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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Creating long-term resilience to ocean acidification through training, equipment, and network-building

The Ocean Foundation (
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    Description
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    The Ocean Foundation’s International Ocean Acidification Initiative commits to carrying out multiple projects to understand and act on ocean acidification (OA) while working to meet SDG 14.3. Firstly, TOF (jointly with the Pacific Community, University of the South Pacific, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) commits to establish the Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC) to build long-term resilience to ocean acidification. With a total program investment of $800,000 USD over three years, TOF will provide online and in-person technical training, research and travel funding, deploy multiple GOA-ON in a Box monitoring kits to establish monitoring programs, an--together with the PIOAC--will establish a spare parts inventory, regional seawater standard, and technical coaching service. Secondly, TOF commits $350,000 over the next 3 years in support of the Building CapacIty in Ocean AcidificaTion MoniToring in the Gulf of GuineA (BIOTTA) program. With $150,000 already committed, TOF will support virtual and in-person training and deploy five GOA-ON in a Box kits. Lastly, TOF commits $150,00 towards delivering a low-cost, handheld sensor for pCO2 measurements to increase access to ocean chemistry monitoring for those most vulnerable to changing ocean conditions. To complement this new instrument, TOF will develop accompanying materials, including a comprehensive, easy-to-understand user guide and a manipulation application that can be used at shellfish hatcheries to understand incoming seawater conditions and calculate dosing quantities of buffering reagents to create favorable, stable conditions for vulnerable organisms.
    Partners

    Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON - Scientific Community), International Atomic Energy Agency Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (IAEA OA-ICC - United Nations / Multilateral body), The Pacific Community (SPC; Intergovernmental organization), University of the South Pacific (Academic Institution),
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Government), University of Ghana (Academic Institution), Dakunalytics (Scientific Community), Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute (Scientific Community)

    Goal 13

    Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

    Goal 13

    13.1

    Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

    13.1.1

    Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

    13.1.2

    Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

    13.1.3

    Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

    13.2

    Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

    13.2.1

    Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    13.2.2

    Total greenhouse gas emissions per year

    13.3

    Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

    13.3.1

    Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment

    13.a

    Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

    13.a.1

    Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025

    13.b

    Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities


     

    13.b.1

    Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Goal 14

    Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

    Goal 14

    14.1

    By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

    14.1.1

    (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

    14.2

    By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

    14.2.1

    Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

    14.3

    Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

    14.3.1
    Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

    14.4

    By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

    14.4.1
    Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

    14.5

    By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

    14.5.1
    Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

    14.6

    By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation

    14.6.1

    Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

    14.7

    By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

    14.7.1

    Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries

    14.a

    Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

    14.a.1
    Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology

    14.b

    Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

    14.b.1

    Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries

    14.c

    Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"

    14.c.1

    Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

    Name Description
    14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
    14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
    Deliver pCO2 sensor and associated tools to users in at least two regions that would benefit from increased access to low-cost ocean carbonate chemistry monitoring and adaptation tools
    Deliver equipment and spare parts for ocean acidification monitoring to select institutions in around the Gulf of Guinea, the Pacific Islands, and the Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre
    Facilitate opportunities for technical knowledge sharing via hands-on training for ocean acidification monitoring equipment recipients in the Pacific Islands and distributing eight $5,000 “Pier-2-Peer” scholarships to enable intl expert collaboration.
    Initialize data uploads to the SDG 14.3.1 data portal from representative sites across the Pacific Islands and Gulf of Guinea
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Global ocean acidification experts providing training, coaching, mentoring, and protocol development/refinement
    Financing (in USD)
    $1,300,000 mobilized to support researchers and establish ocean acidification monitoring in the Pacific Islands and Gulf of Guinea as well as develop new monitoring technology
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    Timeline
    01 October 2020 (start date)
    31 December 2024 (date of completion)
    Entity
    The Ocean Foundation
    SDGs
    Other beneficiaries
    Tokelau; shellfish aquaculture facilities
    Ocean Basins
    South Pacific, North Pacific, North Atlantic
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Ocean acidification, Scientific knowledge, research capacity development and transfer of marine technology
    Countries
    Benin
    Benin
    Cameroon
    Cameroon
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Fiji
    Fiji
    Ghana
    Ghana
    Mexico
    Mexico
    Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Palau
    Palau
    Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
    Samoa
    Samoa
    United States of America
    United States of America
    Vanuatu
    Vanuatu
    Headquarters
    Washington, D.C., USA
    Contact Information

    Alexis, Program Officer