Paris – Palace Marigny in Paris hosted yesterday the France-Italy Summit of 2015. The two key themes of the meeting were the environment and climate change. In this context, the oceans play a key role in our understanding of climate change, ecosystems and the protection of biodiversity; they are a crucial component for the sustainable exploitation of resources and for the enhancement of coastal environments. For this reason, the INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) and Ifremer (the French Institute for Sustainable Exploitation of the Sea) joined forces to enhance and make the most of their underwater observatories. The Italian Minister of Education, University and Research, Stefania Giannini, and the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Genevieve Fioraso, were both present. (9Colonne)
