pOLICY BRIEFS & publications

Find here the publications we have created and contributed through the years.

the below categories include:

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

  • COP29 Report Out and OAA Activities, 2024

  • COP 27 Report Out and OAA Activities, 2022

  • Contribution to the UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Dialogue: Advancing Ocean and Coastal Adaptation, 2022

  • Climate Finance for Ocean and Coastal Adaptation at the UNFCCC, 2022

  • Contribution to the UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Dialogue: Accounting for Ocean Acidification, 2020

United Nations Sustainable goals (sdgs)

  • UNOC Report Out and OAA Activities, 2025

  • UNOC Report Out and OAA Activities, 2022

Convention on biodiversity (CBD)

  • Recommendations for Parties to Take Action on OA Across the Convention on Biodiversity Targets, 2024

National and Regional Policy

  • Accounting for OA Across Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), 2024

  • Integrating Ocean Acidification Across Sustainable Ocean Plans, 2024

  • Incorporating OA Across the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, 2024

  • Designing a Regional Ocean Acidification Program to Support Climate, Marine and Sustainable Development Goals in the Western Indian Ocean, 2023

  • Ocean Acidification, A Time for Action: The role of action plans in tackling a mounting ocean crisis, 2023

  • Coastal Management Journal OA Special Issue: Insight for Policy and Integrated Management, 2021

  • Mainstreaming OA into National Policies: A Handbook for Pacific Islands, 2019

  • Building the Knowledge to Action Pipeline in North America: Connecting OA Research and Actionable Decision Support, 2019

Food Security

  • Examining Food Security and Ocean Acidification: Enhancing Research, Policy and Regime Responses, 2025

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)

  • Perspective on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Related Research, 2022

  • Key Points about Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Ocean Acidification from the OA Alliance

  • How to Interpret and Use OA Alliance mCDR Documents, 2026

  • A Decision Maker’s Introduction to Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal as Relates to Ocean Acidification, 2026

  • Understanding Links Between Coastal Acidification & Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement, 2026