ocean Decade Advisory Board

UN Decade Logo

As the providers of the UK Delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) would like to congratulate Professor Gideon Henderson on his appointment as a member of the first

NOC support in delivering the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) Capacity Development strategy

Six functions that will deliver the IOCs High Level Objectives with Capacity Development cross cutting all functions

At the 3rd meeting of the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development (GE-CD), held 1–2 December 2021, Alan Evans, National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Head o

NOC promotes UK Capacity Development in marine science

40 out of the 63 different faces in an IOC GoE video call grid (Alan is in the first column on the second row)

The NOC’s Alan Evans, Head of Marine Policy, recently participated in two key international events, which comprised of diplomats, policy makers, marine experts and community leaders, focused on capacity development and capacity building.