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May 9

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

launched the search for projects developing innovative and scalable finance and insurance products. 🌎 Join us next week to find out more about the Call’s objectives and ask any questions you may have. 🗓️16 May - 08.30/16.00 BST 🔗 bit.ly/3LMJpN5

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Karen Sack

@karen_sack

Parametric Mesoamerican reef cover expands again, with refined parametric trigger - Artemis.bm

Excellent to see what collaborative action can deliver for coastal resilience with

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: Parametric Mesoamerican reef cover expands again, with refined parametric trigger

artemis.bm

Broker WTW said today that the innovative parametric hurricane insurance program to protect the Mesoamerican coral reef has been expanded again, with AXA

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Kip

@kip_koskei

Jun 2

Lift off on day 2 at the

@InsDevForum

summit with a conversation on building resilient societies.

@Zurich

CEO Mario Greco insisting on all hands on deck both public and private sectors

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Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Kip

@kip_koskei

Understanding ocean risk is critical element for both insurance industry and investors #orraa #idfsummit2023 #coastalresilience

Karen Sack

Shaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19

"Resilience is critical to deal with and learn from global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic." 💡 This new paper by Nature Sustainability defines resilience as the capacity to live and develop with change and uncertainty. Check it out -

nature.com

Nature Sustainability - The concept of resilience, once meaning the ability to ‘bounce back’ to the status quo, now refers to the capacity to live and develop with change. A mismatch...

's Programme and Risk Director, Chip Cunliffe will be hosting a panel on the role of insurance and data in building coastal resilience at the #IDFSummit2023 in Zurich today. 🙌 Join in virtually here - ow.ly/rWTs50OACxK

@chipc27

230516 - Recording of Defra UK Blue Planet Fund CfP webinar

May 31

Thank you to everyone who attended our Call for Proposals (CFP) Webinar earlier this month. 240 people from all over the globe attended! 🙌 If you missed it, you can watch the recording here -

youtube.com

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

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, a guiding body for marine insurers, adopted a contract clause to prevent its partners from doing business w illegal, unreported & unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels. Dismantling support systems for IUU fishing is crucial to protect the ocean bit.ly/pulltheplugoni

Global Fishing Watch and 2 others

May 30

🚨 6 MONTHS TO #COP28

will be on the ground at #COP28, for the world's Ocean and coastal communities. We will unite with international governments, public & private sector organizations to tackle the most pressing global challenge of our time. cop28.com/en/

May 25

Pula Advisors plans to develop a parametric insurance product that covers cyclones, floods, and droughts, guaranteeing a predictable and timely response to vulnerable or affected populations who have suffered damage to their crops or coastal farms. 👉

pula-advisors.com

Home - Pula

May 25

The ninth #ORIC23 finalist we are spotlighting today is,

@AdvisorsPula

, who is developing a hybrid disaster risk insurance product for coastal communities in the Philippines. 💪

2023 Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge - ORIC23 - ORRAA

May 24

Backed by the

@SwissRe

Foundation, the UK’s Blue Planet Fund and the

@StateDept

, ORIC calls for community-led novel and scalable finance and insurance solutions that build coastal resilience. To find out more about ORIC visit, bit.ly/44x4VOC

@DefraGovUK

oceanriskalliance.org

The Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge (ORIC) is a crucial component of ORRAA’s platform to build a pipeline of investable solutions. Launched in 2020, ORIC has run two challenge rounds to date,...

May 24

Mwani Blu will scale up a seaweed marketplace through a platform that uses blockchain to reward sustainable, inclusive, and gender-sensitive production strategies that are fully traceable. To find out more visit,

mwaniblu.com

Mwani Blu

May 24

The next #ORIC23 finalist in the spotlight is Mwani Blu, who is working to scale up a traceable, sustainable, and inclusive blockchain-driven seaweed marketplace in Kenya. 🙌

Home - Sahabat Laut Lestari

May 23

The product is designed to help small-scale fishers overcome the lack of regulatory compliance, electronic traceability, and financial inclusion. To find out more visit, sahabatlautlestari.com #oric23 #iuufishing

sahabatlautlestari.com

May 23

This will allow small-scale fishers and local suppliers to comply with local government and market requirements while preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) caught fish from entering the supply chain.

May 23

The next #ORIC23finalist making waves is, Sahabat Laut Lestari (SLL Fisheries) They are developing the PerahuApp to advance fisheries traceability and financial inclusion in Indonesia. See thread below...

Single & limited ingredient pet treats made from hated, invasive fish. These tasty, sustainable treats are good for pets and great for the planet!

May 22

Fishers are incentivised to catch invasive species, improving coastal incomes while mitigating harmful species invasions and restoring native fish populations. To find out more visit,

pezzypets.com

Pezzy Pets Treats

May 22

AcariLLC is building a network of small-scale fishers in the states of Quintana Roo and Tabasco to catch and process two invasive species, lionfishand armoured catfish, and to create a market for their use as pet food.

May 22

Our next ORIC finalist is Acari LLC' They are building a microprocessor network to mitigate invasive species in Mexico. 🙌 🐶 See thread below to find out how....

To find out more visit, germarkholdings.com #Tanzania #bluecarbon #oric23

While attracting carbon finance at scale, the platform will link farmers - many of whom are women - to financiers, in the form of grants and debt funding that will use impact data (such as CO2 sequestration and employment generation) as a basis for evaluating the projects.

Germark Holdings Limited aims to develop finance solutions for farmers to support coastal restoration while generating a stable source of income for them. This project will create a platform that develops a pipeline of blue carbon projects along coastal Tanzania.

The next #ORIC23 finalist we want to highlight is Germark Holdings Limited... They empower smallholder farmers with financial solutions for marine ecosystem restoration in Tanzania. 🙌

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Aqua-Farms Organization

@afo_tz

Happy to see your attendance Register here 👇👇

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COESO

@COESOEU

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

On May 26 (15-16 CET) the #WomenWaterWatch project will hold a webinar with Simona Cerrato from @EuCitSci They will explore how dialogical and participatory communication is strategic both for research and for society. @IOBUA @afo_tz Register here

commun1tor.wixsite.com/my-site/event-

OneOcean

@OceanFlotilla

11 of the Most Endangered Species in the Ocean in 2023 | Earth.Org

Can you guess which marine animal is the most endangered? According to

@IUCNRedList

, at least 37% of world’s #SharksAndRays, 33% of reef corals, 26% of mammals and 21% of reptiles are threatened with extinction. earth.org/endangered-spe #EndangeredSpeciesDay #OneOceanOnePlanet

earth.org

Due to overfishing, habitat loss and degradation, pollution and climate change, these endangered species in the ocean are in urgent need of protection.

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Marine Protected Areas SA

@MPAsSA1

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Not sure what marine protected areas are really all about? Here's everything you need to know about the national parks of the oceans: marineprotectedareas.org.za/protecting-the #MPAs #LetsTalkMPAs

UN Ocean Decade

@UNOceanDecade

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

#FridayFeeling 🌊 Spending a good time with the mimic #octopus🐙#CuriousFact 👀 Most animal mimics impersonate just one animal - the mimic octopus can imitate 15 different animals & switch between them rapidly!🌌📹 fab.aroundtheglobe #OceanDecade

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Coral Guardian

@CoralGuardian

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Marina is the director of #CoralSoul, the organisation we work with in Spain. Since 2020, as part of the #DeepCORE project, she has dedicated herself full time to the organisation's activities🙌Marina has always loved the #ocean infinitely💙 📷Nicolas Saavedra Rueda🤝Coral Soul

Aqua-Farms Organization

@afo_tz

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Thank you to our 1,000+ followers on LinkedIn! 🙌✨ We're excited to continue to grow our community and provide you with valuable content and resources 🎉

Lewis Pugh Foundation

@LewisPughFDN

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

The ocean benefits mental health, but how exactly? 🌊 Staring at the sea alters brain waves, inducing a meditative state. 🌊 Waves' sounds activate the parasympathetic system, promoting relaxation. 🌊 Salty air, rich in negative ions, boosts mood. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

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Peter Thomson

@ThomsonFiji

Bravo Zambia! Bravo #FAO! Fulfilling the potential of appropriately sustainable aquaculture to provide healthy nutrition for the burgeoning population of the African continent is massive and will lead to achievement of many of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Fisheries & Aquaculture

@FAOfish

Promoting sustainable growth of #aquaculture is crucial for #foodsecurity, especially in countries where aquatic foods provide affordable animal protein. @FAOFish is supporting this #BlueTransformation in Zambia. Check out how

bit.ly/42HitoW #COFIAquaculture

2023 Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge - ORIC23 - ORRAA

Backed by the

@SwissRe

Foundation, the UK’s Blue Planet Fund and the U.S. Department of State, ORIC 23 helps incubate locally led resilience innovators to accelerate their growth To find out more about ORIC visit:

oceanriskalliance.org

At the end of the period, ownership of the equipment is transferred to the farmers. This project will start with two pilot farms in Kenya, with plans to scale across the country, as well as to Tanzania. To find out more visit, sayariventures.com

The project developer guarantees the purchase of the seaweed produced, which creates a reliable source of income for the farmers, most of whom are women and young people in East African coastal communities

Today we are highlighting another #ORIC23 finalist, Sayari Ventures 🙌 Sayari Ventures is developing a Seaweed Farm that rents farming equipment and supplies, offers maintenance and repair services, and provides training to seaweed farmers for a fixed period...

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Peter Thomson

@ThomsonFiji

Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time

Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for 1st time - BBC News. Report quotes WMO Secretary-General Prof Petteri Taalas saying, "WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency.” ⁦

@WMO

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bbc.com

The world is likely to hit 1.5C of warming within the next five years because of rising carbon emissions.

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

OneOcean

@OceanFlotilla

Atlantic overfishing was already a problem. Then Brexit happened

An investigation by journalists from 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇪 shows that in recent years, fishers in the north-east Atlantic have caught between 66% and 86% more than the amount scientists – and even the countries themselves – agree is safe. bit.ly/42Cd4zp #SustainableFisheries

theguardian.com

An investigation by the Guardian, NDR, WDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung shows fish stocks being depleted in the north-east Atlantic – because there’s no system to agree on quotas

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

Peter Thomson

@ThomsonFiji

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Retweeted

This picture of a Fijian sunset, taken this evening by my sister-in-law from a Waya island beach, says it all. Pablo Neruda’s poem comes to mind, “I need the sea because it teaches me…..in some magnetic way I move in the university of the waves.”

The Commonwealth

@commonwealthsec

Congratulations to the 9 finalists of #ORIC23 – including 5 from #Commonwealth countries 🇧🇩🇹🇿🇰🇪! 🌊 The Commonwealth #BlueCharter is proud to be a partner of