One ocean.
One planet.
One last opportunity.
Everything we love
depends on what
we do next.
We are part of a global movement protecting the ocean. At One Ocean Planet we are dedicated to the blue heart of our planet through science, education, policy, and collective action. Join us to restore what sustains all life on Earth.
Photo by Cristina Mittermeier
We provide philanthropic capital to scientists, policy experts, and storytellers who address one or multiple ocean recovery wedges.
We invest in companies whose products, services or technologies have a positive impact on planetary health.
Through Generation BLUE and ocean literacy programmes across multiple countries.
Based on the science of Carlos Duarte et al., addressing critical areas like pollution, overfishing and habitat restoration.
What We Do
One Ocean Planet is dedicated to protecting and restoring the ocean for the well-being of all life on Earth and its future generations.
We work where there is an opportunity for systemic change – through legislation, policy changes, new funding and investment criteria, change in corporate governance
and vastly increased ocean literacy through education and communication.
Blue Community
The Protect What you Love Network convenes a community of thought leaders dedicated to supporting organisations and initiatives across all our areas of engagement. It serves as a platform to advance the work of the blue community, not only within the ocean sector, but also across broader fields where ocean-related expertise is increasingly vital.
Education
We bring the message of the ocean to students of all ages — inspiring them to connect, care, and take action.
Through creative learning and real-world projects, this approach empowers the next generation to understand the ocean’s vital role in climate stability, and to lead with kindness, courage and purpose.
Join us. The future is blue.
Policy
Expert creative and strategic support for NGOs, companies and social impact organisations—tailored teams, flexible delivery and complete packages
Direct Capital
We select and and support initiatives that deliver long lasting systemic change for the ocean.
“There is one ocean on this planet, one ocean planet in our galaxy, and everything we love is on it.
The time is now to protect it or lose it all. The time is now to protect what we love.”
Carolina Manhusen Schwab
Co-Founder One Ocean Planet
Our message is clear:
Save our ocean,
protect what you love.
We are fully committed to this global effort and are directing all of our resources to this.
Join the movement.
Our Role
The ocean is powerful, but we are now testing its limits and it is now on the edges of its resilience. It is our responsibility to restore the ocean back to health.
We are the first generations to truly understand the problem – and the last with a chance to do anything about it. The encouraging news is the rapid growth in number of individuals and organisations that understand the urgency and are taking action.
"This is the decade in which
change must happen."
Cristina Mittermeier
Patron of One Ocean Planet
Why the Ocean?
The ocean supports and sustains every living species on the planet.
We simply cannot survive without a healthy ocean.
With every breath we take, with every drop we drink, we’re connected to the ocean.
We and all living things depend on it to support and sustain us.
It Allow Us
To Breathe
The ocean supplies 70% of the world’s oxygen.
It Regulates
Our Climate
The ocean transports heat from the equator to the poles, regulating our climate and weather patterns.
It Is One Of The World's Largest Carbon Sinks
Around 25% of all CO2 emissions are absorbed by the ocean, where they can be stored for millennia.
It Feed Us & Gives us Work
The ocean is the number one source of protein for more than two billion people, making it a critical source of food.
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The Path to Restoration
One Ocean Planet bases its roadmap for our ocean recovery strategy and grant making on the recovery wedges developed by Dr. Carlos Duarte et al.
We look to implement the solutions they address as the most urgent marine challenges – from overfishing and pollution to habitat loss, while unlocking the ocean’s potential as a powerful force for climate resilience, biodiversity, and human wellbeing.
"There is no single solution... rather, recovery requires the strategic stacking of a number of complementary actions, here termed recovery wedges, each of which will help to increase the recovery rate”.
Dr. Carlos Duarte et al, 2020
Protect More Ocean
Achieving the goal of 30×30— protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030—is a key priority; yet, enhancing the governance and management of existing MPAs is also crucial to the restoration of fish stocks and protection of habitats.
Protect More Species
Recognising that “many marine species are capable of recovery once pressures are reduced or removed,” action is needed to accelerate the protection of breeding and nesting sites and to identify threats from human activity.
Restore Degraded Habitats
Threatened habitats, including saltmarshes, mangroves, seagrass, kelp forests, coral, and oyster reefs, can recover within a span of decades once stressors are removed and active restoration takes place.
Stem The Flow Of Pollution
The science is clear—immediate interventions can combat fertiliser and sewage runoff, which continue to drive coastal eutrophication, while novel solutions and systemic changes are needed for legacy pollutants, e.g. CO2 and plastics.
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Urgent, innovative, and systemic—these are the type of changes we need to see across industries if we are going to reach decarbonisation targets. Reducing GHG emissions is critical to achieving all seven recovery wedges.
Rethink Extraction Of Ocean Resources
Today, more than a third of global fish stocks are overfished, kelp forests face a global decline of 2% each year, and bottom trawling devastates marine habitats worldwide. We urgently need to innovate alternative models of oceanic extraction.
The Ocean As A Solution To Climate Change
The ocean has absorbed 25% of human CO2 emissions and 90% of warming in recent decades. It is the largest global ecosystem, producing 50-70% of global oxygen. We must enhance ocean literacy to protect our greatest ally in the climate crisis.
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