Jose Santos, in representation of CLIVAR, attended the Seminar for the establishment of the International Marine Science Popularization Alliance (IMSPA), which was held at the Academic Exchange center of the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), which took place on July 5th, 2018.

IMSPA aims to pool the available marine science popularization resources of marine-related research and higher-educational institutions and marine-related organizations all over the world, promote the sharing of marine science popularization resources, establish a global network for marine science popularization, inspire society to engage with  marine science knowledge, arouse public’s marine awareness and make contributions to the spreading of marine scientific knowledge through international communication and cooperation, encouraging  people around the world to understand and care about the oceans.