Olivier Barriere
Sustainable Development Speaker
As a biologist specialized in aquatic ecotoxicology, from 2000 to 2007, I dedicated the beginning of my career to research in aquatic and marine ecology. A man of conviction, from 2007 to 2011, I worked within a European NGO for the protection of oceans and coastlines. I notably led studies and projects related to water quality, biodiversity, and waste management. I then joined the private sector in the maritime field until 2014, working on fishery resources, water quality, and maritime space sharing. I founded OB Environnement with the ambition to share my knowledge, convictions, and desire to transmit by offering conferences, projects, and innovative services. Having worked in scientific research, the private sector, and NGOs, my background has given me a cross-sectional view of the ecological and societal challenges we face. Specialized in the field of water, this topic holds an important place in my interventions. Sustainable development is a rich subject, so I offer a wide range of conferences. Deeply convinced of the necessity to create bridges between all actors of our society, OB Environnement positions itself as a catalyst for your projects.
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The Challenges of Water
Water is a precious resource, essential for meeting our needs and uses. Unequally distributed, its management is a source of tensions or conflicts. Other factors such as population growth, the effects of climate change, and pollution exacerbate an already critical situation. Preserving water resources, both in terms of quantitative management and quality preservation, is a major challenge for our territory. Meeting all our needs while preserving the biodiversity of our aquatic environments is our challenge for tomorrow.
The Geopolitics of Water
Since humans began to live in organized societies, the sharing of water has been at the heart of concerns. Although freshwater resources are abundant on Earth, they are unevenly distributed. With a continually increasing global population, the demand for water is becoming more significant. Its sharing is often a source of tension or conflict. Aquatic pollution, combined with the effects of climate change, is likely to exacerbate these tensions in the coming years. We often hear about the risk of water wars; however, the sharing of this precious resource is also the origin of many cooperation projects.
Water and Climate Change
Water resources are abundant, but the situation is misleading. Our needs continue to grow. The available resource is not always sufficient to meet demand, resulting in significant tensions around its management. This situation is likely to worsen with the effects of climate change. Marine environments play an important role in climate evolution but are also experiencing increasingly marked imbalances. Meeting our needs while preserving the biological balances of aquatic environments remains one of the major challenges now more than ever.
Oceans and Plastic
With the evolution of our knowledge of the marine environment and our perception of it today, the ever-increasing presence of waste in the oceans raises questions and concerns. We are heavily dependent on marine ecosystems, particularly for their resources or the economy they generate. The seas and oceans, however, are receptacles for numerous pollutants. Our understanding of their impacts on marine biodiversity continues to progress. Discoveries about the behavior of plastic in the marine environment are also evolving, and this can sometimes be very surprising... Initiatives aimed at cleaning up the marine environment are multiplying. What results can we expect? Reducing waste at the source is the goal to achieve, but what can be done in the short term?