01 Jun 2021

The UK has announced its membership of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). ORRAA is a multi-sector collaboration between governments, financial institutions, the insurance industry, environmental organisations and stakeholders from the Global South.  The Alliance’s purpose is to build resilience in the regions and communities most vulnerable to ocean risk, by pioneering finance and insurance products that incentivise investment in nature-based solutions and […]

26 Jan 2021

Speaker Notes: Ocean Recovery Online Conference – An Introduction Bob Earll    CMS      E: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk In 2019 Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and host of natural extreme events had raised the awareness of the Climate Emergency to an unprecedented scale. The growing scale of man’s activities on the planet, the climate emergency and huge impacts on biodiversity […]

08 Dec 2020

The Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT) has formed an Ocean Literacy Working Group with grateful support from Defra (Department For Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The group brings together experts from across the UK to understand how Ocean Literacy could be used to support Ocean Climate policy in the future. The working group will support Defra, acting as […]

01 Dec 2020

Thanks to Jason Hall Spencer Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post COVID-19 – Major collaborative paper and resources that look at the challenges and actions we need to restore the oceans (continue) Abstract The ocean is the linchpin supporting life on Earth but is in declining health, due to an increasing […]

24 Nov 2020

UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration including the Oceans will be a key international driver for action. There are now lots of resources now coming on stream for this. It compliments the UNESCO Decade of Ocean Science for sustainable Development UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosystem-restoration/oceans-and-coasts UN ‘We live on a blue planet, with oceans and […]