Carbon & Climate - Ocean Institutions
7 ocean institutions and government agencies working on carbon & climate across 5 countries.
Where are carbon & climate institutions based?
Carbon & Climate Institutions
UNOPS
Denmark · Education/Policy, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal, Carbon/Climate, Communities/Tourism
UNOPS is the United Nations Office for Project Services, providing infrastructure, procurement and project management across more than 130 countries, with around 1,100 projects in 2025 and about 3 billion dollars of annual delivery. Its eight priority missions include the resilience of small island developing states, and it executes ocean programmes such as PROCARIBE+ in the Caribbean.
Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Republik Indonesia
Indonesia · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Carbon/Climate, Communities/Tourism, Corals/Biodiversity, Education/Policy, Mangroves/Coastal, Waste/Pollution
Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Republik Indonesia is the Indonesian government ministry responsible for marine affairs and fisheries policy, regulation, supervision, and sector development. It advances blue economy policies including marine conservation, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, coastal management, blue carbon, and marine plastic waste reduction.
EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters
Belgium · Education/Policy, Corals/Biodiversity, Waste/Pollution, Carbon/Climate, Data/Tech
The EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters is a Horizon Europe framework organised around three objectives: restoring ocean and water ecosystems, preventing and eliminating pollution, and making the sustainable blue economy circular and carbon-neutral. It works through a Charter that stakeholders endorse and a service portal offering tools, contacts, knowledge, matchmaking and financing, with actions pledged towards 2030.
NOAA Research
USA · Data/Tech, Carbon/Climate
NOAA Research, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, conducts research to understand and predict the Earth's oceans, weather and climate, and transitions the results into usable services. It runs a network of laboratories and field stations across the United States and abroad, with six programme offices in Silver Spring funding competitive research.
Mercator Ocean International
France · Data/Tech, Carbon/Climate, Education/Policy
Mercator Ocean International is an oceanography organization that delivers scientific ocean data, forecasting, digital ocean services, and ocean literacy initiatives. It coordinates major Copernicus Marine activities and supports ocean conservation, climate monitoring, and sustainable marine decision-making.
UNDP
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Waste/Pollution, Corals/Biodiversity, Education/Policy, Communities/Tourism, Mangroves/Coastal, Carbon/Climate
The United Nations Development Programme was established in 1965 by the UN General Assembly to help countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable human development. Headquartered in New York, it works through offices in about 170 countries and territories, and its country programmes include substantial ocean and coastal work such as the Egyptian Red Sea Initiative.
World Bank Group
USA · Generalist, Education/Policy, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal, Energy/Maritime, Data/Tech, Communities/Tourism, Waste/Pollution, Carbon/Climate
World Bank Group is an international financial institution that provides financing, technical assistance, research, and policy support for development projects worldwide. It works across sectors including climate resilience, education, infrastructure, oceans, fisheries, and blue economy development.