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5 MAJOR CLIMATE RISKS

■ rising sea levels ,
■ changes in precipitation,
■ ocean-atmosphere oscillations,
■ intensity of tropical cyclones,
■ ocean warming and acidification.

5 INTERCONNECTED
HABITABILITY PILLARS

■ access to land,
■ fresh water supply,
■ food supply,
■ settlements and infrastructure,
■ economic activities.

CONTRIBUTION OF THE OCEAN
SOLUTIONS INITIATIVE

The team also referred to the work conducted in PROFILE
2016-2020 by the international expert panel The
Ocean Solutions Initiative. Supported by the Prince
Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the IAEA, resear-
chers made a systematic assessment of 13 ocean- The Ocean Acidification and other Ocean Changes –
based climate change mitigation and adaptation Impacts and Solutions (OACIS) initiative was created
measures at global and local levels. The objective in 2021 on the instigation of the Prince Albert II of
of this audit of solutions was to help shape the de- Monaco Foundation in order to expand the scope of the
velopment and implementation of technologies and work carried out by the Association Monégasque sur
actions towards a sustainable result. l’Acidification des Océans (AMAO), which now includes, in
addition to acidification, other climate stressors weighing
As stipulated in an article published in Frontiers in over the ocean. Within OACIS, focus is placed on their
Marine Science in October 2018, as well as a video characterisation and the solutions to counter them. At the
geared towards the general public, one of the results crossroads between high-level research and climate policy,
of this experts’ report shows that the greatest be- the initiative follows on from the Monaco Declaration on
nefit is obtained by combining global and local so- Ocean Acidification signed in 2009 by 150 scientists from
lutions. The authors are already recommending to 26 countries.
political communities and marine scientists to “take
into consideration the uncertainty and limitations of OACIS brings together several partners: the Prince
climate and ocean management systems currently Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Government of
available”, whilst promoting the most promising. Monaco, the IAEA environmental laboratories, the Monaco
Scientific Centre and the Oceanographic Institute, as
well as representatives of the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature and of CNRS.