The Global Coastal Ocean (GOCO) division at CMCC focuses on advancing research and development in coastal climate and ocean forecasting, modelling, resilience-building and sustainable blue economy strategies and solutions. The division aims to address the pressing challenges posed by climate change, coastal hazards, and the sustainable development of marine and coastal society, environments and maritime sectors. GOCO plays a key role in international and European initiatives such as the European Digital Twin of the Ocean, Emodnet, and the Coast Predict  and its Global Coast initiative, contributing to the global understanding of coastal dynamics and impacts and the development of solutions for coastal resilience. The Division collaborates with the UNESCO Decentralised Coordination Centre on Coastal Resilience (DCC-CR) at University of Bologna.

The GOCO division integrates cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, advanced oceanographic data systems, and coastal/ocean digital twins to create customizable applications, multi-hazard early warning systems, and comprehensive decision-making tools. Through collaborations with international institutions, GOCO is instrumental in delivering innovative solutions based on actionable science for risk management, marine spatial planning, pollution management, nature-based solutions, ship routing, and the advancement of sustainable practices for resilient coastal zones.

The division’s research spans several key areas:

• Multiscale coastal modelling and applications
• Integrated modelling of Coastal Earth System
• Subregional to coastal climate downscaling
• Advanced Observing systems for the global coastal ocean
• Development of a Cloud infrastructure for On-Demand Modeling, Data Analytics (AI), and Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO)
• Nature based solutions and ecosystem restoration modelling, observing system and DTO
• Coastal adaptation applications
• Marine pollution and Maritime applications
• Operational Coastal Ocean Forecasting systems
• Support to the implementation of CoastPredict