One Ocean Finance Call for Engagement
A collective of United Nations agencies and global partners today launched the co-design process for One Ocean Finance —a bold new effort to unlock billions in new financing from ocean-dependent industries and blue economy sectors. The announcement is in line with this year's World Ocean Day theme — “Sustaining What Sustains Us”.
This bold initiative seeks to unlock billions in new financing through a global platform that is agile, scalable, and built for purpose. By doing so, One Ocean Finance aims to deliver triple-win outcomes:
- Accelerating sustainable industry transitions
- Restoring ocean health
- Supporting resilient coastal communities
Despite the ocean’s essential role in climate stability, food systems, and economic livelihoods, SDG14 remains the least funded global goal. One Ocean Finance responds to this gap by mobilizing new and diverse capital sources and deploying them through blended finance instruments that de-risk innovation and attract private investment.
The Call for Engagement invites governments, industry leaders, financial institutions, and civil society to help shape a more inclusive and coherent ocean finance architecture — with a view to launch the mechanism at the Fourth UN Ocean Conference in 2028.
