Ocean & Climate Platform

Although it is an essential component to regulate the climate system, the ocean has long been absent from climate negotiations. In light of this observation, and with the willingness to overcome it, the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) was created on 8 June 2014, on the occasion of World Ocean Day, with the support of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and an informal group from civil society.

Among these actors, you will find the CNRS, the Tara Ocean Foundation, the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, the IDDRI, the IUCN French Committee, the Prince Albert I Foundation Oceanographic Institute, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Surfrider Foundation Europe, Nausicaa, joined by the French Maritime Cluster, Armateurs de France and the Institut Français de la Mer.

Thus, since 2014, the Ocean & Climate Platform has been working to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy making. The key objectif: ensuring that the scientific messages on the interactions between the ocean, climate and biodiversity are acknowledged and taken into account by both policy makers and the general public.

Its work is organized around three main objectives: outreach and mobilization, scientific knowledge dissemination, advocacy and international mobilisation.