CEO of MOi speaks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – Marseille – 3 to 11 September 2021
Mercator Ocean International has been partnering with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), hosting the Secretariat for SDGs and the NGO Sulitest.org to work on the first educational module dedicated to Ocean and SDG14 “Life below Water”. The module has been launched on July 9th during the High Level Political […]
Mercator Ocean reaffirms its commitment to the UN Global Compact
By issuing its first Communication on Engagement meant for all its stakeholders, Mercator Ocean International (MOi) reaffirms its support to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and its Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment, and anticorruption. The purpose of MOi is to build a lasting and relevant base of scientific knowledge and operational skills […]
Towards urgent global climate change action: Release of IPCC’s latest report “AR6 Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis”
On 9 August 2021, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Working Group 1 contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) – “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”. One of the eight reports making up the IPCC AR6, the Working Group 1 (WG1) report addresses the most updated physical understanding of the climate […]
Mercator Ocean will continue to implement and enhance the Copernicus Marine Service for another 7 years
On 22 July 2021, Pierre Bahurel, Director General of Mercator Ocean International signed the official agreement with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence, Space and Industry (DG DEFIS) for Mercator Ocean to continue implementing the European-funded Copernicus Marine Service for the next seven years. This period running from 2021 to 2027 represents the next phase […]
7 years of successful implementation of the Copernicus Marine Service
In 2014, the European Commission selected Mercator Ocean International to implement the Copernicus Marine Service, one of the six thematic services of Copernicus – the EU’s world-leading Earth Observation Programme. At the dawn of the next phase of Copernicus (2021 to 2027), Mercator Ocean highlights the main achievements of the Copernicus Marine Service over the […]
Sri Lanka faces environmental disaster following the X-Press Pearl Shipwreck
A cargo ship carrying chemicals and plastic pellets has been burning and beginning to sink off the coast of Sri Lanka starting on May 20th, 2021. The ship, the MV X-Press Pearl, was carrying 1,486 containers. Eighty-one of those were dangerous goods containers, including 25 tons of nitric acid that represents a potential huge environmental […]
Mercator Ocean supports the G7 Future of the Seas & Oceans Initiative
Mercator Ocean International launched the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative website (www.g7fsoi.org) at the end of April 2021. This is part of EU4OceanObs action, a European Foreign Policy Instrument aiming to strengthen international ocean governance for the enhanced collection and use of global ocean observations for societal benefit. Implemented by Mercator Ocean […]
Official visit of Ms Annick Girardin, Minister for the Sea
“The Ocean is a common good and it is the issue from which we must start”, President Macron told us at the end of 2019. A few months later, a Ministry of the Sea was set up in the French government. Ms Annick Girardin, former Member of Parliament for Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Minister for Overseas Territories, […]
Towards a European Coastal Flood Awareness System
In January 2021, Mercator Ocean International joined forces with seven other European organisations to develop a proof-of-concept for a European Coastal Flood Awareness System (ECFAS). ECFAS will provide a much-needed solution to strengthen coastal resilience to climate risk and lessen the exposure of people and assets by monitoring and supporting coastal flood preparedness. By demonstrating […]
France’s maritime challenges
On 22 November 2020, the French General Secretariat for the Sea celebrated its 25th anniversary. To highlight France’s maritime challenges and mark the occasion, the Cahiers d’Administration published a special issue. In an interview with Pierre Bahurel, Mercator Océan’s CEO, he highlighted the actions of Mercator Océan International and the importance of the digital ocean […]
IOC-UNESCO Global Ocean Science Report 2020 & Contributions
In conjunction with its 60th anniversary in 2020, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO launched the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020). IOC-UNESCO’s flagship report provides a thorough assessment of the status and trends in ocean science capacity around the world. Karina von Schuckmann, an oceanographer for Mercator Ocean international, has contributed to two […]
The Ocean and its Digital Twin for a better decision support tool
Mercator Ocean international (MOi), which has been developing numerical ocean models for the last 20 years, is now engaging into the next step: the Digital Twin of the Ocean, aiming at resolving all the temporal and geographical scales, their mutual interactions and impacts. Several calls for tenders are opening and Mercator Ocean is fully involved […]