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CEO of MOi speaks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – Marseille – 3 to 11 September 2021

30 Aug 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…

Mercator Ocean reaffirms its commitment to the UN Global Compact

27 Aug 2021

News

Communication on Engagement, UNGC, United Nations, United Nations 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…

How the Copernicus Marine Service obtains data on the North Sea

24 Aug 2021

Spotted in the media

copernicus marine, Mer du Nord

En utilisant des capteurs installés sur les navires de pêche, le Copernicus Marine Service et Mercator Ocean International parviennent à obtenir des données sur des variables océaniques et climatiques essentielles, dans des zones autrement difficiles à atteindre. Pour en savoir…

Meteorological Technology International’s Special Report on Oceans

23 Aug 2021

Spotted in the media

GOOS, international ocean governance, ocean observation

The Meteorological Technology International’s special report on oceans, released on 17 August, features an interview with Pierre Bahurel, the CEO of Mercator Ocean International (MOi). As the UN kicks off its Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Meteorological Technology…

Towards urgent global climate change action: Release of IPCC’s latest report “AR6 Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis”

9 Aug 2021

News

Climate Change, Climate Report, COP26, IPCC, Ocean climate monitoring

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,…

Sunrise over the ocean. Photo Credit Jessica Ruscello

Mercator Ocean will continue to implement and enhance the Copernicus Marine Service for another 7 years

23 Jul 2021

News

Copernicus, Copernicus Marine Service, EU Green Deal, European Commission

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…

7 years of successful implementation of the Copernicus Marine Service

22 Jul 2021

News

Copernicus, Copernicus Marine Service, ocean, Oceanography

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…

SULITEST SDG14 #WeAreAllOceanCitizens: helping citizens become more ocean literate!

25 Jun 2021

Events

Mercator Ocean International (MOI) with the Copernicus Marine Service in partnership with Sulitest and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) will host a side-event during the 2021 session of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)…

Sri Lanka faces environmental disaster following the X-Press Pearl Shipwreck

11 Jun 2021

News

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…

5th expédition of SEA PLASTICS

4 Jun 2021

News

The fifth SEA Plastics expedition “sails” since March 2021 between Spain, France, and Italy. It is entitled: “Evaluation of sampling methods and characterization of polymer particles smaller than 5 mm discharged into the marine environment.” Mediterranean route 2021 Helene, Irene,…

Agenda

CEO of MOi speaks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – Marseille – 3 to 11 September 2021

Mercator Ocean reaffirms its commitment to the UN Global Compact

How the Copernicus Marine Service obtains data on the North Sea

Meteorological Technology International’s Special Report on Oceans

Towards urgent global climate change action: Release of IPCC’s latest report “AR6 Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis”

Mercator Ocean will continue to implement and enhance the Copernicus Marine Service for another 7 years

7 years of successful implementation of the Copernicus Marine Service

SULITEST SDG14 #WeAreAllOceanCitizens: helping citizens become more ocean literate!

Sri Lanka faces environmental disaster following the X-Press Pearl Shipwreck

5th expédition of SEA PLASTICS

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