Patricia Ricard assumed the Presidency of the Oceanographic Institute in 2005 and has been committed to environmental protection for over 30 years.
Currently, she focuses on highlighting the interdependence of the Ocean, Climate, and Biodiversity, organizing multi-stakeholder meetings within the framework of the "Embiez Dialogues." These gatherings bring together academic, economic, diplomatic, civil society, institutional, and local stakeholders to address major challenges in sustainability and ecological transition.
Between 2010 and 2015, she served as a member of the French Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (CESE), during which she produced a report on biomimicry and sustainable innovation.
Since then, she has been the Vice-President of the Ocean-Climate Platform, a consortium of 70 organizations working for ocean protection. In this capacity, she establishes bridges between scientists and policymakers within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 14 and advocates for the inclusion of the ocean in the UNFCCC Agenda.
In 2019, she co-led the workstream "strengthening the resilience of marine ecosystems" at the One Planet Lab, an initiative of President Macron, whose results and recommendations were presented at the One Planet Summits in Nairobi and Biarritz, alongside the G7. She was also appointed the leader of the French delegation to the Summit of the Two Shores in 2020.
In 2022, she was one of the ambassadors for the One Ocean Summit and the rapporteur for the workshop 'What kind of nourishing sea in 2030?
