Natalya Gallo, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; University of Bergen, Department of Biological Sciences, Bergen, Norway, Maila Guilhon, The Nippon Foundation - University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices Programme, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Alfredo Giron-Nava, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, Gabriel A. Juma, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland, Germany, Shenghui Li, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China, Erin V Satterthwaite, California Sea Grant, CalCOFI, & Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San Diego), United States, Isabel Toman, International Association of Universities, Paris, France and Ann-Christine Zinkann, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, United States