Our Ocean, an high-level conference in Malta

The Our Ocean Conference on October 5-6, 2017 brought together worldwide leaders from all sectors and resulted in 437 commitments to take action for the ocean.  On this occasion, Queen Noor of Jordan, Brune Poirson (French Secretary of State for the Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition) and Karmenu Vella (European Commissioner for the…

World Ocean Day: Make our ocean healthy again  

  With more than 8000 participants, ministers, heads of states and the entire ocean community, the first United Nations Ocean conference successfully continues today on June 8, 2017 with the world ocean day. This demonstrates the ocean has become a major priority for the international community.       Pollution, acidification, deoxygenation, overfishing…These threats amongst…

OCP Challenge: concrete solutions for the future

  To give a voice to a rather creative youth, the “Shipping” working group of the Ocean and Climate Platform, coordinated by Armateurs de France and Surfrider Foundation Europe, launched in 2016 the “OCP Challenge”.  This contest will give students the opportunity to work on the issue of the energy transition in maritime transportation.   For its…

In pictures: The first Ocean and Climate Initiatives Alliance Meeting

The first Ocean and Climate Initiatives Alliance Meeting has been held in Paris at Unesco Headquarters and was concluded at French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea on February 22, 2017. Before going further into the conclusions of this important meeting, check out the pictures of the day : © Guillaume Bounaud/ Ocean & Climate Platform To read…

Report of the first Ocean & Climate Initiatives Alliance Meeting

Climate change will have a major impact on the ocean, its ecosystems, maritime activities and coastal populations. Simultaneously, the ocean is a source of adaptation and mitigation solutions. In light of this ambivalent observation, a strong international coordinated mobilization of State-actors, the scientific community and civil society arose around the ocean and climate thematic prior…