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Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc.

ORRAA Inc.

ORRAA brings together the finance and insurance sectors, governments, non-profits, and stakeholders from the Global South to pioneer finance and insurance products that incentivise investment into nature-based solutions in coastal and marine areas, with a focus on protecting the regions and communities that need it most.

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Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

20 Jan 2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this Roadmap for the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, which will form a core part of the European Green Deal that has set ambitious targets on several key issues, including tackling climate change and biodiversity loss. Ocean Unite would like to emphasise the importance of including ambitious ocean action within this new strategy, as climate change and loss of ocean biodiversity cannot be tackled separately due to the interlinkages between natural ocean ecosystems and the climate. Only with an integrated plan that considers these interlinkages will we be able to address these twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, and in turn hopefully achieve the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals. In summary for its EU Biodiversity Strategy Ocean Unite urges the EU to: • Adopt a 30x30 target as part of its EU biodiversity Strategy to 2030 to significantly increase strong protection of its own waters, as well as actively support the adoption of the target globally during the negotiations of the CBD’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. • Ensure the agreement of a robust high seas biodiversity treaty at the UN. • Champion Southern Ocean protection to ensure the adoption of marine protection proposals at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. • Tackle current and future drivers of biodiversity loss, including through the support for a moratorium on deep sea mining. • Support and allocate significant investment into nature based solutions in coastal areas that mitigate ocean risk and build resilience to change. • Ensure adequate funding for the strategy, including the development of sustainable blue finance mechanisms. For further information on Ocean Unite's feedback please see attached file.
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Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

22 Oct 2019 · Ocean Governance

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

6 Feb 2019 · Ocean Governance, Sustainable Blue Economy