Where Things Stand
Blue Carbon in Canada
Canada has the coastline, the ecosystems, and growing policy interest in blue carbon. What it does not have yet is a working market. That gap is where the real near-term opportunity sits.
Where Things Stand
The sectors, policies, and financial decisions shaping ocean-related activity in Canada, examined as they develop. This is not a finished picture. It is a working one.
The Rules
The High Seas Treaty
After nearly two decades of talks, the first treaty governing biodiversity on the high seas became law in January 2026. It reaches almost half the planet, and Canada has to account for it.
Where Things Stand
Canada’s Role in the Development of Blue Finance
Canada invented the financing model the conservation world now copies, and committed real money to its oceans. It is also missing its own marine targets. The gap between the two is the most useful thing its record shows.
Where Things Stand
Canada's Sovereign Wealth Fund and Blue Finance
Canada is building its first sovereign wealth fund. The fund wasn't designed with oceans in mind, but the gap it could fill is exactly where blue finance has been stuck for years.