About this Research Topic
With our Research Topic focusing on SDG 14: Life Below Water, we want to contribute to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development by identifying the most urgent questions still in need of answering and by highlighting the pathways that will lead us towards a sustainable ocean.
To better summarize the ten targets associated with SDG14 and to display how all 17 SDGs are integrated, we are using the interactive SDG14 Transformation Map created by the World Economic Forum. The map allows users to visualize and understand most of the topics linked to SDG14 by displaying the connections and inter-dependencies between them, helping to support more informed decision-making (for more information, click here).
Therefore, this Research Topic focuses on the following Key Issues:
• Overfishing
• Emerging Ocean Technologies
• Pollution and the Oceans
• Mass Extinction
• Human Well-Being and Oceans
• Climate Change Impacts
• Shifting Ocean Governance
We welcome research that addresses the development and implementation of science-based solutions towards a sustainable ocean, supporting mitigation and adaptation policies to global change.
Perspectives on how to provide better stewardship of ocean resources by designing and carrying out marine research supporting a sustainable Blue Economy are particularly encouraged.
Submissions spanning natural and social sciences are accepted, including the following article types: Perspectives, Reviews, Policy & Practice Reviews, and Policy Briefs. Original Research is also accepted if it presents solution/action-focused research.
At the end of the Topic, we invite all contributors of this Topic to co-author a short Perspective article that summarizes the main action points that have emerged. The idea is to crystallize the most urgent questions that should be answered and the most critical problems that need addressing over the course of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
Keywords: Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, SDG14, Blue Economy, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Fisheries, Pollution, Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change Mitigation, Ocean Governance, Biodiversity, Marine Plastics, Transformation Maps
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.