CAPF AC 2021 Q121: Current Affairs – International Relations & Treaties
- (a) Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean
- (b) The Ocean : Life and Livelihoods
- (c) Gender and Oceans
- (d) Clean Our Oceans
Answer: (b) The Ocean : Life and Livelihoods
Explanation
World Oceans Day 2021
How to think: World Oceans Day is marked on 8 June every year.
Match each theme with its year.
| Year | Theme |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Gender and the Ocean |
| 2020 | Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean |
| 2021 | The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods |
| 2022 | Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean |
Background: the day was proposed at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992.
The United Nations officially recognised it from 2009.
Why 2021 mattered: it was the first year of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
The related goal is SDG 14: Life Below Water.
Answer: (b) The Ocean : Life and Livelihoods.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Incorrect. Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean was the theme of 2020.
- (b) CORRECT. The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods was the theme of 2021.
- (c) Incorrect. Gender and the Ocean was the theme of 2019.
- (d) Incorrect. Clean Our Oceans is an older theme, not that of 2021.
Key point
World Oceans Day: 8 June; UN-recognised since 2009. 2021 theme: The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods. UN Decade of Ocean Science: 2021-2030. SDG 14: Life Below Water.
Remember
8 June 2021: The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods.
Common mistakes
- Marking the 2020 theme because it sounds more modern.
- Mixing up World Oceans Day (8 June) with World Environment Day (5 June).
- Forgetting that 2021 opened the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
Exam tip
Educated guess: 2021 was a pandemic year when livelihoods were the main worry everywhere. The theme with that word fits the year.
Sources
- United Nations — World Oceans Day, 8 June 2021: The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods
- UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission — United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)