Ocean and Climate Platform

The Ocean and Climate Platform seeks to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy making. The key objective: 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. The OCP gathers more than 90 members – research institutes, NGOs, aquariums, private sector, French institutions and international agencies, local authorities – working together in order to spread the following message : “a healthy ocean for a protected climate”. If the ocean is particularly vulnerable to climate change, it also is a source of mitigation and adaptation solutions. Through its role of interface between science and policy, the Ocean and Climate Platform fosters reflection and exchanges between the scientific community, civil society and policy-makers. Its ambition is to mobilize the largest number of actors for better consideration of the scientific message on the interactions between the ocean, climate and biodiversity by policy-makers and the general public.