Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
Investing in coastal communities and the Ocean
- Last week, ORRAA co-hosted a Solutions Showcase with The Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services, shining a spotlight on the nascent development of biodiversity credits. 🐳 ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/w1QV50Y7xF7
- Last week, we launched ORRAA’s 2025 Action report, with highlights including... 💙 The Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) 🐋 The launch of a parametric reef insurance solution 🐟 The Ocean Imperative series Read the full report: ow.ly/Wa3N50Y7ykt
- Action For Ocean is developing one of the country’s first community-driven Voluntary Carbon Markets, generating tradeable credits to create a long-term revenue stream that directly funds local priorities like clean water, education, and healthcare. 🌱 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/Uv7k50Y7xnM
- We’re delighted to see the High-Quality Blue Carbon (HQBC) Principles featured in a recent analysis in Nature, exploring the disconnect between women’s stewardship of blue carbon ecosystems and their exclusion from management decisions. 📚 🔗 ow.ly/jvBo50Y3EPe Image: ©Georgia Goodwin
- 📣 The 2025 ORRAA Action Report is here! 📣 This year’s Report showcases the positive impact of our collective work as the world’s leading multi-stakeholder Alliance focused on Ocean Risk and Resilience. 🤝 ➡️ Read our report: ow.ly/YRpR50Y4RgP
- Our Alliance is only as strong as our members, and we’re delighted to welcome our newest Member, Blue Marine Foundation 💙🌊 Please join us in giving them a warm welcome! ⬇️👋
- The Vanga Blue Forest Project bundles carbon and biodiversity credits together, generating longer-term, more secure, and more sustainable funding stream for seagrass conservation in Kenya. 🪸 🎥 Watch the video to hear how leading from the beachfront is improving the lives of local people 🧑🤝🧑
- News from across the Alliance! 🗞️ ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍 Head to our website for the latest updates 🔗ow.ly/1LFt50XZx7l
- Why should philanthropy go deeper for the Ocean? Philanthropy Asia Alliance CEO, Shaun Seow, answers this question in the latest instalment of The Ocean Imperative, a thought leaders' series developed in partnership with ORRAA, AXA, and Project Syndicate. 🔗: ow.ly/7ICp50Y0M8M
- TODAY, The Commonwealth launched ‘The Commonwealth Guide to Blue Bond Issuance’, a user-focused resource to help governments unlock innovative finance for the benefit of people, nature, and the Ocean. 👉 Explore the guide: ow.ly/Amt450XZwj8
- We were delighted to co-host a roundtable at the World Economic Forum this week with Standard Chartered, bringing together senior leaders from the worlds of finance, insurance, business and beyond, to shape the next phase of the #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment. 🌊 ow.ly/zYST50Y0w84
- 📣 TODAY, the High Seas Treaty enters into force📣 "For the first time, two-thirds of the Ocean (the areas beyond national jurisdiction) will be able to benefit from protections under international law,” explains ORRAA’s Executive Director, Karen Sack.
- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, our Executive Director, Karen Sack, will be moderating a panel on “Unlocking the Blue Economy, Science, Innovation, and Investment for a Sustainable Ocean Future.” 📆 21 Jan, 11:00 am (CET/GMT+1) | 📍 Flourishing House Register here: ow.ly/XjEE50XVvZg
- In the Philippines, seaweed farmers in small-scale fishing communities have risen to the challenge; increasing their harvests and fostering sustainable livelihoods while strengthening marine protection. 🐠 📚 Learn more about their leadership from the beachfront: ow.ly/NEpf50XVv9h
- The Africa Fair Seaweed Finance Facility is an innovative blended finance model that reduces investment risk and provides farmers - especially women and youth - with access to resources, capital and markets. 🎥 Watch the video to find out more: ow.ly/RF6N50XVuOH
- As we look to the year ahead, the ORRAA community will be participating in key events to continue to build momentum for the Ocean. 🌊 Here’s what we’ve got planned for Q1, 2026!
- In less than two weeks, on 17th January, the High Seas Treaty will enter into force 🌊 This landmark agreement is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 📚 Read more: ow.ly/na6h50XNgWV 📸: ©Cristina Mittermeier
- Leading from the Beachfront 🐚 In the coming months, we'll be spotlighting inspiring leaders in the Global South building resilience for climate vulnerable coastal communities and the Ocean - straight from the beachfront. 📣 Stay tuned for more!
- In case you missed it, this year ORRAA and AXA worked in partnership with Project Syndicate on The Ocean Imperative, a series of high-level opinion pieces covering all things ocean risk and resilience. 🌊 ➡️ Dive into the series here: ow.ly/6z5O50XNirE
- Happy New Year from the ORRAA team! At ORRAA, we’ll be driving forward internally, expanding our engagement externally and working alongside our valued members to deliver collaborative action towards our shared mission – driving investment into coastal communities and the Ocean. ⛵️ All aboard!
- Last month, ORRAA Executive Director, Karen Sack, joined SeafoodSource to discuss how innovative financial systems and structures can help support small-scale fishers on their journey toward a sustainable future. 🎣 🎥 Watch the webinar here: ow.ly/Tqt650XNiLA
- Capping the 2025 Ocean Imperative Project Syndicate thought leadership series developed by ORRAA with AXA, we hear reflections and thoughts for the course ahead from the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson. 📚 Read the full piece: ow.ly/eUKQ50XQggN
- We’re delighted to share a new academic paper, co-authored by Jerry Geofrey Mang’ena, Executive Director of ORRAA member Action for Ocean. The paper has been published in the latest issue of Ocean & Coastal Management, and will be freely available for a limited time. ⌛ ow.ly/yIYV50XNics
- As we reach the end of the year, we hope you enjoy this collection of standout images - a snapshot of the people, places, and progress that shaped the past 12 months. What was your 2025 highlight? Comment below! 👇
- Happy Holidays from team ORRAA! 🌊👏 As the year comes to a close, we got together for a virtual holiday party to reflect on an incredible year of progress made possible by our members, partners and supporters. A huge thank you to all, and we'll see you in 2026 ✨
- News from across the Alliance! 🗞️ ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners representing trillions of dollars in assets under management, alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍 Learn more: https://ow.ly/T6jW50XJunS
- Data from ORRAA’s Coastal Risk Index (CRI) estimates that coastal ecosystems in Madagascar will protect approximately USD$451 million in infrastructure and reduce exposure for 1 in 3 people projected to be impacted by coastal flooding. 🔗🌏 Explore the CRI here: https://ow.ly/9nm150XJtEN
- Having been working on the High Seas Treaty since the early 2000s, ORRAA’s Executive Director, Karen Sack, met with Ben Payton of the African Business Magazine to discuss the opportunities it will unlock across Africa and beyond. ⚡ Read the full article here 👉 ow.ly/6uVJ50XJthE
- This week, ORRAA’s ‘Fairwinds’ senior leadership team met near Berlin, Germany to align around our new organisational strategy and chart our course for 2026. 🧭 We look forward to the year ahead as we continue advancing our mission together. 🌊✨
- 📣 Hot off the press: the latest edition of the ORRAA news is here! Click here to read the full newsletter 🔗 ow.ly/SQ3s50XGNRK
- Please join us in welcoming our newly elected Steering Council! 🎉 Elected by our members, the Steering Council includes representatives from across our diverse Alliance and serves for three years. See the full list 👉 ow.ly/lG2W50XFyTy
- Our Alliance is only as strong as our members, and we’re delighted to welcome our newest Members - the Coral Reef Alliance as an Observer and the Oceanographic Institute - Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation as a Full Member! 🌊✨ Join us in giving them a warm ORRAA welcome! ⬇️👋
- 🌍 COP30 has drawn to a close and one message is clear: investing in resilience at scale is imperative. Building more resilient societies requires radical collaboration to address existing and emerging power imbalances and social inequalities. 👉 Learn more and join us: ow.ly/Iajm50XFxZ7
- We’re delighted to announce two new ORRAA team members! 🎉 💼 Brett Galimidi joins ORRAA as Project Lead, Octopus Platform , and Ghazal Zazai as Senior Associate, Global Outreach and Engagement. Welcome aboard! 🌊 💙 👉 Learn more about our expanding team: lnkd.in/e8EMJdRv
- In the latest episode of the 4Nature podcast, ORRAA’s Director of Blue Finance & Scaling, Dr Melissa Walsh, shares her journey into the world of blue finance and shines a light on ORRAA’s work, including the SCIFF. 🌊 Listen to the full episode now 👉 ow.ly/yqcb50XCErn
- ORRAA’s lead Science and Knowledge Partner, the @sthlmresilience.bsky.social has published two new gender and fisheries factsheets on Tuvalu and Grenada. 🎣 These factsheets shine a light on the critical contributions of women in the fisheries sector. 🌍 📄 Learn more: ow.ly/Fn5F50XBJkt
- In the latest episode of the Ocean Collaborations podcast, ORRAA’s Executive Director, Karen Sack, dives into ORRAA’s mission, as well as reflecting on 2025 and what it’s meant for the Ocean. 🌊 Listen to the full episode now 🎧 ow.ly/bEI150XBUlK
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs the global economy over USD$20 billion each year. Protect your balance sheet, and the Ocean with Vessel Viewer - due diligence data and insights for better informed insurance decisions: ow.ly/jUjK50XwSQX 🎦 ow.ly/9ylR50XwT0I
- In the latest feature of The Ocean Imperative, Peter Bryant and Sindre Østgård explore the abundant opportunities for investing in the regenerative and sustainable Ocean economy – and the dangerous costs of sticking to a business-as-usual approach 💰 📚 Read the full piece: ow.ly/Eko650XA4IS
- 🔔 We’re hiring! 🔔 We have TWO new opportunities to join ORRAA on our mission to activate at least USD$500 million of investment to build the resilience of 250 million coastal people in by 2030. 💼 Project Lead: ow.ly/CLUR50XzSEH 💼 Senior Associate: ow.ly/EoYU50XzSEI
- In 2023, the UNDP , the Bundesentwicklungsministerium, Generali and the ICMIF Foundation came together to launch the world’s largest inclusive insurance innovation programme, projected to benefit 2.7 million people across 30 countries. 🌎 Learn more about the results👉 ow.ly/wqWf50XwPVw
- @ORRAA member, @Salesforce is advancing its Nature Positive Strategy with a renewed focus on water 💧 They are also co-sponsoring the High-Quality Blue Carbon Principles and even providing AI technology to power ORRAA’s Octopus Platform⚡️ 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/VnpE50XwPcz
- 🌊 Several COP30 outcomes directly support ORRAA’s priorities: scaling locally led solutions, supporting climate vulnerable communities, mobilising finance, and accelerating multi-stakeholder action. ORRAA is ready to translate these into tangible action. Read more: ow.ly/bGmx50Xxj16
- A recent Financial Times investigation uncovers how IUU fishing is closely associated with labour and human rights abuses. Despite this, nearly half of IUU-listed fishing vessels still get insurance. 💡 That’s where Vessel Viewer comes in: ow.ly/N3Qk50XwICJ 🎦 ow.ly/78E550XwJhz
- ORRAA is supporting a project led by @rare.org to expand an insurance product that helps coastal households recover faster from storm-related losses, stabilise incomes, and access savings. At COP30 in Brazil, this initiative is featured in the Granary of Solutions 👉 ow.ly/Puoa50XsE4y
- ORRAA is supporting a project led by @rare.org to expand an insurance product that helps coastal households recover faster from storm-related losses, stabilise incomes, and access savings. At COP30 in Brazil, this initiative is featured in the Granary of Solutions 👉 ow.ly/Puoa50XsE4y
