Applications now open! ✅ Are you looking to turn your ocean-positive project into a high-integrity blue bond? The Blue Bond Accelerator (BBA) wants to hear from you! ✍️ Find out more and apply now: bluebondaccelerator.org/issuebluebon...

‍🦑 New Resources Alert: Gender & Fisheries 🦑 ORRAA’s lead Science and Knowledge Partner, the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is launching two new gender and fisheries factsheets on Haiti and Belize. 📄 Dive in here: https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti#the-republic-of-haiti

📣 Hot off the press: the latest edition of the ORRAA news is here! Read the full newsletter: https://oceanriskalliance.org/news/the-orraa-news-q3-2025-2/ #ORRAA #ResilientEconomies #CoastalCommunities #BlueFinance

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing isn’t just an environmental and human rights concern - it’s a business, liability, and reputational risk for insurers. 🚢 🔎 📩 Explore Vessel Viewer and contact us today to see how Vessel Viewer can work for you: ow.ly/Rock50WZt4X

We are excited to announce that the Mangrove Breakthrough has officially endorsed the High-Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide and Progress Wheel developed by Conservation International and ORRAA. 🌿 👉 Learn more about the High Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide: ow.ly/JI3V50WZmof

💡 How can we deliver action at #COP30? 💡 Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, Karen Sack Executive Director at ORRAA, is joining the COP30 Presidency and Climate High-Level Champions for their flagship event: Implementing the Global Stocktake: Delivering Action at COP30 🔗 Discover more: ow.ly/uLmW50WZsJS

🎉 Celebrating a huge win for the Ocean! 60 countries have officially ratified the High Seas Treaty, triggering its entry into force 🎉 The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊 📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...

Yesterday, Ocean Ledger and ORRAA hosted a Solution Lab at Lloyd's Lab with insurers and finance institutions to explore how we can better understand and manage coastal risks. 🌊 🛠️ We highlighted Ocean Ledger's geospatial data offering and ORRAA’s Coastal Risk Index (CRI): coastalriskindex.com

🌊 How are the largest companies reporting their impacts on ocean ecosystems? In new research co-authored by ORRAA Board Member, Robert Blasiak, a study reviewed 75 major companies across eight sectors of the ocean economy. 🔗 Find out more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On Monday, the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies entered into force! 🎉 This is a significant milestone in global ocean governance and a vital move toward healthier, more resilient fisheries, increasing the economic resilience of coastal communities. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/b7jf2vcs

In the latest episode of the #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast, Melissa Walsh, PhD, Director of Blue Finance & Scaling at ORRAA, shares why investing in SIDS is essential for a regenerative and sustainable blue economy: odi.org/en/insights/...

Data from ORRAA's Coastal Risk Index (CRI) estimates that by 2050, coastal ecosystems in Indonesia will protect 1.5 million people and approximately USD$39 billion in infrastructure from coastal flooding in a 200-year storm. 🔗🌏 Find out more about the CRI: coastalriskindex.com

Join ORRAA Executive Director, @Karen Sack, at the World Ocean Summit Europe in Cascais, Portugal! 🌊 🔗 Find out more: events.economist.com/world-ocean-... @economist.com

The ocean is a highly undervalued asset class. 🌊Investing in its health could unlock USD$15.5T in benefits & create 12M jobs by 2030, writes @karensack.bsky.social‬ of @orraanews.bsky.social

ORRAA is working with Blue Alliance to structure a blended finance facility which will implement sustainable revenue-generating initiatives in marine protected areas (MPAs). 🎥 WATCH how we’re building resilient and regenerating economies with our work in the Philippines. youtu.be/2Kw4PbyUooE

NOW OPEN: ORRAA member, Global Resilience Partnership, in collaboration with the Gates Foundation and Trafigura Foundation, has launched the Technology for Evolving Challenges in Humanitarian Contexts (TECH) 4 Resilience Challenge. 📅 Deadline: August 31 🔗 Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3U8eS0U

Swipe through some recent updates on the impactful work being carried out by ORRAA members including Ocean Impact Organisation, Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas, Conservation International and Ocean Eye. 📚🔗 Learn more about our Alliance: lnkd.in/e4_dATTK

In a piece for Green Money, ORRAA Executive Director, Karen Sack, outlines how investing in Ocean resilience can unlock USD$15.5 trillion in benefits, create 12 million jobs by 2030, and bring greater resilience to nations most in need. 🌎 🔗 Read the full article: greenmoney.com/investing-in...

Exciting news! 🌊 We're thrilled to welcome Philanthropy Asia Alliance as the newest Full Member of ORRAA and the National Oceanography Centre as an Observer.

🌊 How do we measure progress towards a #NaturePositive ocean? That's exactly what the Nature Positive Initiative, @orraanews.bsky.social and the @weforum.org are working on. The latest 👉https://www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/nature-positive-marine-metrics/ #MetricsMatter #OceanPositive

ORRAA is collaborating with the World Economic Forum and the Nature Positive Initiative to co-develop a globally aligned set of metrics to track ocean health and drive ocean-positive outcomes. 👏 🔗 Find out more: www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/na...

The countdown is on - it’s just under 100 days until COP30 in Brazil! As the world prepares to gather in Belém, we’re doubling down on our mission: activating at least USD$500 million of investment to build the resilience of 250 million climate vulnerable coastal people in the Global South by 2030.

ORRAA is working with Mawimbi Ocean Innovations to advance the equitable growth of seaweed farming in East Africa. Find out more ⬇️ youtu.be/Ru9OBi2fxiA

Last week, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), considered the world’s highest court, delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion: climate harm is not only unjust, but unlawful – a major victory for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Ocean. 🏝️ 📸: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek

🔔 We’re hiring! 🔔 We have THREE new opportunities to join our mission: 💼 Senior Associate, Executive Office 💼 Lead, The Octopus Platform 💼 Associate, Communications Find out more and apply: oceanriskalliance.org/latest/

In the latest instalment of The Ocean Imperative - Claudio De Sanctis, Head of Private Bank and Member of the Management Board at Deutsche Bank, unpacks what is needed to scale up ocean investment. 📈 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o... #AXA @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

ORRAA’s mission, by 2030, is to activate at least USD$500 million of investment to build the resilience of 250 million climate vulnerable coastal people in the Global South. 🪸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yea7...

ORRAA Executive Director, Karen Sack, spoke to Dr Arvin Kumar at Focus Global Reporter about the Alliance, the Ocean and the regenerative and sustainable blue economy. 🌊 🔗 📚Read the full article: focusglobalreporter.org/interview-wi... #ORRAA #OceanResilience #BlueEconomy #OceanEcosystems

📣 Exciting news: ORRAA’s longstanding partner, formerly Aqua-Farms Organization, has rebranded to Action For Ocean (AFO)! It’s fantastic to see the organisation enter this new chapter. Please join us in congratulating the team! WATCH to learn more about our work with AFO 🎥 youtu.be/5MEb5dry84A

Join ORRAA and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative for a dynamic webinar on innovations in blue finance that builds on the outcomes of the recent Blue Economy and Finance Forum and UN Ocean Conference. 🌐 🔗Register here: www.unepfi.org/events/innov...

How does protecting the Ocean drive a more dynamic and resilient global economy? 🌏 Bertrand Piccard, Swiss explorer, and founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation answers just that in the latest instalment of The Ocean Imperative 🔗 Read the full article: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...

Over the next quarter, we’ll be spotlighting our work – along with those of our members - in creating resilient and regenerating economies! 👀 Stay tuned to find out more!

The power and strength of our Alliance is our members 👏 📚 Read some recent updates on the impactful work being carried out by ORRAA members: oceanriskalliance.org/member-news/

Read Angeli Mehta's recent piece in Reuters on the Third UN Ocean Conference, featuring ORRAA’s #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment - which now has over USD$3 trillion of Assets under Management - and Outrigger Impact. 🌊 📚 Explore the full piece: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Last week, Sustainability Magazine interviewed Sunya Norman, SVP of Impact at Salesforce, and highlighted the Octopus Platform. 🐙 In case you missed it, at the Blue Economy & Finance Forum, ORRAA and 2050 unveiled the Octopus Platform. 🎉 Read more: sustainabilitymag.com/articles/q-a...

📢 Fellowship opportunity for early to mid-career academics 📢 Apply for a new UKRI–Defra Policy Fellowship for the chance to work closely with the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 🔗 Find out more: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

📣 Hot off the press: the ORRAA News has just dropped! From Busan to Nice, this quarter has been packed with major moments for the Ocean. Read our newsletter ⬇️ oceanriskalliance.org/news/the-orr...

Last week, Outrigger Impact - an initiative supported by ORRAA's Sea Change Impact Financing Facility (SCIFF) - was spotlighted in CleanTechnica. 🏝️ 📰 Read the full article: cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/m...

This week marks London Climate Action Week - a crucial moment to spotlight the importance of the Ocean. 📍Team ORRAA will be on the ground at key events throughout the week - will you be there too? Let us know!

Our Special Bulletin – BEFF and UNOC3 Edition is now live! 🌊🗞️ Straight from the heart of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, our Special Bulletin captures the energy, insight and action driving ocean resilience and finance forward. 📖 Read it now 👇 oceanriskalliance.org/news/the-orr...

On Day 4 of the third UN Ocean Conference we're keeping #OceanPositive 🌊✨

Highlights from Day 3 at #UNOC3 📷 🌊 🇫🇷

Happening today: De-Risking Investments in the Blue Economy with AXA, UNDP & ORRAA

Last night in Nice, we were delighted to bring together our members for a vibrant gathering to reflect, connect, and celebrate our work. 👏 It’s our members who make ORRAA’s mission possible and this event reminded us of the power of community in driving action and impact. 🚀

🌊🎙️ Today, ORRAA Executive Director, Karen Sack, moderated the third UN Ocean Action Panel: Mobilising Finance for Ocean Actions in Support of SDG14 at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice. 🎬 Watch the recording of the Ocean Action Panel here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16...

Highlights from Day 1 at #UNOC3 — Here’s what’s happened so far... #ClimateFinance #InvestmentFunding #OceanData

We’re excited to start important work to partner with @orraanews.bsky.social and the World Economic Forum to engage the wider oceans community and develop consensus on measuring marine #NaturePositive outcomes - announced today! 🦑🐬 www.naturepositive.org/news/latest-... #OceanPositive

As the UN Ocean Conference opens this morning, we are delighted to announce that Outrigger Impact - one of the initiatives of ORRAA’s SCIFF - is poised to start investing in the first wave of companies through its multi-million-dollar technical assistance facility. 👏 Learn more: shorturl.at/xyyzO

This morning we had the pleasure of co-hosting the #BackBlue Ocean Investment Breakfast, alongside Builders Vision & World Economic Forum ☕️ 🌊

TODAY, on World Ocean Day, ORRAA’s #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment surges beyond USD$3 trillion in assets under management. 👏🎊 🔗 Learn more: oceanriskalliance.org/news/backblu...