Principles of Blue Finance
Who Sets the Rules in Blue Finance?
Blue finance does not have a single governing body or a definitive rulebook. It has a set of institutions, each approaching the field from a different starting point.
The High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) and What It Means for Canada
The High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) explained, including its four pillars and what it means in practice for Canada and ocean governance.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch reflects how materials move through connected systems and how the decisions that influence activity in the ocean accumulate into real-world outcomes.
Canada’s Role in the Development of Blue Finance
Canada's formal commitments to ocean stewardship are well established. The more pressing question is how those commitments translate into financial decisions in practice.
The Origins of Blue Finance
Blue finance developed gradually as separate streams of work in environmental policy, development finance, and ocean science converged around a common problem.
What Good Looks Like in Blue Finance
A look at what effective blue finance looks like in practice, and how financial decisions translate into real-world outcomes.
The Core Concepts Behind Blue Finance
Blue finance connects financial decision-making to ocean outcomes through three concepts: how finance acts indirectly, why timeframes matter, and what measurement currently leaves out.
Canada’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund and What It Could Mean for Blue Finance
Canada's new sovereign wealth fund was not announced as ocean policy. Whether it becomes relevant to blue finance will depend on how it is designed and what kinds of projects it is willing to finance.
April 2026
A monthly update on how finance is evolving to support ocean stewardship in Canada.
March 2026
A monthly update on how finance is evolving to support ocean stewardship in Canada.