11.06.2026 • 45 Min.

In this episode of Maritime Matters, Dr Matthias Catón, Managing Director of the German Maritime Centre, is joined by Professor Jochem Marotzke, director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and a leading authority on climate variability. With an academic journey spanning Germany, Denmark, the US, and the UK, and significant contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jochem Marotzke shares his expertise on the pivotal role of the oceans within the global climate system. Their conversation takes listeners from the ocean’s function as a vast buffer against climate change to the complexities of ocean observation and prediction. Together, they examine the limits of current climate models, the interaction between science and industry, and the importance of robust, innovative research to future maritime decision-making.