🌊 What is the contribution of #oceans and #coasts to the economy? Join our upcoming webinar on Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts - Intro to Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts - Guidance on how to get started - Data limitations and practical approaches 🔗 www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-meas...

⏰ Reminder! Webinar: How can spatial data captured in #OceanAccounts support #MarineSpatialPlanning? Earth observation data 📡 and machine learning 🤖can be used to gather spatial information for marine ecosystems. How can we harness this to make informed management decisions? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🗺️ Upcoming webinar! Mapping #ecosystems for #MarineSpatialPlanning Machine learning + earth obs data can be used to efficiently map large ecosystems. @OceanAccounts geospatial expert will introduce how ecosystem mapping can support #OceanAccounts. 🔗 www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-ocea...

📢 JOIN US! GOAP Webinar integrating #SocialData ➡️ #OceanAccounts 🛠️ @oceanaccounts.bsky.social & @worldresources.bsky.social launch new social data tool 🌐Hear from those implementing #SocialAccounts across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia ▶️ www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-inte...

🗞️ GOAP NEWSLETTER Vol. 12 - the latest #OceanAccounting news! 🌐Celebrate #OceanAccounts progress from around the world 👏Congratulate re-elected GOAP Co-Chairs 🗓️Upcoming events 🔗 Read now: www.oceanaccounts.org/vol-12-octob... 📩 Subscribe: mailchi.mp/unsw/join-un...

1/2 🎬 Recap - October's Regional Dialogue: how countries can capture social and cultural values in ocean governance. From @unsw-csdr.bsky.social x #UMT monthly Regional Dialogues on Ocean Data, Finance, and Governance for #SustainableOceanDevelopment Learn more: www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/05...

1/2 Upcoming webinar! Launching #OceanPanel's Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans 🚀 🗓️ 30 Oct 2025, 4:00 - 5:00pm GMT 🔗 wri.org/events/2025/... @worldresources.bsky.social #OceanAccounts #SustainableOceanEconomy

1/2 ⛵📊 Workshop this week on Strengthening Fiji’s National Data Systems for #Oceans and #Plastics ▶️ fijisun.com.fj/news/environ... Convened by Fiji Gov @unsw-csdr.bsky.social @oceanaccounts.bsky.social with support from UK #Defra @pewtrusts.org & @ANZPAC #OceanAccounts #BeyondGDP

📊Data-driven approaches to #DisasterRiskResilience for #DRRday #OceanAccounts data ➡️ to build coastal resilience: 🗺️ Identify high-risk coastal areas 🌴 Understand eco-based protection 💰 Inform economic impact assessments 🧱 Support post-disaster recovery ▶️ www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accoun...

1/2 Updates from #PIOC2025 🏝️ GOAP Sec led sessions on: 📊From data ➡️ decisions: Fiji & Vanuatu shared experiences in #OceanAccounts linked to national policy 🧱 Workshop: integrated ocean accounts for #BluePacific @spc-cps.bsky.social @sprepepsi.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Capturing #social and #cultural values for #SustainableOceanDevelopment #UMTBEACON x @unsw-csdr.bsky.social explore how #ocean policies can be ecologically sound AND equitable, inclusive and community-grounded? 📅 13 Oct, 2 PM Kuala Lumpur 🔗 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌊 Big news for the high seas: the BBNJ Agreement enters into force Jan 2026! It’s the first legally binding treaty to protect marine biodiversity beyond national borders. Why does this matter for Galápagos? Because regional action now has global backing. 🔗 www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...

🗓️ 3 October 2025 - #WIOMSA2025 Special Session on #OceanAccounting! Hear from countries in WIO leading in #OceanAccounts incl. 🇰🇪 🇬🇭 🇿🇦 🇲🇬 + others! 🔗 oceanaccounts.org/wiomsa-2025-... ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ @wiomsa.bsky.social

1/3 🌊The #ocean's crucial role in sustainable development takes centre stage this week around the world, from Mombasa ➡️ Kenya. Here are this week's #events in #SustainableDevelopment!

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 #𝑩𝑩𝑵𝑱 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 must now 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 #𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔. ⚖️ What #ICJ AO and #BBNJAgreement ratification mean for #OceanClimateNexus - Angelique Pouponneau explains www.oceanaccounts.org/strengthenin...

61 countries have now ratified the #BBNJ Agreement (aka #HighSeasTreaty) crossing the threshold required to bring it into force. 🌊A major step for protection of our shared ocean 📝It will be legally binding on the 17 January 2026 treaties.un.org/PAGES/ViewDe...

1/2 🌟🌍 Special session: #OceanAccounts at the @wiomsa.bsky.social 13th Scientific Symposium Hosted by #PwaniUniversity @unesco-iocafrica.bsky.social supported by @oceanaccounts.bsky.social #UKDefra 🔗 www.oceanaccounts.org/wiomsa-2025-...

👀 #ConsultancyOpportunity for a #SocialScience team interested in integrating the social domain for #OceanAccounts in Belize 🇧🇿 Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social 🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...

1/4 🌍 Exciting developments from this week's Africa Community of Practice (CoP) meeting where 72 collaborators met to discuss regional progress & upcoming events. Africa (CoP) = GOAP’s principle mechanism to advance pan-African collaboration and cooperation on #OceanAccounting.

1/3🪸 Lost in translation - how can we better communicate the benefits of marine restoration projects to policymakers and funders? This communication breakdown is costing the ocean 🌊 But there is a solution... (Hint: #OceanAccounts) @unepwcmc.bsky.social

1/2 🇻🇳WEBINAR - Viet Nam’s Ocean Accounting Journey Learn about Viet Nam's solid waste flow and governance accounts, developed by #ISPAE & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social with support from UK Defra. 🔗 Register: www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-viet...

🌊 WEBINAR: how can #OceanAccounts support the #BlueEconomy in the Indian Ocean Region? Hosted by Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, @oceanaccounts.bsky.social and #IORA 🔗 Register: www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-ocea...

"We at UNEP will continue, undeterred, to support Member States taking this most critical mandate forward." - UNEP Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social as #INC5 talks for a #PlasticsTreaty adjourned without consensus. Closing remarks: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Following 10 days of negotiations, #INC5 talks to develop a global #PlasticsTreaty adjourned on 15 August in Geneva without consensus on a text of the instrument. Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

The second part of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution #INC5 starts today in Geneva. Negotiators from around the world are gathering in Geneva to work toward a #PlasticsTreaty to end plastic pollution. Watch the opening plenary live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...

UN treaty negotiations to end #PlasticPollution - #INC52 kicked off in Geneva 💡For a transparent, equitable & ambitious treaty - there must be an obligation for national data on the full life cycle of plastics We can’t manage what we can’t measure Read more: www.oceanaccounts.org/policy-brief...

Global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations #INC52 start soon in Geneva - what is needed to ensure the success of the agreement? Remarks from Dr. Sivendra Michael, Fiji during webinar on the importance of #data and #science. Read our policy brief data on plastics: www.oceanaccounts.org/policy-brief...

GOAP researchers examined 4 MEAs to understand what makes env treaties work in prep for #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations next month Hint: all require parties to collect data, establish national inventories & report progress 👉 Read: www.oceanaccounts.org/closing-the-...

🚀 Out now - the next edition of The Ocean Account, GOAP's quarterly newsletter! 🗞️ 🌊 Celebration of key #UNOC3 outcomes 🌊 Project updates in #OceanAccounting 🌊 Upcoming events ▶️ www.oceanaccounts.org/newsletter-v... 📩 Subscribe: www.oceanaccounts.org/contact-us/ #OceanAccounts #BeyondGDP

Food waste vs #PlasticWaste ⚖️ The balance requires a dual approach: use plastic where it genuinely prevents food waste while developing robust systems to manage the resulting plastics. More ideas from "Beyond Waste" conference Sri Lanka www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/07... #circulareconomy

📢 Five themes from #UNOC3 The world was watching the 3rd UN Ocean Conference with high expectations on the outcomes delivered for the world’s ocean. So, what was delivered? What happens next? www.oceanaccounts.org/what-we-hear... #OceanAccounts #HighSeasTreaty #BBNJ #ocean #SDG #plasticpollution

A good last day at #UNOC3 Australia🖊️signed the Pledge to Advance #OceanAccounts by 2030 👏 19 nations & 7 orgs have now signed, marking a shift from ambition➡️action: to measure, value & manage the ocean🌊 See the full list 🔗https://www.oceanaccounts.org/the-pledge-to-advance-ocean-accounts-by-2030/

🚀 Launched today at #UNOC3 - Report on Advancing China’s Sustainable Blue Economy 🇨🇳 #GOAP Sec Director & contributing author to the report, Dr Phil James joined the launch during the Blue Zone event at #UNOC3 today. 🔗 www.oceanaccounts.org/report-advan...

🏝️ Moving speech at #UNOC3 when Hon. Alitia Bainivalu, Min. for Fisheries & Forests, Fiji spoke "not just as a Minister... but as a daughter of the sea." during the #PledgeforOceanAccounts event. ▶️ www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accoun... 🇫🇯amongst 1st countries to sign Pledge in March 2025.

1/2 🌊📊 #MarineMetrics to measure impact - #UNOC3 event tomorrow 💡 #GOAP Secretariat Director to discuss how #OceanAccounts can inform investment decisions and improve data-driven decision-making in ocean finance. Organised by @npinitiative.bsky.social #WEF @orraanews.bsky.social

1/2 🔴 LIVE from #UNOC3 - led by Co-Chair 🇨🇷 the #PledgeforOceanAccounts is a voluntary commitment to advance the integration of ocean accounts into decision-making frameworks by 2030. 🔗 View full list of signatories: www.oceanaccounts.org/the-pledge-t... @darwinfoundation.bsky.social

🔴 LIVE from Blue Zone at #UNOC3 - "Delivering on the 2030 Sustainable Ocean Economy: Pledge to Develop Ocean Accounts by 2030" Organised by @oceanaccounts.bsky.social Costa Rica, Indonesia, Maldives @norwaymfa.government.no @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and The World Bank bit.ly/OA-UNOC

🌊TODAY at #UNOC3 - how can #OceanAccounts deliver on the 2030 Sustainable Ocean Economy? And the #PledgeforOceanAccounts Hear from global leaders in #OceanAccounting ▶️Learn more: bit.ly/OA-UNOC

1/2 🚀LAUNCHED on #WorldOceansDay: GOAP Progress Report celebrates 6yrs of GOAP supporting countries in transition to #SustainableOceanEconomy! 🌊 #OceanAccounts make visible connections betw human wellbeing, ecosystem health & economic sustainability. 🔗 www.oceanaccounts.org/goap-progres... #UNOC3

1/2 ⏰ NEXT WEEK - #OceanAccountsDay at #UNOC3 📊 Join #OceanAccounts Day on 10 June to learn how evidence-based decision making will be central to the transition to a #SustainableOceanEconomy ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 👀 View agenda: www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accoun...

1/2🪸🐠 Celebrating World Reef Awareness Day - #OceanAccounts updates from Kenya! 🌍 📊 #OceanAccounts Fellow, Dr Juliet Karisa at Pwani University combines field surveys + spatial analysis to track #CoralReef health and identify coastal communities are most vulnerable to environmental change.

Join us for #OceanAccounts at #UNOC3 June 10🌊 The Pledge to Develop Ocean Accounts by 2030 www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accoun... @unep.org @unoceandecade.bsky.social #SDG14 @sscmarine.bsky.social

#OceanAccounts to support the #SustainableOceanEconomy in Antigua and Barbuda! Welcoming Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries, and Blue Economy of Antigua and Barbuda as the newest GOAP Member! 👏 #BeyondGDP #GOAPMember

The 2025 #BiodiversityDay theme is: Harmony with nature and sustainable development It talks to what #OceanAccounts are all about- better information systems to manage ocean use, protect biodiversity & address climate impacts www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accounts/ on the way to #UNOC3

🔴 WEBINAR TODAY! The Pledge to Advance Ocean Accounts on the way to #UNOC3 🔗 Register: www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-pled... ⏩ Ahead of UNOC, Costa Rica is leading #PledgeforOceanAccounts encouraging countries to strengthen the role of ocean accounting in decision-making #OceanAccounts

1/3🗓️ Webinars & training from the GOAP On the way to #UNOC3! To support countries and organisations to prepare for potential commitments & their implementation, GOAP Sec is hosting free webinars and training this May 🔗GOAP events: www.oceanaccounts.org/tag/events/

The Pledge to Advance Ocean Accounts by 2030 In preparation for #UNOC Get an introduction to the OA Pledge, why it is important for global sustainable ocean development & how to join 📆21 May 2025 > register now 2 timezones www.oceanaccounts.org/webinar-pled...

What are #OceanAccounts? www.oceanaccounts.org/ocean-accoun...