Restoring abundance to the ocean by 2050.

Our oceans are facing a legion of problems, and we will need a legion of answers.

At Oceans 2050 we work to enable and amplify how people and companies across all sectors can be contributors to a common vision of an abundant future - with thriving oceans - for our children and grandchildren.

In the past 60 years we have learned more about our ocean than ever before. From that knowledge, came understanding about the life-giving benefits humans derive from this vast expanse of blue.

Yet we have simultaneously ravaged her depths, pushing countless species to the brink of extinction, eradicating kelp forests and coral reefs, spreading dead zones and industrial pollution, and providing an endless stream of plastic that marine creatures of all sizes are choking on. If current trends continue, the ocean in 2050 will be a tragically sad, dirty and empty place.

Can we, in good conscience, pass our children the responsibility of writing the obituary for the world’s ocean?

As discouraging as the prognosis for the state of the oceans is for many of us, it is important to remember that the end has not been written.

We are entering a pivotal decade which will decide the future of the oceans. Will we reach the tipping points of critical loss that scientists are forecasting? Or will we seize the opportunity to restore abundant oceans and regenerate the resilience we will need to mitigate the changes we have already set in motion?

Exploration and scientific study have taught us that the oceans are remarkably resilient when we re-create the conditions that allow nature to flourish. We have the ability to reverse ocean acidification, regenerate dead zones, restore coastal kelp forests, and rebuild bountiful fisheries and thriving marine habitats. Our global ocean offers perhaps the greatest opportunity to reverse the damage of years of insufficient environmental protections with benefits that extend to people and the planet.

It is possible to restore abundant, diverse and resilient oceans in the span of just one human generation.

This moment calls for ambitious and unified action.

We cannot address exponential loss with incremental change.

We identify and develop solutions with our partners that shape an ocean strategy that tackles the challenges we face today. We create impact at scale via collaborations that have real outcomes for our ocean, climate and humankind around the world. Our team of scientists have identified five critical blue issues for us to champion as part of our larger strategy.

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A focused program that inspires collaborative movement.

We bring disparate actors together in service of restoration so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We develop public goods that benefit the collective towards our common goal—an abundant world for our children to live in.

Our strategy is based on five pillars which we seek to implement simultaneously to accelerate our ability to scale, as each one amplifies the success of the others.

There’s no blueprint for what we do.

We are neither a charity that focuses on and fundraises for our own agenda, nor a service provider for hire. We are a foundation owned challenger business that collaborates with enterprise, NGOs, governments and startups alike, while building tools for everyone to use.