Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP)

🌊 Celebrating this year's achievements in ocean accounting and sustainable development - the latest volume of the GOAP Newsletter out now 👏 The latest GOAP Newsletter celebrates the achievements of GOAP Members and partners in the last three months, including: ✍ Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the GOAP Secretariat to Advance Ocean Accounting for Sustainable Development in #Belize.  ⏩ At #COP16 to the CBD, Costa Rica re-affirmed their ambition to produce ocean accounts by 2030 and called for other countries to do the same.  🤝  GOAP Africa Community of Practice convened 50+ experts from 7 coastal nations to advance #OceanAccounting for sustainable development, reinforcing the Africa Community of Practice's leadership in driving the adoption of ocean accounting across the continent. 🌿 UN Biodiversity COP16 Decision "further efforts are needed... to enhance the use of ocean accounting and marine spatial planning to conserve and manage marine and coastal biodiversity in islands’ (Decision 16/1, Paragraph 2.(f)). Aligning #OceanAccounts with biodiversity targets enhances policymakers’ ability to guide and measure progress, develop effective conservation strategies, and ensure the sustainable use of marine resources. 📢 You'll also find information on next year's Ocean Accounts Exchange event taking place in Costa Rica, March 2025 where participants willl "Build a Blueprint for Action" to advance data-driven ocean governance globally in the leadup to the United Nations Ocean Conference (#UNOC) in Nice, France. 🔗 Read now: https://lnkd.in/gvaCqvXW The GOAP Secretariat and Co-Chairs kindly thank all GOAP Members, collaborators and partners for another succesful year in #SustainableOceanDevelopment. We also thank the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government for their continued support. #OceanAccounts #BeyondGDP #OceanAccounting #SustainableOceanDevelopment

🌊 🔑 Ocean accounts can help mobilise and direct finance to support a sustainable ocean economy and a nature positive future  🌊    As we navigate the many challenges of increasing climate change impacts and biodiversity loss in coastal and marine ecosystems, we need innovative solutions to drive finance ⏩ toward projects that deliver nature-positive outcomes.    ❗ The urgent need to close the finance gap for #climate and #biodiversity was highlighted during #CBD16 and #COP29 this year. Next week, the Global Environment Facilities (GEF) will hold their 68th General Meeting (#68GEF) with a focus on enhancing and strengthening portfolio management and environmental achievements.     In this month’s finance insight, expert Arlette Schramm from the GOAP Secretariat explores how #OceanAccounts could be the solution to unlocking must needed investment in the #SustainableBlueEconomy.    Ocean accounts:  🔹 Assess nature-related risks and opportunities, enabling more accurate risk assessment and valuation.  🔹 Provide a foundation for developing multifaceted policy frameworks that position nature at the core of economic considerations.  🔹 Serve as a baseline for assessing the impacts of economic activities on critical ecosystem drivers, informing sustainable resource management.  🔹 Employ advanced research methodologies, including ocean robotics, remote sensing, big data analytics, and machine learning, to gather comprehensive data on marine ecosystems.    🔗 Read the Expert Insight now: https://lnkd.in/g_9w_g-2   #OceanAccounts #BeyondGDP #OceanFinance #SustainableFinance #BlueEconomy #NaturePositive

🌊 Updates from the Africa Community of Practice for Ocean Accounting 🌍 In November, over 50 practitioners and stakeholders from across Africa convened in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) for the African Dialogue on Ocean Accounting, exploring how #OceanAccounting can support ocean governance for sustainable ocean development across the continent. Key outcomes:  🔷 Strategic discussions on integrating ocean accounting into national development plans aligned to blue finance, ocean governance and #MarineSpatialPlanning  🔷 Identification of sources of data and practical pathways for data uptake, organisation and integration with policy   🔷 Demonstration of novel, African-led methods for data acquisition and use  🔷 Drafting of a collaborative proposal to expand the implementation of ocean accounting in western Indian Ocean states The workshop further strengthened the Africa Community of Practice’s ocean accounting leadership on the continent, which will continue to drive uptake of ocean accounting to support #OceanSustainableDevelopment. Thank you to the South African National Research Foundation (SAEON - NRF), Ocean Accounts Framework Community of Practice at Nelson Mandela University's Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Afriseas Solutions, and the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Africa Community of Practice for hosting this collaborative, engaging and important event. This event was co-funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government. Thank you to all participants for being part of the discussion and for your leadership on ocean sustainable development in Africa. Learn about the Africa CoP: https://lnkd.in/guQEUT_q Michael Burnside Marianne Feoli Ibukun Adewumi Ken Findlay #OceanAccounts #BeyondGDP #SustainableOceanDevelopment #SustainableOceanEconomy #BlueFinance #BlueEconomy

🤝 GOAP Members working to enhance the readiness of the Southeast Asian region in addressing plastic pollution 🌏 During INC-5 negotiations in Busan, South Korea last week, World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia as Secretariat to Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) co-hosted this event, uniting collaborators across the region to share resources and solutions in managing plastic pollution. The GOAP Secretariat (Bella Charlesworth) presented alongside regional experts to introduce the GOAP Secretariat's tools and resources available to support decision-makers in the region in assessing the availability of data on plastics across the lifecycle. Including the Data Checklist and Data Tracker: https://lnkd.in/gc6zNT45 The GOAP Secretariat will continue to support #plastictreaty Member States in Southeast Asia and around the world to develop the evidence base needed to manage plastic pollution. GOAP's work on plastics is supported by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government.

📈 ♻️ Which countries are reporting data on plastic? Our new Plastic Data Tracker is now live! 🔍 This new tool can support countries to assess the availability and reliability of data on plastics throughout the life cycle ♻️ 🚀 Launched today at #INC5 for the global plastic treaty, the Global Plastic and Waste Data Tracker is a publicly available, interactive platform that: ✔️ Applies the Data Checklist to investigate the availability and reliability of national datasets globally ✔️ Presents a rapid assessment and welcomes users to improve the sources and provide feedback ✔️ Provides access to the sources of individual data points for each country, across the whole supply-chain. As negotiations for the #GlobalPlasticTreaty continue this week, it is clear that robust national data systems or pathways are crucial for countries to: 🔹 Set realistic yet ambitious goals through national action plans 🔹 Monitor the implementation of commitments 🔹 Verify progress and ensure integrity of potential market mechanisms 🔹 Report progress transparently within their countries 🔹 Contribute to aggregating global progress against treaty objectives 🔹 Assess the overall effectiveness of the instrument 🔹 Support the ratcheting mechanism by providing evidence for increased ambition View the Data Tracker: https://lnkd.in/gjfYwwhf This tool was developed by the team at the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform and Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat. To learn more, read our latest insight from Helena Dickinson, who compiled the Data Tracker: https://lnkd.in/g2xVqTe3 #INC5 #GlobalPlasticTreaty #PlasticData

❓How can data drive decision-making to manage plastic pollution?  📈 🔍Today, during a seminar at #INC5 for the global plastic treaty, experts unpacked why data on plastics and plastic flows is so foundational to securing  a robust, equitable and effective regime for addressing #plasticpollution and opportunities to bridge the data gap.  Highlights from the panel discussion: 🔵 Countries face varying challenges in developing plastic data systems based on capacity and resources 🔵 Quality national data across the plastic lifecycle is fundamental for effective treaty implementation 🔵 Cross-sector collaboration between government, civil society & research institutions is crucial for improving data availability Thank you to panelists Rocky P. from World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia and Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), Conrad Sparks from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa and Alicia Loh from Our Sea of East Asia Network (OSEAN), Republic of Korea and speakers Eliza Northrop and Bella Charlesworth from the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform and Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat. As negotiations for the #GlobalPlasticTreaty continue this week, it is clear that robust national data systems or pathways are crucial for countries to: ✅ Set realistic yet ambitious goals through national action plans ✅ Monitor the implementation of commitments ✅ Verify progress and ensure integrity of potential market mechanisms ✅ Report progress transparently within their countries ✅ Contribute to aggregating global progress against treaty objectives ✅ Assess the overall effectiveness of the instrument ✅ Support the ratcheting mechanism by providing evidence for increased ambition #INC5 #GlobalPlasticTreaty #PlasticTreaty

📈🌐 This week, members, partners and the Secretariat of the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) are on the ground at the fifth negotiating session for the #GlobalPlasticTreaty (INC-5), taking place in Busan, South Korea. Here is the calendar of events related to data and hosted by GOAP Members. Networking Session of Indonesia NPAP Members and Partners (invitation only) 📅 Monday 25 November 2024 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT + 9) ❓ Organised by World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia and Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP). 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gP7nMeyw Data-driven decision making for managing plastic pollution    📅 Tuesday 26 November 12:00 – 14:00 (GMT+9) 📍 Meeting room 123, BEXCO Centre 2, Busan, Republic of Korea  ❓ Experts from Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat, UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform and Cape Peninsula University of Technology. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gUyWXztg Navigating a Just Transition to Deliver Global Plastic Treaty in Indonesia -  part of the Korean Government's "Rethinking Plastic Life" event   📅 Tuesday 26 November 16:00 - 17:00 (GMT+9) 📍 BEXCO Room 324, Busan, Republic of Korea  ❓ Organised by World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia and Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP). 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gP7nMeyw Enhanced Readiness of the Southeast Asian Region in Addressing Plastic Pollution under Plastic Treaty: Regional Collaboration to Address Plastic Pollution Across its Lifecycle 📅 Wednesday 27 November 17:00 - 20:00 (GMT+9) 📍 Park Hyatt Hotel (Salon Venue) ❓ Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, Economic Research Institution of ASEAN and East Asia, Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform and Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP). 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gP7nMeyw Developing national data systems to drive decision-making for the global plastic treaty and beyond - part of the Korean Government's "Rethinking Plastic Life" event    📅 Thursday 28 November 12:00 – 13:30 (GMT+9) 📍 Room 324, BEXCO Center 2, Busan, Republic of Korea    ❓ Experts from UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat, World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) and Tangaroa Blue Foundation. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gr5wweTH 👀 See you in Busan!

📅 Indonesia NPAP, World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, ERIA ERIA: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), UNSW, and Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP), in collaboration with Sirsak and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Indonesia, are hosting a discussion panel to exchange perspective, knowledge, and insight on how the plastic treaty's implication towards the Southeast Asian Countries. The session will also explore practices and collaboration to enhance each country's ambition and readiness to implement the treaty once it is ratified.  🎤 The session will be moderated by: - Angeline Callista, Co-Founder and CEO of Sirsak   🎤 The session will feature experts and speakers from: - Clemence Schmid, Global Plastic Action Partnership Director, World Economic Forum - H.E. Diaz Hendropriyono, Vice Minister of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia* - Reo Kawamura, Director of RKCMPD ERIA - Eliza Northrop, Director of the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform - Roger Joseph (Rocky) Guzman, International Governance, Legal and Policy Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Lucia Karina, Vice President of Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia - Rofi Alhanif, Deputy Assistant of Circular Economy and Environmental Impact, Coordinating Ministry of Food Affairs 🌐 Participants will have a chance to dive deep into the key treaty obligations, the role of data, opportunities presented by the treaty, and industries' roles and relations with Southeast Asian countries. ⚠️ Invitation only ⚠️ If you are interested in learning more about the event, please feel free to reach out to Indonesia@globalplasticaction.org. *To be confirmed Click here to explore our events: https://bit.ly/INC5NPAPWRI #IndonesaNPAP #NPAP #globalplastictreaty #INC-5 #INC #TrailtoBusan

🌊 Happy Ocean Day at #COP29! Did you know, the Sustainable Blue Economy is a US$24 trillion opportunity? In the latest insight from the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat, experts investigate the potential for the sustainable #BlueEconomy in addressing our triple planetary crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. 🔍 Key Insights:  🔹 Ocean assets valued at US$24 trillion face increasing risks from environmental degradation   🔹 Current practices put US$8.4 trillion of investor value at risk over the next 15 years   🔹 Sustainable practices could reduce this risk by over US$5 trillion   🔹 By 2050: 6x increase in sustainable ocean goods and 40x growth in renewable energy generation Actions needed: ✔️ Small Island Developing States leading with innovative blended finance models   ✔️ Successful implementation of debt-for-nature swaps and blue bonds   ✔️ Development of Sustainable Ocean Plans (SOPs) for holistic ocean management  ✔️ #OceanAcounts provide a framework to compile data so it can used for evidence-based decision-making related to finance and ocean management As we approach the UN Ocean Conference in Nice (June 2025), the imperative for sustainable ocean investment has never been clearer. Here, experts explore how public-private collaboration can unlock tremendous economic and environmental benefits while supporting three billion people whose livelihoods depend on healthy oceans. 👏 Thank you to expert authors, Jessica Bridgland, Angelique Pouponneau and Arlette Schramm. #SustainableBlueEconomy #OceanFinance #SustainableInvestment #BlueEconomy #ClimateAction #MarineConservation https://lnkd.in/gzAxZWrr

📈 Data and visualisation for ocean accounting in Belize 🏝️🌎   Last week, a workshop on “Ocean Accounts Data Pathways and Visualization Tools ” brought together over 25 participants from organizations around Belize to develop capacity for #OceanAccounting in the country.     💡 This is part of Belize’s two year plan to Advance Ocean Accounting for Sustainable Development in Belize. Last week the Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat for this project, marking a pivotal step towards developing robust #OceanAcounts for the sustainable management of Belize’s marine resources. This initial project is funded by the UK Government.    Over three days, participants at the workshop:  📈 Gained an understanding of data requirements for #OceanAccounting and assessing current data gaps.  📈 Reviewed data collection protocols in #Belize and mapped contributors and collaborators, involved in the ocean accounting process.  📈 Developed strategies to strengthen data-sharing mechanisms and define roles to ensure sustainable ocean accounting processes.    Participants developed a comprehensive stakeholder map, which aligned the data needs for ocean accounting and highlighted critical gaps and opportunities.     This progress is a vital step toward a data-driven, resilient ocean accounting framework that will guide Belize’s sustainable #BlueEconomy. Workshops such as this one will support the delivery of the project’s aims to:  🔷 Build capacity for #OceanAccounting in Belize;  🔷 Use ocean accounting to support #SustainableOceanEconomy development and informed decision-making;  🔷 Develop ocean ecosystem accounts for the Ambergris Caye Reef, which borders Belize’s largest island; and  🔷 Create a national Ocean Tourism Satellite Account to provide insights into the contributions of the tourism sector to the economic wellbeing of Belize.    Organisations involved include the Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management (MBEDRM), Ministry of Sustainable Development and Climate Change (MSDCC), Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining (MNRPM), Ministry of Economic Development (MED), the Fisheries Department, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute (CZMAI), and the University of Belize (UB)’s Environmental Research Institute. Well done to speakers: Maria Granada Alarcon Blazquez and Mitchell Lyons from the GOAP Secretariat, CZMAI, Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team and Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute (CZMAI). Learn more about the project: https://lnkd.in/gXRXT4mV     #OceanAccounts #BlueEconomy #SustainableDevelopment #DataForDecisionMaking #Belize