Executive Summary
The sustainable blue economy has the potential to drive sustainable development and create transformative and equitable opportunity (Stuchtey et al. 2020). MPAs and other effective conservation measures can enhance biodiversity and provide valuable co-benefits for coastal communities (Grorud-Colvert et al. 2021). Ocean-climate solutions can deliver up to 35 percent of the emissions reductions required to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050 (Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2023). Addressing marine pollution is necessary to safeguard human and environmental health (Beaumont et al. 2019) and enhancing global maritime security can create an enabling environment, peace, and global access to markets (Bueger et al. 2024).
The OOC mobilizes resources and voluntary commitments to support coordinated and ambitious ocean action from governments and non-government actors.
Commitments are made across six action areas: the ocean-climate nexus, marine protected areas (MPAs), sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, the sustainable blue economy, and maritime security.
Commitments include local, national and international actions such as financial pledges, research programmes, policy or partnership announcements, and capacity building initiatives. Importantly, the OOC also includes a commitment-tracking process that monitors implementation.
