The Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance aims to drive $500m of global investment by 2030 into nature-based solutions to climate change

All blue economy sectors, including fisheries, aquaculture, coastal tourism, maritime transport, port activities and shipbuilding, will have to reduce their environmental and climate impact

Applicants are being invited for the first innovation challenge, which is to identify, trial and prove how navigational data can be used to support the safe navigation of marine autonomous surface ships

Funds will support projects on their pathway to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies

They have agreed to jointly tackle concerns related to oceans, the environment and other climate matters

That’s according to a new study led by the University of Exeter, which notes fish are able to assist in reef recovery

It is the organisation’s first sustainable bond in Norwegian krona and aims to raise awareness around water and ocean resources

The pledges, worth almost €540m, aim to tackle key ocean challenges such as the impact of climate change as well as drive innovation

The Global Ocean Alliance will push to ensure at least a third of the oceans is safeguarded in Marine Protected Areas by 2030

The Australian Government has officially downgraded outlook for the health of the reef from ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’