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🌊 Ocean Visions at COP30: Advancing Ocean–Climate Solutions on the Global Stage 🌊 From November 10–21, world leaders, scientists, and advocates are gathering in Belém, Brazil for COP30, a pivotal moment for global climate action. With reports that global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and atmospheric concentrations both reached record highs in 2024, the world urgently needs bold, science-driven solutions to climate change—the top threat to ocean health. Ocean Visions is at COP30 to amplify the role of ocean-based solutions in tackling the climate crisis—from reducing and removing CO₂ pollution to repairing and restoring critical marine ecosystems. Together with partners worldwide, we’re working to build the enabling conditions to accelerate research for responsible innovation. Throughout COP30, Ocean Visions will co-host and participate in events exploring: 🌊 The evidence base and collaborations necessary to advance marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) research and development ⚖️ Responsible governance and ethics for the exploration of climate interventions 🌐 Pathways for inclusive, global participation—from the Global South to youth leadership See our full COP30 event schedule: https://lnkd.in/gpanZeNY Want to connect? Reach out to our on-the-ground staff: ➡️ Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, PhD, Senior Director, International Partnerships and Policy ➡️ Laura Anderson, Program Officer Follow along here for updates, event highlights, and reflections from COP30. #COP30 #OceanVisions #OceanClimateSolutions #mCDR #OceanInnovation #ClimateAction COP SG Pavilion | Miltton | Sasakawa Peace Foundation / 公益財団法人 笹川平和財団 | Centre for Climate Repair | Operaatio Arktis | American Geophysical Union | Carbon to Sea Initiative | Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore | Oceánico Labs (Ocean Hub Colombia) | Patagonia Ocean Hub

🌊 mCDR Field Trial Spotlight: Vycarb 🌊 Dedicated people who’ve committed their careers to fighting climate change are working hard to accelerate marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) field trials around the world. We would like you to meet some of these innovators through a collection of stories we’re curating. This week, say hello to Vycarb, a Brooklyn-based startup in our Launchpad program that’s accelerating the ocean’s natural ability to store carbon dioxide through ocean alkalinity enhancement. Vycarb Founder and CEO Garrett Boudinot explores how science, engineering, and careful measurement are coming together to help advance a potential solution to tackle our planet’s biggest challenge. Meet Vycarb: https://lnkd.in/d-TyYC_k DIVE DEEPER: ➡️ Explore our mCDR Field Trial Database: https://lnkd.in/eQnsp9FA ➡️ Learn more about our mCDR accelerator program, Launchpad: https://lnkd.in/dtRJ3t9u #ClimateChange #OceanHealth #Vycarb #OceanVisions #CarbonRemoval #mCDR #OceanAlkalinityEnchancement

An open letter from nearly 100 climate scientists and experts supports continuing research into climate intervention strategies that might one day help reduce climate risks and protect vital systems like Arctic sea ice: https://lnkd.in/gU8ypvG5 The letter, supported by Ocean Visions, comes in response to a recent paper by Siegert et al. in Frontiers in Science that calls for the abandonment of further research. The open letter signatories disagree, arguing that more research is needed, and emphasizing, "To be clear: we do not endorse, and are not recommending, the deployment now of any climate intervention.” Ocean Visions supports critical research into all possible approaches, asserting: ➡️ Scientific inquiry is not a threat, but a tool for decision making. Abandoning research before we have scientific reasons for doing so is anti-scientific. ➡️ Suggesting we must choose one potential solution pathway and reject others is a false choice. Conservation, emissions reduction, carbon removal, and ecosystem repair can advance together. ➡️ We must listen to voices of communities and demographics most impacted. Any place-based research must ensure free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples and meaningful participation of other potentially affected communities. ➡️ Exploring all possible solutions through careful research is part of an ethic of responsibility. We owe current and future generations an exhaustive effort to understand every potential way to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate and ecosystem damage. Read and sign the letter: https://lnkd.in/gU8ypvG5 OCEAN VISIONS’ ROLE: In 2024 Ocean Visions released a first-ever interactive digital road map assessing potential pathways to slow Arctic sea ice loss. To support research into the most promising approaches identified, we established the Arctic Sea Ice Restoration Research Fund, which provides critical funding for multidisciplinary research focused on advancing understanding, transparency, and responsible evaluation of these methods. What’s Next? A Request for Proposals announced this summer, and focusing on three of the 21 pathways identified in the road map—blocking sea ice export, marine cloud brightening applied to the Arctic, and mixed-phase cloud thinning—has generated many exciting letters of intent, a subset of which are now being developed into proposals. We look forward to announcing selected projects in late 2025. Learn about our Arctic Sea Ice Research Fund: https://lnkd.in/gHQvFFX5 Dakota Gruener Reflective Bryony Worthington Sasha Post Outlier Projects Hannah Safford, PhD Megan Husted Federation of American Scientists Justus Lehtisaari Operaatio Arktis Joshua Horton Liam St Louis. The Navigation Fund Dr. Julie Pullen Jake Schwartz Chesapeake Climate Action Network Benjamin Margetts Tom Pravda Chris Cooper Vasishth Srivastava Craig Segall

New Draft Report: Research Agenda for Potential Phytoplankton-Based Carbon Solutions Can phytoplankton help fight climate change and restore ocean health? Targeted research and development is needed to answer whether they may be able to capture and sequester additional carbon dioxide (CO₂) safely and at scales that matter. In order to advance the field, Ocean Visions has released a draft report that outlines a prioritized research agenda for phytoplankton-based carbon dioxide removal. We are currently seeking public comment and expert feedback to the draft report and its recommendations until October 30, 2025. This public comment period is a critical opportunity to help shape the final research agenda. Phytoplankton, the ocean’s smallest organisms, are essential to the global carbon cycle. This draft report explores whether enhancing their productivity could capture and sequester additional CO₂. Developed through extensive expert consultation and literature review, the report: ➡️ Identifies what is known and still unknown about this marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) pathway ➡️ Highlights eight priority research areas to close critical knowledge gaps ➡️ Calls for a phased research approach using natural system analogs, ocean modeling, improved observation systems, and controlled field trials ➡️ Focuses on conducting research to inform future decision-making about possible deployment We invite you to join us for one of three webinars, all to be held on October 14, 2025 to accommodate different time zones: WEBINAR #1 – October 14, 9:00 AM EDT | https://lnkd.in/gbr9MUXS WEBINAR #2 – October 14, 12:00 PM EDT | https://lnkd.in/gajTysW4 WEBINAR #3 – October 14, 7:00 PM EDT | https://lnkd.in/gvjcATjZ 🔗 Learn more, read the report, and contribute: https://lnkd.in/gegHcRmT #OceanVisions #Phytoplankton #MarineCDR #CarbonDioxideRemoval #OceanHealth #ClimateScience #OceanInnovation

Who is working on marine carbon dioxide removal? Where are field trials taking place? What approaches are being explored? Ocean Visions’ newly launched Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Knowledge Platform is an openly accessible resource designed to help researchers, innovators, funders, policymakers, journalists, and other stakeholders better understand the rapidly evolving field of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). As the mCDR field has grown, so too has the volume of participants and activity within it. Yet much of that information has remained dispersed across organizations, publications, and databases. The mCDR Knowledge Platform improves access and transparency by bringing together organizations, pathways, projects, and field trials in one centralized, easy-to-navigate location. Features include: ✅ An interactive map of past and present mCDR field trials and actor locations ✅ Interactive and downloadable graphs and figures ✅ A directory of nearly 300 actors and their connections in the mCDR space Learn more and explore the mCDR Knowledge Platform: https://lnkd.in/eYp-fZ-g

⏰ Two weeks left for Early Bird pricing! Registration is open for the Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2027, taking place March 2–4 in Cartagena, Colombia, at the Hilton Cartagena. This year’s Summit, Pursuing Ocean-Climate Solutions in a World of Accelerating Change, brings together a multidisciplinary community advancing solutions to stabilize the climate and regenerate the ocean. Through keynotes, workshops, and collaborative sessions, participants will explore ocean-based decarbonization and marine carbon dioxide removal, interventions to avert dangerous tipping points, and how to mobilize a global community around an expanded ocean-climate agenda. Early bird pricing ends September 30th, so register now to secure the discounted rate. Student pricing and ticket options for Colombian nationals as well as Low and Lower-Middle Income Country participants are also available. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ensvhqMa Learn more about the Summit’s key themes and more: https://lnkd.in/g6sNxvzj #OVSummit27 #OceanInnovation #OceanClimate