As part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) initiative, the Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme was officially endorsed as a Decade Action.
On World Oceans Day, 8th June 2021, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO announced a list of 66 Actions officially endorsed as a part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Official announcement:
A full list of the endorsed Ocean Decade Actions can be found here: https://oceandecade.org/resource/166/Announcement-of-the-results-of-the-first-endorsed-Decade-Actions-following-Call-for-Decade-Actions-No-012020