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Apr
Team Malizia at the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference
While Boris Herrmann was training with the Pôle Finistère in Brittany, Cornelius Eich and Helene Katz from Team Malizia attended this week’s Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona. But what is the Ocean Decade exactly? And how was our offshore racing team actively involved in this year’s largest gathering of Ocean professionals?
by Hélène Katz
Coastline in Indonesia - The challenges facing the Ocean are immense. But no single nation or sector can tackle them alone.
© Erik Lukas / Ocean Image Bank
Boris Herrmann's video message to the participants of the “Sailing into the Future for the Ocean Decade” satellite event organised by The Ocean Race and IOC/UNESCO with the support of Team Malizia
© Austin Wong / The Ocean Race
Cornelius Eich spoke in a panel alongside Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR), Claire Vayer (IMOCA), and Marta Umbert Ceresuela (ISM-CSIC), moderated by Joanna Post (IOC/UNESCO)
© Austin Wong / The Ocean Race
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco giving a speech during the opening of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona
© Team Malizia
Sea ice melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean
© Kathryn Hansen / NASA