WRI Ocean

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🌊 About Us 🌊 The World Resources Institute (WRI) Ocean Program advances science-based solutions to protect and restore the world’s ocean while ensuring a sustainable blue economy that supports people, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Through data-driven research, policy advocacy, and global partnerships, we empower decision-makers to tackle challenges such as ocean pollution, sustainable fisheries, marine biodiversity conservation, and climate adaptation. Our work helps governments, businesses, and communities drive action toward a healthier, more resilient ocean that benefits both nature and society. Join us in creating a future where ocean health and human prosperity thrive together. 🌎💙 📢 Follow us for the latest insights, research, and solutions in ocean sustainability.

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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are stewards of vast ocean spaces yet face some of the most immediate impacts of climate change. Following International Day for SIDS on April 25, global attention is growing around the ocean challenges and solutions led by these nations. From rising sea levels to ecosystem degradation, the risks are intensifying. So is the need for coordinated, science-based action. Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (SOPM) is helping countries move beyond fragmented decision-making, bringing together science, policy and local knowledge to guide how ocean resources are used, protected and sustained. As this becomes an increasing global priority for island states and coastal regions alike, the focus is shifting from awareness to implementation. This June, that momentum continues at the Island States Ocean Summit hosted by The Nippon Foundation, in partnership with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO through the Ocean Decade. Watch this space to find out how we are making SOPM easier, more aligned and better funded. #SustainableOceanPlanning #OceanResilience #OceanEconomy #OceanScience #ClimateSolutions #EcosystemResilience #OceanDecade #SIDS
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Our Aquatic Food Lead, Abigail Frankfort, be speaking at Regenerative Living 5.0, part of Climate Week Zurich 2026 (CWZ), co-hosted by B Corp AdvantiKA GmbH - Responsible Results and the non-profit GreenUp Switzerland. This event brings together leaders committed to regenerating economies, communities and ecosystems, showing that business and nature can thrive side by side. Join Abi on 6 May for a panel discussion on the role of business models in accelerating the transition toward a regenerative future, including a deep dive into a real-world case study on blue food. 👉For more info and tickets: https://bit.ly/4t4IScQ #ClimateWeekZurich #CWZ2026 #ShapingTomorrowTogether #RegenerativeLivingZurich #RegenerativeLiving5
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Governments, private sector organizations, civil society, and research institutions are invited to submit new commitments or update progress on existing ones ahead of OOC11 in Mombasa this June. The deadline to submit or update commitments is tomorrow, 1 May 2026. Since 2014, more than 2,900 commitments worth over US$169 billion have been recorded through the Our Ocean Conference process. The 11th Our Ocean Conference is introducing a strengthened architecture for tracking whether those commitments are delivered. OOC11 commitments span six Areas of Action: Marine Protected Areas, Sustainable Blue Economy, Ocean-Climate Nexus, Sustainable Fisheries, Marine Pollution, and Maritime Security. Submit or update your commitment here: https://lnkd.in/ei_ZG-ts 🌊 #OurOceanKenya #OOC11
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Fisherwomen in Inhambane Bay, Mozambique rely on the bay's seagrass meadows, but nearly half of those meadows are now gone, lost to intensifying cyclones and fishing pressure. 🌪️🐟 Around 492 million people depend on small-scale fishing, and nearly half are women. Yet their practices are largely invisible in national fisheries data, and their voices largely absent from the councils making decisions about the coastlines. At the same time, women have a central role in conservation and climate adaptation. With their deep knowledge of these habitats, they are among the best positioned to mobilise for protection and restoration. Yet women are largely absent from the data systems and decision-making processes meant to support these goals, leaving their vulnerabilities and stewardship invisible. In our new vignette, WRI Researcher Rachel Thoms documents how seagrass decline is reshaping lives in Inhambane Bay, and why ocean governance needs to see coastal women clearly before it can serve them well. 🌎 Dive Deeper 👇

Dwindling Seagrass Is Disproportionately Impacting Coastal Women along Mozambique’s Inhambane Bay wri.org

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Cynthia Barzuna is the Director of Ocean Action 2030 and Deputy Director of #WRIOcean. 🌊 From Costa Rica's Caribbean to its Pacific coast, Cynthia has spent her career turning ocean ambition into policy. As Deputy Minister for Water and Ocean Affairs, she helped drive Costa Rica's marine protected area coverage from 2.7% to 30%. Through Ocean Action 2030, she's working toward 100% sustainable management of waters under national jurisdiction. Dive deeper in this Women Actions For The Ocean piece 👇

Cynthia Barzuna from Costa Rica, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 Ocean Action 2030

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⏳ 50 days until the 11th Our Ocean Conference opens in Mombasa, Kenya. For the first time, the Our Ocean Conference comes to Africa. From 16 to 18 June, leaders from government, science, civil society, youth, and the private sector will gather on the Swahili Coast to advance measurable commitments across six areas of ocean action. Commitments submissions remain open until 1 May. If your organization is preparing an announcement, there is still time to submit via the online platform. Learn more: https//ouroceankenya.com #OurOceanKenya #OOC11

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What does it actually take to move from ocean commitments to real-world results? According to Tom Pickerell PhD FMBA, Global Director of the Ocean Program at World Resources Institute, the answer is not just better plans, it’s better systems to deliver them. Across countries, we’re seeing a shift from fragmented, sector-by-sector decision-making toward integrated approaches that connect conservation, economic development and climate priorities. But one of the biggest challenges remains the same: implementation. That means: • Access to early-stage funding • Strong governance and institutional capacity • Clear pathways from policy to investment Tools like the Sustainable Ocean Plans Handbook, Rapid Assistance Fund and Ocean Action 2030 are helping bridge this gap, turning ambition into actionable steps. As global leaders gather in June, the focus is clear: how to accelerate delivery, scale solutions and support island states in leading the way. The Island States Ocean Summit is hosted by Nippon Foundation, in partnership with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO through the Ocean Decade. Stay tuned for more stories on ocean management, sustainable marine resource use and how communities are addressing climate risks on the ground. #SustainableOceanPlanning #OceanResilience #SustainableOceanEconomy #OceanDecade

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Ocean-based solutions hold enormous potential cut emissions and tackle climate change, but political will is vital to unlocking their potential. WRI's Tom Pickerell PhD FMBA and Micheline Khan will be speaking at the "Raising Political ambition for Ocean-Climate Action" webinar, hosted by UNDP/GEF PROCARIBE+ Project. It will look at ocean-climate leadership and opportunities in the wider Caribbean and beyond. 📅 Tuesday 28 April 🕒 9am (Colombia time, UTC-5) Register here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e97-qsY8
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Join three of the WRI Ocean team to learn more about the potential for jobs in the sustainable ocean economy... 👇
High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

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TOMORROW: "Financing to Maximise Employment in the Sutainable Ocean Economy" This webinar for the One Ocean Finance Facility explores how finance can help unlock jobs in a sustainable ocean economy to achieve its potential for people, nature and climate. The event brings together experts in ocean finance, employment, and blue economy sectors to explore financing requirements and discuss promising approaches to maximise investment in a sustainable ocean economy. 📅 Tuesday 28 April 🕒 3pm (UK time, UTC+1) Register here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5YTsMH7 UNDP, Global Fund for Coral Reefs, WRI Ocean, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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Tomorrow I’ll be giving opening remarks at 'Rising Political Ambition for Ocean–Climate Action', the fourth webinar in the Wider Caribbean Ocean Coordination Mechanism’s series ahead of Our Ocean Conference. The session will highlight work under the Blue NDC Challenge and related initiatives supporting stronger integration of ocean action in climate commitments. https://lnkd.in/eCGfzTRe
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WRI Ocean

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Cynthia Barzuna from Costa Rica, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 Ocean Action 2030

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