FRIENDS OF OCEAN ACTION IMPACT REPORT PHASE I: 2018 – 2020

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 2 Foreword 02 Message from the Director 03 Executive summary 05 Creating the momentum 09 Events convened by the World Economic Forum 10 Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2020 11 The UpLink Ocean Solutions Sprint 12

Ending plastic pollution: Global Plastic Action Partnership 13 Expanding marine protection and conservation 14 Ensuring sustainable ocean production: blue food 15 Ending illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing 16 Building the Global Tuna Alliance 17 Advocating for the Port State Measures Agreement 18

Eliminating harmful fisheries subsidies 19 Decarbonizing shipping: Getting to Zero Coalition 20 Liberating ocean data 21 Financing ocean innovation 22 Other areas of work 23 Looking to the future 24 Acknowledgements 26

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Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 4 FOREWORD Image: © David Mills/WorldFish, Flickr

In 2017, at the first UN Ocean to a date to be announced director, Kristian Teleki, and his Conference, we brought once circumstances allow. dedicated team, together with home the urgent need for the the resources of the World world’s attention to pressing In the meantime, the work of Economic Forum and the ocean issues. The conference Friends of Ocean Action has World Resources Institute. was dedicated to supporting been forging on. In response the implementation of to the 2020 postponements Friends of Ocean Action has SDG14, and it succeeded of critical international received generous support in registering over 1,300 convenings, we pioneered the from the Benioff Ocean voluntary commitments to first ever truly global virtual Initiative, the Government this effect, from actors around ocean gathering in the form of of Canada, the Government the globe. But we knew the Virtual Ocean Dialogues. of Sweden and Vulcan Inc. these promises needed to Attracting over 800,000 On behalf of the Friends be propelled into action by participants, the Virtual Ocean and all who are working to working with key stakeholders Dialogues lifted conventional reverse the decline in the who would complement barriers to inclusivity and ocean’s health, we express UN efforts to conserve and energized ocean activists in sincere gratitude to these sustainably use the ocean’s the fields of marine protected benefactors. As the Co-Chairs resources. This led to the areas, sustainable and of Friends of Ocean Action, creation of the Friends of improved nutrition from the we also wish to give thanks Ocean Action (FOA) platform, ocean, renewable energy, to the Friends themselves for and it has been truly inspiring ocean data, greening of their high-minded support to see how fast and far the shipping, stemming marine over the last three years. Friends have been able to pollution, and financing for the accelerate the ocean agenda sustainable blue economy. In its next phase, Friends of over the last three years. Ocean Action will face a rising During the past three years, swell of ocean challenges, Friends of Ocean Action the Friends have charted both old and new; but we has been driven by a deep courses to solutions through are undaunted. During this commitment to the UN’s development of globally- next phase, we will take to Sustainable Development reaching digital platforms, the scale the practical solutions Goals, in particular SDG14, launch of major publications, identified in the work of the the so-called “ocean’s goal”. pursuit of much-needed last three years. We will As such, the second UN research, creation of media build on the strengths of the Ocean Conference mandated campaigns, involvement in Friends to elevate critical to be held in Lisbon, hosted multilateral negotiations, voices across the ocean by the governments of and launch of six major agenda globally. And as we Portugal and Kenya, is of platforms that are now push forward in pursuit of the ISABELLA LÖVIN PETER THOMSON special importance to our further illuminating the path attainment of SDG14 and the work. As a result of the global to a healthy ocean. None Sustainable Development Co-Chair, Co-Chair, pandemic, the UN General of these advances would Goals as a whole, we hope Friends of Ocean Action Friends of Ocean Action Assembly postponed have been possible without you will join us in the quest Former Deputy Prime Minister UN Secretary-General’s the second UN Ocean the exceptional skills and for a thriving, resilient, life- of Sweden Special Envoy for the Ocean Conference from June 2020 resolute commitment of the supporting ocean and planet.

Impact Report 2 While the ocean may and inspiring the shared As we enter into the next separate us physically, it knowledge, influence and phase of Friends of Ocean also connects us and is part resources of the Friends Action (2021–2024), there is of our collective DNA. With towards the achievement clearly much to do and we every passing moment, of SDG 14. need to seize this point when especially as we emerge the political, business and from the COVID-19 crisis, we The first phase of Friends of societal stars are aligning to are realizing that the ocean Ocean Action demonstrated set the ocean on a true path is far too big to be ignored a collective strength and for recovery. The Friends and that we have a unique steadfast commitment to in this coming phase will opportunity to make the next a healthy ocean. Building be seeking to continue the decade the moment in time on that strength, the sprint to shorten the distance when we turn the corner in Friends have elevated and between ideas and action the recovery of this planetary encouraged worldwide ocean and to be the agents of ocean support system that covers action throughout business, change for the benefit of two-thirds of the planet. academia, international people and planet. This is organizations, science and not a journey that the Friends An incredible foundation has government circles. While will be taking by themselves, Kristian Teleki been laid, especially in these the vastness of the ocean but rather we hope they will past few years since the UN is matched only by the inspire others to join them in Ocean Conference in 2017, complexity of the problems this endeavour. for this recovery to flourish. it faces, thanks to the quality Director, However, this will happen and influence of its members The words of Amanda Friends of Ocean Action only when we move the and secretariat, Friends Gorman, who spoke emphasis from “diagnosing of Ocean Action has been during President Biden’s the patient” to taking action able to rise to the challenge inauguration, capture the and “treating the patient”. by maximizing resources, aspirations and renewed amplifying calls to action and optimism that fuel not only Friends of Ocean Action was engaging an ever-growing Friends of Ocean Action but, set up for exactly this reason: network of leaders and we hope, motivate others in with the aim of turning plans practitioners around all corners of the world to and talk into progress and the world. make the ocean a better and targeted collective action, healthier place for all.

Image: © Joe Sylvester/WorldFish, Flickr Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 3 The story of the ocean and the story of humanity“ Are one and the same, There are more lessons to learn, Still more work to be done. So we lift our faces to the sun. May the seas help us see healing and hope, May we sing out the ocean’s survival and revival. Being the people of this blue planet is our most Profound privilege and power, For if we be the ocean’s saviours, Then it is surely ours.1

1 From “Ode to Our Ocean” by Amanda G0rman.

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Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I“ think Friends of Ocean SETTING OFF AND SUSTAINING Action has raised my A WAVE OF CHANGE ambition level of what can be done.

Thomas Thune Andersen The successes of Friends a unique collection of ocean • Marine protection and of Ocean Action in Phase I leaders who have broken down conservation are owed to the collective silos and built up networks • Sustainable food from the strength of the members of to allow collaboration and ocean Chairperson the Friends of Ocean Action exchanges across industries, • Ending illegal fishing: Ørsted and Lloyd’s Register platform – the Friends – and geographies and fields of traceability and Friend of Ocean Action their ability to promote ocean expertise to address ocean • Ending illegal fishing: solutions, persist in the face issues. Through their influence, policy and governance of a global pandemic, propel as well as convening and • Eliminating harmful change in top-level political engaging in physical and fisheries subsidies arenas and launch powerful virtual events, Friends of • Financing ocean partnerships. This report Ocean Action has assembled innovation celebrates this collective work a wide range of stakeholders • Decarbonizing shipping in Phase I. Specific information to bring awareness to ocean • Tackling plastic pollution and data on the outcomes of health issues – including • Liberating ocean data Phase I have been gathered raising the profile of the ocean • Gender parity in the ocean through multiple sources, to audiences not typically • Science-based targets including interviews with key engaged on these topics – and • Understanding deep-sea Friends and a survey to the driving momentum and action resources extended Friends of Ocean towards positive change. Action community. These issues were addressed Identified and elevated as action tracks that have The achievements of the ocean solutions created solid progress in Friends of Ocean Action setting the global ocean Over the past three action agenda and putting Phase I (2018–2020) years, Friends of Ocean us on the right path towards Action created innovative ocean recovery. In addition, partnerships and projects, Friends of Ocean Action has Built up a high-level provided resources and worked to scale advances champion base published leading-edge through spotlighting the papers relating to the latest ideas for ocean Since its inception, Friends of following issues – all rooted in innovation by partnering with Ocean Action has convened the Sustainable Development UpLink, the World Economic Goal for the ocean, SDG 14: Forum’s digital platform for Image: Ryan Christodoulou © Unsplash

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 5 crowdsourcing solutions for health will require top- with high-ranking actors from Image: © Marlon del Aguila Guerrero/CIFOR, Flickr Image: © Francesco Ungaro, Unsplash the SDGs. level intergovernmental government and civil society, collaborations and an including the World Trade Pivoted and persisted in the effective multilateral system. Organization, the Asia-Pacific face of COVID-19 In Phase I, Friends of Ocean Economic Cooperation, the Action focused especially G7, the G20, Small Island Dubbed the ocean “super on ending harmful fisheries Developing States, the year”, 2020 had been subsidies by supporting Convention for Biological scheduled to hold many WTO trade negotiations Diversity, the UN Food crucial convenings for the to eliminate subsidies Systems Summit and the UN environment and the ocean that contribute to illegal, Decade of Ocean Science for in particular. With the onset of unreported and unregulated Sustainable Development. the COVID-19 crisis, however, (IUU) fishing and overfishing, Friends of Ocean Action had and advocating for the Port Launched major partnerships to rethink its strategy for State Measures Agreement advancing the ocean agenda (PSMA), the first binding One of the most notable and therefore created the international agreement to aspects of the impact of Virtual Ocean Dialogues, specifically target IUU fishing. Friends of Ocean Action is the first completely virtual In addition, Friends of Ocean the number and quality of the Global Tuna Alliance Getting to Zero Coalition global ocean gathering, which Action has supported efforts partnerships it has helped brought together 800,000 to resolve the crew change create, the communities it has participants over five days crisis caused by COVID-19 mobilized and the projects from around the world. through the Neptune it has developed. In only An independent group of retailers and tuna A powerful alliance of more than 150 Declaration. By using the three years, Friends of Ocean supply-chain companies working together companies within the maritime, energy, Shaped global agendas influence and network of the Action has initiated or built up to implement commitments on tuna infrastructure and finance sectors committed Friends, Friends of Ocean the following: traceability, socially and environmentally to getting commercially viable deep sea zero- Some of the most important Action has advocated for responsible tuna supply chains, and emission vessels powered by zero-emission solutions for ocean better policies by working government partnership. fuels into operation by 2030.

The Blue Food Assessment Deep-Sea Minerals Dialogue

This research initiative is the first scientific An impartial space, hosted by the World assessment that will look at the role of Economic Forum, for value-chain dialogue on seafood as the world prepares to feed a responsible sourcing considerations for the growing global population estimated to reach potential emergence of minerals from the 10 billion by 2050. deep seabed.

Global Plastic Action Partnership Ocean Data Platform

A multistakeholder platform dedicated to An open and collaborative platform that translating commitments to reduce plastic harnesses the power of data liberation and pollution and waste into concrete action with contextualization. more than 400 member organizations.

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Image: © Getty Images Impact Report 6 Friends of Ocean Action to mobilize action on the Center for Ocean Solutions. is a unique group that following action tracks: Friends of Ocean Action also engages leaders – from the 1. Ending plastic pollution works alongside the High public sector, international through the Global Plastic Level Panel for a Sustainable organizations, the private Action Partnership Ocean Economy, which sector, academia and civil 2. Expanding marine consists of 14 sitting heads of society – who possess the protected areas (MPAs) state and government who necessary capacity and 3. Ensuring sustainable food are committed to a healthy knowledge to fast-track from the ocean ocean. This creates a synergy solutions for the most urgent 4. Addressing illegal, unre- between the multistakeholder issues facing the ocean. ported and unregulated collaboration of the Friends (IUU) fishing through: and the political impetus of the The rapid deterioration a. ratification of the Port High Level Panel. of the ocean is becoming State Measures increasingly clear and the Agreement (PSMA) This platform has ignited agenda to address this b. commitments from change throughout the has gained commendable retailers on transparency world but it has also led to momentum. However, to in seafood supply chains behavioural shifts for the sufficiently address the size 5. Eliminating harmful Friends themselves. Their and complexity of ocean fisheries subsidies participation has increased challenges, we must quickly 6. Decarbonizing shipping awareness of what other and effectively scale up 7. Liberating ocean data groups are doing in the the actions that have the 8. Financing ocean relevant topical areas and greatest positive impact. innovations nurtured a deeper appreciation Through its high-level of the diverse perspectives membership (the Friends), Friends of Ocean Action then across sectors. The opportunity along with the support grew to include more Friends to engage with other Friends of its team and guidance and three additional tracks: has deepened and enriched from its steering group, their expertise and sources Friends of Ocean Action has • Gender parity of knowledge and equipped provided an exceptional and • Science-based targets them to effect change. unique platform to produce • Understanding deep-sea concerted action to identify, resources By using its networks and promote and accelerate directly contributing to the solutions for ocean health. Friends of Ocean Action is action tracks of the platform, hosted by the World Economic Friends of Ocean Action has Launched in 2018, at the Forum, in collaboration brought about substantial World Economic Forum’s with the World Resources change across global Annual Meeting in Davos, Institute, and receives support systems for a healthy ocean. Friends of Ocean Action and strategic advice from It employed parallel and began with an initial cohort UC Santa Barbara, Benioff complementary strategies, as of 40 Friends and set out Ocean Initiative and Stanford illustrated on the next page.

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Image: Aerial view of Anse Takamaka, Seychelles © GettyImages Impact Report 7 HOW FRIENDS OF OCEAN ACTION IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Engage Share Collaborate Amplify Network

Convening key champions Identifying the ways in Collaborating with Working with critical Mobilizing community and influencers to which FOA can add the private sector, players to amplify the engagement in digital create an inclusive, value through knowledge intergovernmental bodies, impact of business platforms that integrate action-oriented FOA sharing and commun- IOs, governments, and strategies. operations and share data and platform and sub- ications, to address civil society in support of and pilot projects, for innovative solutions platforms via virtual and knowledge gaps and policies and regulatory ocean action off-line activities and targeted needs/efforts frameworks towards engagements ocean health

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For a convening platform the SDG 14 agenda forward, such as this, in-person and and also produced the first online events play a vital Virtual Ocean Dialogues as role in engaging leaders, an innovative online event driving conversations and in 2020. Aware of the need advocating for change. With to engage with the broader the World Economic Forum ocean community, however, as host, Friends of Ocean Friends of Ocean Action has Action has used institutional also participated in major events, such as the Annual ocean events convened Meetings in Davos, to push by other leading actors. Annual Meetings of the Sustainable Development Race to Zero World Economic Forum Impact Summit Dialogues

The Friends have continued Taking place adjacent to The Race to Zero Dialogues to use the Annual Meeting the United Nations General in 2020 brought new voices of the World Economic Assembly, the Sustainable to the global discussion on Forum in Davos as a major Development Impact Summit the ocean-climate nexus platform to promote the (SDIS) has been hosted such as leaders in the private ocean agenda among key annually by the World sector who had previously leaders and convene key Economic Forum since 2017. never considered the ocean’s partners essential to the work Through SDIS, the Friends role in the global climate of SDG 14. In 2019, Friends have convened leaders from system and local actors who of Ocean Action, held the a range of sectors along with shared first-hand accounts first dedicated Ocean Day a diverse group of experts of how climate change had in Davos. The programme and innovators to initiate, affected their ocean-based consisted of a series of accelerate and scale up communities. Collaboration 45-minute panel sessions with entrepreneurial solutions with the High-Level Climate leading ocean champions to tackle ocean health Action Champions for COP25 and may be accessed here. In and advance sustainable and COP26, Blue Climate 2020, Friends of Ocean Action development. At the first fully Initiative (Tetiaroa Society), the highlighted the SDG 14+ virtual SDIS in 2020, Friends Ocean and Climate Platform agenda, which underscores of Ocean Action held three and the Marrakesh Partnership how solving ocean issues key sessions to promote proved instrumental to the helps us reach other SDGs dialogue on ocean data, build event’s success. Friends of and how changes in the a sustainable ocean recovery, Ocean Action produced a ocean affect the planet, the and mobilize climate-friendly robust programme of five economy and society. consumer activism, and also virtual sessions as part of supported a related session this event to engage leaders, to launch the Deep-Sea experts and other interested Minerals Dialogue. stakeholders in the work that Friends of Ocean Action is championing. This programme Top left: Greta Thunberg at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum made a critical contribution to Top middle: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad ensuring that a healthy ocean Top right: Friend of Ocean Action Daniela Fernandez, CEO Sustainable Ocean Alliance is high on the climate agenda Middle: Nicholas Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine with Friends of Ocean leading up to COP26. Action H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco; Kerstin Forsberg, Founder and Director of Bottom: The session “Taking Action for the Ocean” at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. Moderator: Francine Planeta Océano and Young Global Leader; Bill Hilf, Chief Executive Officer of Vulcan Lacqua, editor-at-large and presenter at Bloomberg Television. Panellists: Al Gore, former vice-president of the United States and and Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic Society and Young chairman and co-founder of Generation Investment Management; Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Global Leader; speaking in the “What’s at Stake: Our Ocean” session at the World Human Rights and Friends of Ocean Action: Marc Benioff, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce; Nina Jensen, Chief Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 Executive Officer of REV Ocean, and Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic Society and Young Global Leader.

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 10 Virtual Ocean Dialogues in numbers:

In April 2020, the UN event presented opportunities barriers to inclusivity and 785,000 Views of the 12 high-level announced that due to for leaders, stakeholders and reached a vast audience main dialogue livestreams COVID-19 restrictions, it innovators to collectively interested in acquiring would not be holding its reimagine the future of our knowledge about the triannual Ocean Conference blue planet and commit ocean – and learning what that was set to take place to taking responsibility for they could do to address 55 in early June. As one of the health of the ocean. ocean challenges. Sessions the most important events The dialogues also offered 65,000 for the ocean community, a moment to take stock of With 12 thematic high-level Average number of people the postponement had the global progress being sessions, 40 more specific viewing each session live the potential to derail made towards SDG 14 targets explorations as well as three progress that had been – charting a path forward networking sessions, the made in championing the despite the pandemic and dialogues centred around the 1,263 ocean agenda. other major obstacles that following main themes: Attendees who registered have hindered progress. via TopLink, the World Friends of Ocean Action took • Building a resilient ocean 55,000 Economic Forum’s Blog article page views up the mantle by working Bringing together participants • Nourishing billions proprietary collaborative with the World Economic from almost 90 countries, • Activating finance and intelligance platform Forum – as well as the and from every continent innovation for global leaders organizers of the UN Ocean including the Antarctic, the • Science and data Conference and its co-hosts, Virtual Ocean Dialogues the governments of Kenya and served as a new type of The high-level sessions 4.3 Portugal – to create the first public event: one that were all recorded and may Virtual Ocean Dialogues. This transcended conventional be accessed here. MILLION 89 Instagram story views Countries of origin of attendees

950,000 304 Image: Screenshot of the session Social media video views Speakers, “Setting the Stage for Ocean Action” with from 54 countries the following Friends of Ocean Action (clockwise): José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and co-founder of Ocean Unite; H.M. Queen Noor of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Isabella Lövin, co-chair of Friends of 1.3 Ocean Action and former Deputy Prime 9 Minister of Sweden; Marc Benioff, Chair MILLION Heads of State or and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce; People potentially reached government who and Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, Vice- Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer by #OceansDialogues delivered a special video of Iberostar Group hashtag or live address Image: © GettyImages

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 11 THE UPLINK OCEAN “We have raised $1,000,000 in the past month SOLUTIONS SPRINT post winning the inaugural Ocean Solution Sprint and we have more in trust … Within 30 minutes of that video* being published, we started getting hundreds and hundreds of queries and leads on our website that we literally had to put up a message saying, ‘We are trying to cater to the high demand but please bear with us while we look into each one of these queries.’

I was connected to hundreds of these people in the first 24 hours of posting this video on the World Economic Forum’s platforms. I think we had in excess of 500 people reach out to us ... We got connected to the Federal Chamber of Commerce of Mexico; we were approached by government departments in Oman, in Dubai. It was amazing.

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Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer UpLink is the World Economic Ocean Innovation Award: Action on Ocean Plastic Cubex Global Forum’s digital platform for Award: crowdsourcing solutions Cubex Global, a blockchain for the SDGs. Focusing first RecyGlo, a provider of waste platform that cuts shipping on the ocean, UpLink held emissions by selling unused *Watch the video produced by UpLink and the World Economic Forum on management services and Cubex Global here. the Ocean Solutions Sprint data analytics to businesses, shipping container space. contest to find top solutions to significantly reduce carbon for the main challenges footprints. facing the ocean and brought The UpLink Ocean Sprint together entrepreneurs, provided a global stage investors and academics into to elevate lesser-known the UpLink Ocean community. People’s Choice Award: entrepreneurial ideas Out of 89 submissions, to thriving business six finalists were selected Oceanium, a venture opportunities and provided to pitch their ideas to an that develops food and access to resources and esteemed panel of judges at nutrient products, as well as networks that would the Virtual Ocean Dialogues. compostable bio-packaging otherwise have been difficult material, all from sustainably to secure. Three winning ocean farmed seaweed. innovations were recognized in the following categories:

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 12 ENDING PLASTIC POLLUTION GLOBAL PLASTIC ACTION PARTNERSHIP

By 2050, we could have WORKING WITH MORE more plastic in the ocean “If left unchecked, packaging waste, and plastics in than fish. While the growing THAN 400 CHAMPIONS particular, will slowly choke our oceans and waterways. TO FIGHT PLASTIC dangers of mismanaged POLLUTION plastic waste are becoming While this waste presents clear dangers to marine life increasingly recognized, that we see in disturbing images, it will likely have a The National Plastic it has proven difficult to broader impact beyond wildlife. The world’s packaging Action Partnerships in expand and accelerate the problem is actually a symptom of a much more serious Indonesia, Ghana and implementation of existing condition: we’re using up our earth as if there’s another Viet Nam have created solutions to meet the scale platforms for hundreds of the challenge. The pace at one on the shelf just waiting to be opened. of member organizations which plastic pollution and to bring about ambitious James Quincey2 national plans to prevent waste are devastating the plastic pollution from environment and livelihoods seeping into the ocean. requires urgent, large-scale GPAP is supporting and coordinated efforts from Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indonesia in its aim to all sectors and societies. The Coca-Cola Company reduce its marine plastic and Friend of Ocean Action leakage by 70% by 2025 For this reason, Friends of and Viet Nam’s ambition Ocean Action collaborated for a 75% reduction by with governments, business 2 James Quincey, “Moving Towards a World Without Waste”, 2030. Ghana plans to leaders and the World World Economic Forum, January 2018: https://www.weforum.org/ agenda/2018/01/world-without-waste-recycle-plastic/ (link as of 2/2/21). completely eliminate Economic Forum to support marine plastic pollution the creation of the Global and has been supported Plastic Action Partnership by GPAP in developing a (GPAP), a multi-stakeholder longer-term programme to establish a circular platform that aims to shape economy framework a more sustainable and national platforms for reduce marine plastic for the nation. With the inclusive world through convening action. In each leakage through community success established the eradication of plastic partner country, GPAP creation, knowledge in Ghana, GPAP is now pollution, working at both the has created networks generation and encouraging expanding across the national and global levels of nationally recognized strategic financing for region and has recently to translate plastic pollution experts, policy-makers, promising solutions. As announced a new commitments into action. businesses and civil society GPAP continues its work in partnership with Nigeria. GPAP has partnered with the stakeholders, combining Ghana, Indonesia and Viet Learn more about governments of Indonesia, expertise, experience and Nam and expands to other GPAP’s impact in Ghana, Image: © Photo from the ‘Waste’ Recovery Platform, facilitated by UNDP which Ghana and Viet Nam to resources in a common countries, it demonstrates Indonesia and Viet Nam partners with GPAP in Ghana launch successful pilot national approach to tackle how empowerment in local in its annual report projects called National plastic pollution and waste. communities can reverberate Find out more on Plastic Action Partnerships These local initiatives support with impact on a global scale. the GPAP website. (NPAP), which serve as progress towards ambitious locally led, locally driven national goals to drastically

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 13 Only 8% of the ocean is 2020. Many scientists agree in marine protection, but designated as marine that at least 30% of the ocean this will require a strong protected areas (MPAs). These needs to be protected by 2030 rationale based on marine areas, where human activities (“30 x 30”). This will require spatial planning and a deep are limited, have been proven significant amounts of funding understanding of stakeholder to boost fish yields, increase as well as innovative ways demands and natural capital ocean resilience, improve to resolve the bottlenecks stocks and flows. To this end, job security, strengthen that hamper the designation Friends of Ocean Action drew prospects for tourism and and enforcement of MPAs together a 40-plus panel protect biodiversity and the – including significant consisting of Friends and coastal communities that mobilization of funding. other experts from business, rely on them. Unfortunately, academia, government and many designated MPAs are, Friends of Ocean Action civil society to produce a in reality, only “paper parks” has been actively raising report on The Business Case that are not fully protected, awareness and understanding for Marine Protection and Image: © Getty Images and therefore are unable about the imperative for MPAs Conservation. This seminal to deliver on the benefits and enlisting stakeholders work has spurred new outlined above. to support efforts to improve conversations and debate and marine protection. provides an essential insight COULD WIND FARMS In the Convention of Biological Investments from the private into engaging the business BE A SECRET ASSET FOR “ Diversity and SDG 14, the sector, which have been community in its role in the MARINE PROTECTION? The ocean without reserves world set a goal of conserving relatively limited, could creation and implementation at least 10% of the ocean by lead to a breakthrough of MPAs. New research in The is like a bank account where Business Case for everybody withdraws but Marine Protection and Conservation outlined the nobody makes a deposit. three phases of activity required to create a comprehensive business case for protection and Enric Sala3 conservation. It also introduced sector- specific opportunities of biodiversity win-wins Explorer-in-Residence by partnering with ocean- National Geographic Society using industries such and Friend of Ocean Action as offshore wind energy. Read the whole 3 Enric Sala, 2019 Ocean Day, Davos, 5 March 2019: https://www.youtube. paper here. com/watch?app=desktop&v=E9LqxbKUh0Q&list=PL3fykM6AYebRYwDC_ Zo9hENBKa3VnRKVT&index=8 (link as of 2/2/21).

FriendsImage: © of Nicholas Ocean Action Doherty, | UnsplashWorld Economic Forum Impact Report 14 ENSURING SUSTAINABLE BLUE FOOD FOR A BETTER FUTURE

The Blue Food OCEAN PRODUCTION: BLUE FOOD Assessment (BFA) is the first comprehensive examination of the role of aquatic foods in building Blue food, which is defined as Over the past three years, The Blue Food Assessment, healthy, sustainable and all edible aquatic organisms, Friends of Ocean Action along with the Friends “ equitable food systems Sustainably scaling blue food could including fish, shellfish has been working to championing blue food by researched by a consortium and algae from marine fundamentally shift how developing the Blue Food of 28 researchers around unlock huge health, environmental and and freshwater production we think of food by shining Partnership, has led to a the world. The assessment economic opportunities – including job systems (aquaculture and a light on the role of blue much greater recognition of comprises a set of nine fisheries), will play a vital food in revolutionizing global blue food in the global food papers listed below that are creation and improved livelihoods. It role in feeding the planet. As food systems. Members of systems agenda. By using to be published in Nature- the ever-increasing global the platform came together platforms such as the Virtual Springer journals ahead also provides a unique chance to counter population puts strain on to develop an initiative Ocean Dialogues, the UN’s of the 2021 UN Food some of the most urgent challenges limited and unsustainable alongside representatives Voices of Food Systems Systems Summit, as food systems, we need to from the Stanford Center for Live and the upcoming 2021 well as a summary for facing our ocean. find new ways to meet the Ocean Solutions, Stockholm UN Food Systems Summit, decision-makers to distil the implications of that global demand for accessible, Resilience Centre, EAT Friends of Ocean Action has research. Gunhild Stordalen4 affordable and sustainably Foundation and UN Food driven conversation among sourced food. Therefore, we and Agriculture Organization stakeholders from companies, • Nutrition must rethink aquatic food to launch the Blue Food governments and civil society, • Environmental impact production systems in order Assessment: a scientific and placed blue food into Founder and Executive Chairman • Justice to include the benefits of analysis to discover what the the heart of discussions EAT Foundation • Climate change, and Friend of Ocean Action seafood in our diet without diversity of blue food can and decisions about the vulnerability and damaging life below water. offer people and planet. future of food. resilience • Small-scale 4 Gunhild A. Stordalen, “A Healthy Human Future Depends on producers Healthy Oceans. Here’s Why”, World Economic Forum, February 2020: • Changing demand for https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/a-healthy-human- blue food future-depends-on-a-healthy-ocean-heres-why/ (link as of 2/2/21). • Environmental change • Dietary scenarios • Capability for transforming the system

Learn more about the BFA here.

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Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Image: Market selling smoked fish in Sekondi, Ghana © Anna Fawcus/WorldFish, Flickr Impact Report 15 Every year, the ocean is ravages marine ecosystems. “ robbed of 24 million tonnes In the fight against IUU A billion people depend on fish of seafood through illegal, fishing, Friends of Ocean as their source of protein, and in unreported and unregulated Action has worked with actors fishing (IUU). This results in from industry through the many of the countries that are losses of over $23 billion Global Tuna Alliance and most dependent, one fish in three and disenfranchises honest worked with governments fishermen and coastal to implement Port State is stolen. Illegal, unreported and communities, distorts the Measures in line with the unregulated (IUU) fishing defeats management of fisheries, FAO’s Port State Measures leads to food insecurity and Agreement (PSMA). governments’ efforts to manage human rights abuses and their resources, and it undercuts the millions of fishers who are playing by the rules.

Jim Leape5

Co-Director Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University and Friend of Ocean Action

5 Jim Leape, “We Have the Tools to Tackle Illegal Fishing. It’s Time to Use Them”, World Economic Forum, January 2019: https://www.weforum.org/ agenda/2019/01/we-have-the-tools-to-tackle- illegal-fishing-lets-use-them/ (link as of 2/2/21).

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In this widely cited report, the Global Tuna Alliance highlighted the dire state of yellowfin tuna stock in the Indian Ocean and made recommendations for recovery. Building on previous efforts and the report’s findings, major Image: Guido Montaldo © GettyImages British brands such as Coop, Princes and Tesco, The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) supply chains, environmentally which are also partners is an independent group of responsible tuna sources and of the GTA, publicly announced sourcing retailers and tuna supply- government partnership. decisions on yellowfin tuna chain companies committed from the Indian Ocean. to realizing harvest strategies To accelerate the work of This was done in the for tuna fisheries, avoiding the Global Tuna Alliance, hope of spurring action IUU products, improving Friends of Ocean Action has from the Indian Ocean traceability, as well as provided resources to initiate Tuna Commission (IOTC) advancing work to address its activities, promoted its and other stakeholders any human rights risks in tuna work across media channels to rebuild tuna stocks to fisheries. This commitment and collaborated with the sustainable levels. This is delivered through active Executive Director of GTA to market action has triggered engagement with decision- connect the signatories of considerable conversation makers and GTA partners’ the Tuna 2020 Traceability among conservationists, sourcing practices. Through Declaration to GTA. Over the retailers and governments a collaborative agreement past year, GTA has expanded and raised calls for an early annual session of the with the World Economic its ranks, adding eight new IOTC in 2021 to urgently Forum alongside Friends of partners (including major revise and improve the Ocean Action, GTA has been companies such as Morrison’s management of tuna implementing the objectives and Harrods) and provided fishing practices. of the World Economic the Tuna 2020 Traceability Forum’s Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration signatories with Read the news story here. Declaration. This non legally the information, solutions binding declaration was and examples they need to Learn more about the work endorsed by 67 retailers and implement their commitments of the Global Tuna Alliance tuna supply-chain businesses through a series of webinars on its website. and lays out commitments to and toolkits. the following: tuna traceability, socially responsible tuna Image: © GettyImages

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 17 ADVOCATING FOR THE PORT STATE MEASURES AGREEMENT

Adopted in 2009 by the major partners such as the Ending Illegal Fishing: Data UN Food and Agriculture UN Food and Agriculture Policy and the Port State Organization, the Port State Organization, the World Measures Agreement white Measures Agreement (PSMA) Economic Forum’s Centre paper; a joint op-ed calling is the first international for the Fourth Industrial on G20 members to ratify binding agreement to block Revolution, the Nature and implement the PSMA foreign flagged vessels that Conservancy, the Pew written by Erna Solberg, engage in illegal, unreported Environment Group, WWF, Prime Minister of Norway, and unregulated (IUU) fishing Global Fishing Watch and Co-Chair of the High Level from docking at ports and the High Level Panel for a Panel for a Sustainable Ocean landing or trans-shipping Sustainable Ocean Economy, Economy and member of their catches. If implemented Friends of Ocean Action Friends of Ocean Action, effectively, the PSMA will and the Stanford Center and Shigero Ito, Chairman be an effective tool to stop for Ocean Solutions have of the Seafood Business for illegally caught fish from contributed to heavyweight Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) contaminating the supply advocacy efforts for both initiative and Chief Executive chain, obstruct foreign fleets ratification of the PSMA Officer and President of from invading other countries’ itself and implementation Maruha Nichiro Corporation; waters and additionally help of port State measures, an official communiqué from rescue the victims of human and provided context and the 2019 G20 meeting in rights abuses, who are often motivation for ratification Japan, calling on members trapped in IUU vessels. of the PSMA by a number to take action on IUU fishing, of countries. For example, and a statement by a private Friends of Ocean Action Stanford and the Friends sector meta-coalition has therefore been working have actively engaged with (SeaBOS, International with the Stanford Center for leading Pacific region flag Seafood Sustainability Ocean Solutions to mobilize States, as well as heads Foundation and Global Tuna support for PSMA from actors of government for Pacific Alliance) committing to around the world. This has Small Island Developing traceability and support for translated into greater cross- States to encourage them to the strengthening of Port SHAPING THE APEC AGENDA sectoral understanding and implement the PSMA. State Measures to combat increased political will and IUU fishing and encouraging The 2019 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, scheduled to be hosted by Chile in private-sector support for These efforts were further governments to do the same. November 2019, was seen as a unique opportunity to address the scourge of illegal fishing in the implementing the PSMA and bolstered through the Pacific and establish a PSMA implementation strategy that could serve as a model for action. eliminating illegal fishing. following publications and Through collaborations with statements such as the Therefore, the Friends and Stanford helped shape the text of the APEC Roadmap on Combatting IUU fishing and the roadmap was endorsed and adopted by APEC food security ministers in August 2019. However, due to political instability in Chile, the 2019 APEC Summit was cancelled.

Nevertheless, Friends of Ocean Action has been able to build support for an increasingly robust regional effort to close the Pacific to IUU fishing. The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions participated as official observers in the 2020 APEC Ocean and Fisheries Working Group meeting. Additionally, Stanford and the Friends are actively engaged with New Zealand to identify opportunities to bring IUU fishing and port State measures into the focus of APEC as part of New Zealand’s APEC 2021 presidency.

Impact Report 18 USING STORYTELLING TO FIGHT AGAINST HARMFUL FISHERIES SUBSIDIES

David Attenborough explains what we need to do to stop overfishing

This film was shown in October 2019 at the World “ Trade Organization’s Public Forum, the WTO’s largest Fishing subsidies are estimated to be annual outreach event as high as $35 billion worldwide of which with a regular attendance of more than 1,500 $20 billion directly contributes participants who convene to discuss the latest issues to overfishing. This not only leads to in relation to global trade lost revenue of upwards of 80 billion, and how to improve it.

Left and right: © Getty Images Clocking up 150,000 views but also puts enormous pressure on on social media, the film clearly illustrates the the already stressed ocean ecosystems. For almost 20 years, and disagreements on policy in Davos, the Economist urgent imperative to cease members of the World Trade details. However, calls to end World Ocean Summit and a harmful subsidies. It contributes to the loss of marine Organization (WTO) have harmful fisheries subsidies series of Friends of Ocean biodiversity and compromises on the been negotiating to end have continued unabated, and Action webinars, including an Watch the film here. publicly funded subsidies that progress was still achieved, exploration session during foundation of livelihoods and nutrition encourage overfishing. While thanks in large part to the the Virtual Ocean Dialogues Fisheries on the brink artisanal fisheries struggle to efforts of the chair of these that featured a cohort of for so many around the world. cope with declining fish stocks negotiations, Santiago Wills WTO ambassadors and This film was released 6 as a result of unsustainable of Colombia. Friends of Chairperson Santiago Wills. during a Friends of Elizabeth Mrema fishing, foreign vessels Ocean Action and partner Ocean Action webinar are still able to extract the organizations have been By using their influence and in September 2020 amid critical WTO trade few remaining fish due to amplifying these calls through the power of the media, Executive Secretary negotiations and has government-funded subsidies. political advocacy and media the Friends have raised amassed almost 17,000 Convention on Biological Diversity As a third of fish stocks are campaigns, leading to growing public awareness about views so far. By bringing and Friend of Ocean Action overfished and 60% are being optimism that 2021 could be these inequality-fuelling in the voices of those who fished at their sustainable the much-awaited tipping subsidies by contributing to are the hardest hit but the 6 limit, it is imperative that the point that lands a deal. the effective Stop Funding UN Biodiversity, Twitter, November 2020: https://twitter.com/ least heard, it highlights unbiodiversity/status/1332337811408773121 (link as of 2/2/21). subsidies driving overfishing Overfishing campaign and the impacts of subsidies and IUU fishing are stopped Friends of Ocean Action working with partners to on small-scale fishing once and for all. has worked with the WTO create two short films: communities and resounds to end these subsidies one uses the renowned with a cry for justice. The deadline set to end by participating in WTO storytelling abilities of David harmful fisheries subsidies panels and working with its Attenborough and the Watch the film here. was 2020, enshrined in secretariat and members. It other highlights the human SDG 14.6; despite great has also convened leading cost of these subsidies by efforts, the process was actors in major events, such showcasing the plight of a delayed again in 2020 due as the Annual Meeting of local fishing community in to COVID-19 complications the World Economic Forum Ghana (see box).

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report Image: © Zinko Hein, Unsplash 40 If the shipping sector was To boost these efforts and possible by 2030; it has done GETTING LARGER TO GET “ a country, it would be demonstrate the viability of a so by enabling collaboration TO ZERO We must address the climate the world’s sixth-biggest net-zero future in the shipping across industries and with greenhouse gas emitter. sector, Friends of Ocean public-sector actors. It has In less than two years, the crisis, if we’re going to address It is responsible for 3% of Action partnered with the also developed a shared Getting to Zero Coalition the world’s carbon dioxide Global Maritime Forum and knowledge base to create has grown to include the ocean ... Every company, emissions and this figure the World Economic Forum to alignment across the coalition more than 150 companies, is expected to grow. The create a new platform called on the elements needed to nine knowledge partners UN International Maritime the Getting to Zero (GtZ) make commercially viable and 14 supporting every country, every organization, Organization has therefore Coalition. Launched in 2019, ZEVs a reality in 2030, and governments. every individual must commit issued a 2050 deadline for the Getting to Zero Coalition is identifying the most However, its reach extends the shipping sector to cut is rapidly boosting ambitions promising pathways to much further. Getting to now to becoming net-zero. its greenhouse gases by for a carbon-free future and achieve this, including zero- Zero has been recognized half (relative to 2008 levels). has already grown to possess carbon energy sources. Lastly, Industry leader Maersk an invite-only membership of it has contributed to the as the main platform for Marc Benioff7 decarbonizing shipping has raised the stakes and dozens of leading companies. sharing of important findings by the Mission Possible announced that it is aiming from existing initiatives to Partnership, a coalition to become carbon neutral In its work, the Getting to amplify their impact and aiming to accelerate Chairman and Chief Executive Officer by 2050, which means Zero Coalition has raised encouraged collaborations the decarbonization of Salesforce that newly designed zero- awareness through visible in research and development, seven global industries and Friend of Ocean Action emission vessels (ZEV) leadership and public as well as access to public representing 30% of global will be required to replace commitments to make innovation funding. emissions. In addition, current vessels by 2030. commercially viable ZEVs the members of GtZ have 7 joined H.R.H. the Prince “Quotes on the Future of Our Ocean from Queen Noor of Jordan, Marc Benioff and More”, World Economic Forum, June 2020: https://www. of Wales to explore how weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/quotes-ocean-future-environment- his Sustainable Markets climate-change/ (link as of 2/2/21). Initiative could support the decarbonization of shipping. In under 2 years: Learn more about GtZ here. 150+ companies 14 supporting governments

Image: Panel on the Getting to Zero Coalition at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 9 knowledge partners Image: Thomas Vimare © Unsplash Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 4220 Data could be a powerful Forum’s 2020 Sustainable weapon in the fight for ocean Development Impact Summit, CONNECTING PEOPLE, protection. In 2015, the island which convened more than “ DATA AND TECHNOLOGY There is a lot of talk about data collection - nation of Kiribati used satellite 50 leaders from business, FOR A HEALTHY AND tracking data from Global science and policy-making, PRODUCTIVE OCEAN. what additional data needs to be collected Fishing Watch to prove that a including former US Secretary and how to make use of it. But I think we fishing vessel had infiltrated of State John F. Kerry. This The ambition for the one of its protected areas and session held discussions Ocean Data Platform is to also really need to talk about how we make therefore was able to issue a on the power of this new become the largest, most sure this data gets put into the right hands $2 million fine. However, the platform and how to chart the inclusive hub for data- field of ocean data is relatively path forward. driven solutions for the - enabling decision-makers to get access to nascent. More than 80% of the ocean. It provides easier that data and possibly also enabling citizens ocean is still left unexplored. More recently, the mandate of and more rapid access Ocean data holds exponential the ODP has grown thanks to to ocean data, including to better track and hold our decision-makers the world’s largest ocean potential for policy-makers, the merger with the Centre for dataset consisting of data accountable. Making the whole data system science, business and the 4th Industrial Revolution from 220,000 research more transparent is an essential part of that. ocean conservation and (C4IR) Ocean – an affiliate cruises since 1890; 1.95 will play an essential part in center of the World Economic billion temperature profiles; 2021–2030, set as the UN’s Forum’s C4IR Network and and 1.13 billion salinity Nina Jensen8 Decade for Ocean Science for a partner organization of profiles. And this is only the Sustainable Development. Friends of Ocean Action. The beginning. The platform is Data undergirds all of the C4IR Ocean brings together ingesting more open data workstreams of Friends businesses, governments, – including environmental Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Action and will academia and conservation impact, biodiversity, and REV Ocean continue to play a vital role in organizations to identify and industrial data. and Friend of Ocean Action Phase II and other projects in solve challenges that might the wider ocean conservation impede the socially beneficial Learn more on the Ocean ecosystem. To unlock the application of 4IR technologies Data Platform’s website. 8 power of ocean data, Friends to ocean problems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEs9lz7lNLk&list=RDCMUCw-kH- Od73XDAt7qtH9uBYA&start_radio=1&t=1935 (link as of 2/2/21). of Ocean Action collaborated with REV Ocean to establish the Ocean Data Platform Image: © Getty Images (ODP). This is a global, open- source, integrated data digital ecosystem built to pilot and support new data-driven tools and improve ocean health and productivity.

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Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 2144 With an estimated value Closing this knowledge Friends of Ocean Action exceeding $24 trillion, the gap could open up new has convened roundtables, “blue economy” provides opportunities to mobilize webinars and discussions on livelihoods for billions much-needed capital for financing ocean innovation of people and already scaling ocean solutions. by targeting engagement contributes $2.5 trillion Hence, Friends of Ocean with financial institutions, in goods and services Action has explored the philanthropists and the wider per year. Maximizing the opportunities for, risks of ocean community, to further financial future of the and barriers to deploying debate and understanding in ocean will depend on the financing solutions for the field of sustainable ocean sustainable management of sustainable investment in finance. Friends of Ocean its resources and drawing the ocean. This culminated Action also engaged leaders enough investment to fund in the publication of The and stakeholders in China the innovations required to Ocean Finance Handbook, using the World Economic build back bluer after the a vital resource to elevate Forum’s China Business pandemic. There is great understanding and engender Roundtable and produced interest in investing in the a common sustainable blue a session on the Economic blue economy, but it remains economy language in relation Opportunities for a Blue Image: © Sergio Pontillas, GettyImages Image: © GettyImages a niche area that has not yet to ocean finance. Investment. been adequately explored due to a lack of knowledge. “ There is an opportunity for good FINANCING OCEAN SOLUTIONS BY FILLING investment with the ocean. That KNOWLEDGE GAPS means that private money can The Ocean Finance connect with ocean conservation. Handbook provides a synthesis of the current The problem is that the money ocean finance landscape and has been cited in going to ocean conservation per the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean se is very small. Economy Blue Papers and Summary Report; the Maria Damanaki9 Economist World Ocean Initiative reports and blogs; a 2020 European Commission report on Principal Advisor Finance in the Blue The Paradise International Foundation Economy and numerous SYSTEMIQ media outlets. It has and Friend of Ocean Action also been presented at Standard Chartered Bank’s Sustainable Finance Conference.

9 “Can Ocean Health Lead to Wealth? Our Latest House on Fire Podcast Tackles Blue Finance”, World Economic Forum podcast, December 2020: https://www.Weforum.Org/ Agenda/2020/12/Blue-Finance-Ocean-Health-Wealth- House-On-Fire-Podcast/ (link as of 2/2/21). Impact Report 2522 OTHER AREAS OF WORK

In addition to the the two factors connect, at source, and to promote workstreams outlined above, the 2020 World Economic wise decision-making for all Friends of Ocean Action Forum Annual Meeting and humankind and our planet. also worked to advance the the Virtual Ocean Dialogues. following: gender parity As for setting science-based Lastly, Friends of Ocean in ocean sectors; science- targets, this underpins all the Action supported the based goal setting; a action tracks of Phase I and, World Economic Forum in conversation on deep-sea along with gender parity, developing the Neptune minerals; and the Neptune will continue to feature in Declaration on Seafarer Declaration. In regards to the next phase of Friends of Wellbeing and Crew Change gender parity, Friends of Ocean Action as part of the alongside other members Ocean Action co-signed SDG 14+ agenda. of the founding taskforce. a statement published by Due to COVID-19 restrictions, members of the Council The conversation on deep- 400,000 seafarers have not of Women World Leaders sea minerals has now spun been able to disembark (including 16 sitting and off into an independent and swap crews, leaving former heads of state and initiative hosted by the thousands stranded at sea government) and other World Economic Forum. The and thousands more on land ocean experts calling for Deep-Sea Minerals Dialogue left without an income. This greater recognition of the provides an impartial space declaration, now signed by role of women in saving for responsible downstream more than 450 companies our ocean. It has also brands to learn about the and organizations, outlines held sessions to expand environmental, social and specific actions to be understanding of gender economic considerations implemented and calls for and ocean issues, and how of this potential mineral an end to the crisis.

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Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 48 Friends of Ocean Action deploying funding, advancing taught us the importance In line with this, the action resources, experience and new milestones such as began with a big dream, knowledge, shaping global and value of effective and tracks of Phase I will be networks to spur progress on the previously postponed arguably as vast as the ocean agendas and scaling strategic engagement streamlined into the five impact SDG 14. Furthermore, Phase UN Ocean Conference, the itself. It has sped forward innovations, we can be and impact. Moving pillars on the following page. II will forge ahead with two UN Food Systems Summit, with an acknowledgement optimistic about the future. forward, Friends of Ocean agendas that will cut across the UN Climate Change of how much the ocean has Action will be welcoming These pillars offer more these five pillars: actively Conference, the World lost, the recognition of the However, as the world a cohort of new Friends strategic engagement points engaging actors in China, as Economic Forum’s Annual opportunities that lie in our continues to reel from from underrepresented for Friends with more focused it holds great influence for Meetings and Sustainable hands and a vision of ocean unprecedented challenges, communities to deliver its objectives towards overcoming important ocean Development Impact Summit restoration for a thriving we are launching the next mission and will engage measured impact anchored challenges, and promoting the and the Convention on future. As we reflect on phase of Friends of Ocean Friends along with the work by an Impact Measurement SDG 14+ agenda to reinforce Biological Diversity (CBD) how much ground we have Action to be even stronger they are already championing and Management framework the central role of the ocean in Conference of the Parties. It covered in Phase I and the and more dedicated to to create stronger in Phase II. They will also sustainable development. also bears great promise as communities that have been a healthy ocean than partnerships in the Friends of engage with committed the Friends continue to work mobilized for ocean solutions before. The lessons we Ocean Action platform. stakeholders who are better The next phase for Friends to finalize and deepen the by creating partnerships, learned in Phase I have positioned to use their of Ocean Action will hold work established in Phase I.

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Impact Report 24 IMPACT PILLARS PHASE II: 2021 – 2024

The world stands at a critical juncture in history and the fate of our ocean – and therefore our future – rests on what we do now to build an ocean that is healthy, resilient and secure. Through the work of the following pillars, Friends of Ocean Action remains steadfast in its ongoing efforts to forge partnerships, scale innovation, fight against injustice and deliver impact for ocean recovery and long-term ocean health.

BUILDING A CREATING NOURISHING ACTIVATING UPLINK OCEAN RESILIENT OCEAN A DIGITAL OCEAN BILLIONS OCEAN FINANCE

Promoting sustainable Scaling the liberation, use Improving food security, Enhancing levels of Nurturing and and equitable ocean and governance of ocean nutrition and livelihoods finance, from across the connecting ocean management to enhance data for the benefit of from blue food through spectrum, that flow towards innovators to influential the ocean’s capacity to public good, ocean health the expansion in and sustainable blue economy networks in order to adapt to and recover from and knowledge, and in abundance of fish stocks activities scale their solutions multiple stressors so that support of the UN Decade and growth in sustainable the ocean can continue to of Ocean Science for aquaculture practices provide for and strengthen Sustainable Development the resilience of nations, and the Ocean Data economies and people Platform

Friends of Ocean Action | World Economic Forum Impact Report 5225 Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, Iberostar Group, Spain Kerstin S. Forsberg, Co-Founder and Director, Planeta Océano, Peru ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sturla Henriksen, Special Advisor, The United Nations Global Compact, Norway Bill Hilf, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Vulcan, USA Co-Chairs Anson H. Hines, Director, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, USA Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International, Norway H.E. Isabella Lövin, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Rupert Howes, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom Ambassador Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Fiji Naoko Ishii, Professor, Institute for Future Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Japan Jørgen J. Lund, Founder and Director, North Atlantic Sea Food Forum, Norway Nina Jensen, Chief Executive Officer, REV Ocean, Norway Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Issues Steering Group of the Republic of Seychelles Marco Lambertini, Director-General, WWF International, Switzerland Doug McCauley, Director, Benioff Ocean Initiative, USA Pascal Lamy, President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute, France Jim Leape, Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, USA Kosi Latu, Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Samoa Helen Ågren, Ambassador for the Ocean at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Jim Leape, Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, USA Laura Liswood, Secretary-General, Council of Women World Leaders, USA Michael Lodge, Deputy Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority, USA Jane Lubchenco, Distinguished University Professor; Adviser on Marine Studies to the President, Oregon Donors State University, USA Ellen MacArthur, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, United Kingdom Marc and Lynne Benioff Kenneth MacLeod, Chairman, Stena Line UK, United Kingdom The Government of Canada Árni Mathiesen, Former Assistant Director-General Fisheries and Aquaculture, Food and Agriculture The Government of Sweden Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy Vulcan Stuart Minchin, Director-General, Pacific Community (SPC), New Caledonia Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Tanzania H.M. Queen Noor, Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Friends of Ocean Action in Phase I Cherie Nursalim, Vice-Chairman, Giti Group, Indonesia Julie Packard, Executive Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA Rolph Antoine Payet, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Monaco Conventions, Switzerland Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Denmark James Quincey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA Thomas Thune Andersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ørsted, Denmark Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Assistant Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce, USA Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France Dona Bertarelli, Special Adviser for the Blue Economy, United Nations Conference on Trade and Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, USA Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland M. Sanjayan, Chief Executive Officer, Conservation International, USA Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group, United Kingdom Afroz Shah, Lawyer, Bombay High Court, India Maria Damanaki, Former EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Greece; Principal Advisor, Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway SYSTEMIQ, UK; Principal Advisor, The Paradise International Foundation, China Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute, USA Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive Officer, Sky, United Kingdom Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Germany Patricia Dwyer, Founder and Director, The Purpose Business, Hong Kong SAR, China Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair, EAT, Norway Sylvia Earle, President and Chair, Mission Blue, USA Su Jilan, Professor of Oceanography, Academician at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Anote Tong, Former President of Kiribati Change (UNFCCC), Mexico Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu, Ambassador of Kenya to France, Portugal, Serbia, Monaco and the Holy See Daniela Fernandez, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, USA Jan-Gunnar Winther, Director, Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic, Norway José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica; Former Co-Chair, Global Ocean Commission; Co-Founder, Ocean Unite Designed by Cast from Clay

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