COP26: What is the outcome for the ocean?
The 26th Conference of the Parties took place this year in Glasgow, UK. The Conference set four objectives – mitigation, adaptation, finance, and collaboration. After two weeks of intense negotiations, agreements have been reached. What are the conclusions? What is the outcome for the ocean? COP26 addressed four main topics COP26 was of particular importance […]
Sargassum beachings in the Caribbean: Ocean data to support the environment
Mercator Ocean International offers state-of-the-art expertise and services for ocean analysis and forecasting. Recently, it developed a high-resolution regional system covering the Caribbean, designed to improve the forecasting of Sargassum seaweed beachings for the French government. The overabundance and beaching of this seaweed, particularly in the last decade on the coasts of the Caribbean, Central […]
Mercator Ocean wins a “Trophée Ecomobilité”
On Friday 19 November 2021, Tisséo Collectivités – the transport organising authority for the urban transport area of the Toulouse conurbation – awarded Mercator Ocean International (MOi) the Ecomobility Trophy, “Coup de Pouce” prize. Jean-Michel Lattes, President of Tisséo Collectivités, unveiled the winners of the Ecomobility Trophies 2021, on the occasion of the 10th edition […]
MOOC & Hackathons: new capacity building actions
Mercator Ocean International is increasingly mobilised on the development of capacity-building actions. Included in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”, the process of capacity-building implies the global strengthening of skills and resources needed to achieve all the SDGs, through the increase and improvement of technology, data collection and monitoring. In that […]
Mercator Ocean International supports the AMAZOMIX oceanographic campaign to study physical processes and their impacts on the marine ecosystem at the mouth of the Amazon
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) is supporting the AMAZONIX campaign, which explores the mouth of the Amazon, from 27 August to 8 October 2021. The campaign is taking place on board the ANTEA, an offshore vessel of the French Oceanographic Fleet operated by Ifremer. Over a distance of more than 6,000 km, a multidisciplinary team of […]
5th Ocean State Report Summary now available
On 22 September 2021, the Copernicus Marine Service and Mercator Ocean International (MOi) released the 5 edition of the Ocean State Report (OSR 5) Summary. Freely accessible online, this annual publication provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art report on the current state, natural variations, and ongoing changes in the European regional seas and global ocean, particularly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]