Together we can advance new solutions to stabilize the climate and restore the ocean
Enormous greenhouse gas pollution is disrupting the climate and driving dangerous ocean overheating and acidification—devastating marine life and diminishing the ocean’s ability to support humanity. Our four-part strategy directly addresses the causes and impacts of climate disruption:
Decarbonize the Global Economy for a Healthy Ocean
Engage the size and power of the ocean to draw down and safely store carbon pollution
Advance collaborative research to slow and avoid catastrophic loss of critical marine ecosystems while we rebalance global carbon cycles
Build a global community to innovate and develop ocean-climate solutions
In just five years, Ocean Visions has bloomed from a bold idea into a global catalyst for the advancement of ocean-based climate solutions. Our new report follows this journey, highlighting key milestones and the flagship initiatives that have defined our impact. We’re full of gratitude to you—both new and familiar faces in the dynamic and ever-growing ocean-climate community—who work alongside us at this pivotal moment in time to stabilize the climate and restore ocean health.
The ocean has immense potential to provide society with low-carbon energy, food, and transportation. We recently completed an in-depth analysis to identify the highest-leverage opportunities to advance select ocean-based decarbonization pathways, choosing Low-Carbon Seaweed-Based Products & Marine Renewable Energy to Power mCDR and the Blue Economy as our new areas of focus.
Our recently released Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Ecosystem Database is designed to support collaboration and accelerate progress. This comprehensive resource connects stakeholders across sectors — from research and government to NGOs and the private sector — promoting transparency, knowledge-sharing, and responsible development of potential mCDR solutions.
Ocean Visions is proud to announce the appointment of the first cohort of Ocean–Climate Innovation Senior Fellows, who will lead national and regional efforts to accelerate ocean-based climate solutions and strengthen Global South leadership in innovation.
The draft report, developed through extensive expert consultation and literature review, identifies what is known and still unknown about this marine carbon dioxide removal pathway, and where the highest priority research and development is needed to close knowledge gaps and inform risk-benefit assessments.
A new white paper by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University proposes more climate-conscious thinking on how parties currently apply, and how they could more effectively apply, relevant international legal principles and guidelines to mCDR.
Ocean Visions is a nonprofit organization at the center of a robust network comprised of leading universities and oceanographic institutions, and a diverse set of practitioner partners. Ocean Visions works to engage and focus resources from across this network for concerted action, catalyzing collaboration for the co-design, development, testing, and evaluation of solutions to the interlocking ocean-climate crisis.
