🗓️ 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...