Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025: Advancing Solutions for Ocean-Climate Restoration
January 14, 2025
The Summit will explore approaches and solutions to climate disruption in the ocean through the lens of four key themes.
Climate Disruption is the Top Threat to Our Ocean
Together we can advance new solutions to stabilize the climate and restore the ocean
Our Strategy — Reduce, Remove, Repair, Reach
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:
REDUCE
CO₂ emissions
Maximize low-carbon food, energy and transportation from the ocean
REMOVE
CO₂ pollution
Engage the size and power of the ocean to draw down and safely store carbon pollution
REPAIR
Advance collaborative research to slow and avoid catastrophic loss of critical marine ecosystems while we rebalance global carbon cycles
REACH
Build a global community to innovate and develop ocean-climate solutions
Featured Content
2024 Annual Report
With big waves of gratitude to our partners and funders, we're proud to share our 2024 annual report, which highlights last year's critical efforts to advance solutions that can help restore ocean health and stabilize the climate. What were our proudest moments? Explore the report to find out!
Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that the 4th Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025 will be held in March 25-27 2025, in Vancouver, Canada. This action-oriented event will bring together scientists, policymakers, innovators, funders, students, and others to explore solutions and strengthen partnerships to help restore our ocean and stabilize the climate.
Open Ocean Phytoplankton: Exploring a Potentially Important Ocean-Climate Solution
The best available science indicates that phytoplankton-based carbon dioxide removal in the open ocean may be an important part of the solution, yet many questions remain about the potential benefits and risks of these approaches for the ocean, climate, and people. The Phytoplankton Carbon Solutions project will identify key knowledge gaps and create a design for a RD&D effort to answer the critical remaining questions.
News
Statement: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases National Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Strategy
November 14, 2024
Ocean Visions fully supports the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s new national strategy to advance research into marine carbon dioxide removal.
First-ever assessment of pathways to slow Arctic sea ice loss identifies potential mitigation approaches and highlights need to increase collaborative, careful research
September 16, 2024
Ocean Visions’ digital road map designed to mobilize efforts to advance collective knowledge
The Ocean Visions Network
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.
