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The #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment
The #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment ensures that a regenerating and sustainable ocean has a seat at the table in finance and insurance decisions. The cumulative value of the Assets Under Management by current endorsers of #BackBlue amounts to USD$3,45tn. AXA,…
Policy Brief: Deep Seabed Mining
ORRAA Policy Brief: Deep Seabed Mining Every time scientists explore the deep seabed, new species of animals and microbes are revealed. Their connections to the life in the water column above them remain a mystery. Knowledge about the quantity of carbon…
2025: A Critical Year for the Ocean
We are now just weeks away from two of the most important milestones for the Ocean: the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) and the Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). These global gatherings will bring together leaders from the Ocean,…
Launching the High-Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide
Conservation International, along with ORRAA and other partners, officially launched the High-Quality Blue Carbon (HQBC) Practitioners Guide at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. As the first resource linking market definitions of high-quality project development and financing with on-the-ground activities, this Guide…
ORRAA Action Report 2024
The 2024 ORRAA Action Report is here! Read about the pivotal year that celebrates five years of collective action and lays the foundations for 2025 and beyond. Together we: Have activated USD$45.5 million in investment Have supported over 174,000 people…