International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification
General
Name of initiative | International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | No |
Website address | www.oaalliance.org/ |
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Starting year | 2018 |
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Secretariat | Jessie Turner, Project Coordinator, OA Alliance, e-mail: Jessie@OAalliance.org |
Organisational structure | Created at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) meeting. |
Geographical coverage | Global |
Name of lead organisation | International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification |
Type of lead organisation | Network/Consortium/Partnership |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | United States of America |
Description
Description | The Alliance brings together jurisdictions across the globe to combat ocean acidification and changing ocean conditions as an immediate and critical threat to coastal economies and ocean ecosystems |
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Objectives | Ocean acidity has already increased by 30 percent and is expected to double over pre-industrial levels by the end of this century as a result of the ocean absorbing one-third of the atmospheric carbon dioxide generated by human activities.
In joining the Alliance, governments and affiliated partners will endorse a Global Call to Action and will commit to taking to taking actions that address the environmental and economic threat posed by ocean acidification within their region by creating their own unique OA Action Plan. |
Activities | Supporting governments to take meaningful actions to address changing ocean conditions;
Advocating for inclusion of strong ocean protection provisions in international climate agreements and other relevant frameworks; and Creating a coalition of governments and partners to elevate the visibility and importance of ocean acidification in public discourse and policy development. |
One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Technical dialogue |
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Activity of initiative | Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Knowledge production and innovation |
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Participants
Participants | Number | Names |
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Members | 45 | |
Companies | 0 | |
Business organisations | 0 | |
Research and educational organisations | 14 | Alaska Ocean Acidification Network (USA), California Ocean Science Trust (USA), Center for Ocean Solutions (USA), Edaphic Scientific (Australia), Hakai Institute (Canada), New Zealand Ocean Acidification Community (New Zealand), Ocean Networks Canada (Canada), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA), Tanzania Fisheries Research and Academic Institutions Institute (Tanzania), University Cote D’Azur (France), University of Hawaii Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (USA), University of Otago - OA Research and Academic Institutions Theme (New Zealand), Washington Ocean Acidification Center (USA) |
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |
National states | 9 | Canada, Chile, Fiji, France, Iceland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Arab Emirates |
Governmental actors | 0 | |
Regional / state / county actors | 19 | The Province of British Columbia (Canada), The State of California (USA), Cross River State (Nigeria), Gullah/Geechee Nation (USA), The State of Hawaii (USA), City of Imperial Beach California (USA), The State of New York (USA), Nisqually Indian Tribe (USA), The State of Oregon (USA), The City of Portland Oregon (USA), The Province of Quebec (Canada), Quileute Nation (USA), Quinault Indian Nation (USA), The City of Seattle WA (USA), The Suquamish Tribe (USA), Tsleil-Waututh Nation (USA), The City of Vancouver (Canada), The State of Virginia (USA), The State of Washington (USA) |
City / municipal actors | 0 | |
Intergovernmental organisations | 2 | Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP (Samoa), Latin America Ocean Acification Network - LAOCA (Peru) |
Financial Institutions | 0 | |
Faith based organisations | 0 | |
Other members | 1 | Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (India) |
Supporting partners | 0 | |
Number of members in the years | | |
Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Last update: 4 August 2020 12:28:50
Not only have national states as participators