Ocean & Climate priority research programme

This programme has two majors objectives. The first one is to support the transition from disciplinary research on the ocean (physics, biology, economics, etc.) to integrative and interdisciplinary research capable of responding to the challenges of the United Nations Decade and the issues at stake in society. The second is to raise awareness of ocean-related issues among stakeholders and the general public.

For this purpose, the programme has 4 specific objectives :
- To involve all stakeholders in defining and enriching the scientific issues around the 7 challenges identifier by the programme
- To animate the national scientific community around emerging issues in the field of marine science, technology and policy
- Give visibility of the programme among the general public through communication actions
- Organise a set of seminars for administrations concerned by ocean, maritime and sovereignty issues.

As previously indicated, the programme focused on 7 challenges:
- Predicting and anticipating the impacts of extreme phenomena linked to climate change in the overseas territories
- Polar oceans: little-known ecosystems undergoing rapid change and with coveted resources
- Protection and resilience of marine environments: analysis of actions taken and development of innovative management approaches
- Contributing to the development of a sustainable economy by controlling its impacts and developing appropriate modes of governance
- Characterise and quantify anthropogenic stresses and their effects on marine ecosystems through integrated approaches in order to define thresholds and appropriate regulations
- Develop innovative, multidisciplinary, multi-parameter, multi-scale and multi-actor observation and modelling programmes to support the challenges identified
- Share with the general public the discovery of the Ocean and the associated issues by developing participatory science and an open science policy