OCEAN RISKS REPORTS KEY MESSAGES

The document describes the 'Blue Acceleration'—the rapid, unprecedented growth of ocean-based industries—and argues that its benefits disproportionately flow to powerful states and corporations while risks are borne by SIDS and LDCs. It highlights the multidimensional nature of ocean risks, including biophysical, social, and financial dimensions, and emphasizes the need for gender-transformative approaches and intersectional analysis to ensure an equitable ocean economy. The text calls for increased domestic technical capacity in SIDS and LDCs, the integration of indigenous knowledge, and the mainstreaming of gender equality and equity in ocean finance and Official Development Assistance (ODA).

• The 'Blue Acceleration' refers to the unprecedented growth of ocean-based industries since 2000, including a five hundred-fold increase in offshore wind energy capacity and the registration of over 13,000 marine genetic sequences in patents.
• Economic benefits from the Blue Acceleration are highly concentrated; more than half of the revenues from the 100 largest corporate beneficiaries of ocean use are based in seven countries: the USA, Saudi Arabia, China, Norway, France, the UK, and South Korea.
• SIDS and LDCs experience systemic inequity in the ocean economy, evidenced by the fact that they account for only 0.09% of global aquaculture production and none of the countries with installed offshore wind capacity.
• Ocean risks are multidimensional and coupled, meaning environmental stressors like sea level rise and ocean warming interact with socioeconomic stressors such as fisheries overexploitation and pollution.
• SIDS and LDCs are particularly vulnerable to 'stranded ocean assets' and 'stranded resources' because they are often latecomers to ocean industries and may receive technologies no longer desired by first-comers.
• Gender-based inequalities persist in the ocean economy, where women are often undervalued and confined to specific roles; the document advocates for sex-disaggregated data and intersectional analysis to address these disparities.
• Sustainable ocean finance is currently underfunded, with less than 1% of the total value of the ocean economy invested in sustainable projects via philanthropy and official development assistance over the last 10 years.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (n.d.). OCEAN RISKS REPORTS KEY MESSAGES. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ocean-risks-reports-key-messages.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. OCEAN RISKS REPORTS KEY MESSAGES. n.d. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ocean-risks-reports-key-messages.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnershipndocean, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{OCEAN RISKS REPORTS KEY MESSAGES}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ocean-risks-reports-key-messages.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }