This Working Paper presents a high-level overview of the current landscape of ocean finance for the Sustainable Ocean Economy. It assesses the current state of play of sustainable ocean finance, outlining the financial flows, the new and innovative instruments available, and the enabling conditions needed to facilitate transparent and equitable access to finance.
The resource provides further guidance on Stage 3: Financing Strategy, Component 1: mapping sources of finance for prioritized investments, Component 3: identifying finance partners and setting up a detailed financing plan; Component 4: strengthening enabling environments and de-risking, and Stage 4: Programming With Finance Partners, Component 3: unlocking private sector-led investments, as well as the Blue Carbon Ecosystems Investment Planning Supplement of the Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework (CIPMF).