Françoise Gaill is a biologist and oceanographer specializing in deep marine ecosystems and adaptation to extreme environments. Emeritus research director at the CNRS, Françoise Gaill participated in 1968 and for more than 10 years in the first French oceanographic expeditions in the North Atlantic. Specializing in the fauna of aquatic organisms, particularly marine invertebrates and …
Oceans, which cover 70% of the planet, are in peril. Global research is mobilising to study and rescue it, and the CNRS is on the front lines, with over 1,000 scientists and 50 laboratories involved. An overview of the actions underway and the major challenges ahead, from the coasts to the depths of the sea. …
Protecting the oceans that cover 70% of the earth is not getting enough attention in climate change policy. Now, scientists are pushing for a dedicated international body to coordinate research and inform policymakers Alain Schuhl, deputy CEO for Science of the CNRS. Photo: Joachim Claudet / CNRS / Twitter An international initiative to establish a new …
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The CNRS brought together scientific institutions from across the globe for an exceptional conference to strengthen the position of the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) within global ocean governance. “Today it is urgent to organize the global scientific community in support of a sustainable ocean.” Those were the words with which Alain Schuhl, Chief …
The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is a global initiative to change how we cocreate and share knowledge. We need to find new ways of creating self-organising, bottom-up learning and impact networks. Stakeholders, researchers, funders, and facilitators need to be able to connect with each other. Experience, concerns, and potential solutions – …
Leading ocean experts propose a new International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) to build consensus and inform policy. This new international panel could translate ocean research into policy action. Story highlights The ocean science community has, so far, not been sufficiently well organized to provide coherent policy input on a global scale. The Intergovernmental panels …
The ocean is increasingly recognized as being inextricably interwoven with climate, biodiversity and human well-being. This emerging recognition has highlighted the need for a coordinated approach to support policy and governance of the ocean system as a whole. Stewardship of the ocean must be led by evidence – informed by the past, present and future …
The European Union commits to explore the feasibility of a possible transdisciplinary science-policy interface for ocean sustainability, an Intergovernmental Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS), taking into account existing relevant expertise, inter alia ocean related work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Read more : click …