Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
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New Member Alert! 🚨

We’re delighted to welcome the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO to the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance as an Institutional Partner.

Please join us in welcoming them to the Alliance! 👇
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🌊 SIDS are on the frontlines of climate change - facing rising sea levels, stronger storms, and growing coastal risks.

ORRAA’s Coastal Risk Index (CRI) quantifies the important role that nature plays in reducing risk and building resilience.

Learn more: https://coastalriskindex.com/
Coastal Risk Index
The Coastal Risk Index harnesses the power of data to advance understanding of coastal risks and inspire solutions for a more resilient future.
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📍This week, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is taking place in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

ORRAA’s Innovation and Pipeline Development Manager, Paul Heller, will be on the ground, as well as some of our members and project partners.

🔗 Find out more: https://iucncongress2025.org/
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) contribute the least to global emissions yet face some of the greatest threats from climate change. 🏝️

This quarter, we’re spotlighting our work – along with that of our members – building thriving islands and coasts! 🤝
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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
Vessel Viewer: insuring against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing - ORRAA
ORRAA, along with our partners Global Fishing Watch and TMT, have developed an innovative new technology tool for insurers to help combat IUU fishing: Vessel Viewer.
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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
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💡 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
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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
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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
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force
At a special General Council meeting on 15 September, WTO members celebrated the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which commits members to curbing billions of dollars in a...
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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
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Join ORRAA Executive Director, @Karen Sack, at the World Ocean Summit Europe in Cascais, Portugal! 🌊

🔗 Find out more: events.economist.com/world-ocean-...

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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.

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Establishing a Blended Finance Facility for Marine Protected Areas
YouTube video by Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
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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
TECH4Resilience Challenge: Harnessing AI to tackle climate and humanitarian crises - Global Resilience Partnership
TECH aims to convert seed-level AI innovations that address climate-related emergencies and humanitarian challenges into scalable, sustainable solutions that strengthen preparedness and response.
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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
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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...
Investing in Ocean Resilience: a sea change in climate finance - GreenMoney Journal
A regenerative and sustainable blue economy represents a trillion-dollar frontier investment opportunity with the potential to generate significant returns for investors while advancing social and env...
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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.