White House Ocean Climate Action Plan

In March 2023, the White House Ocean Policy Committee released an Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP). The plan sets three overall goals: creating a carbon-neutral future; accelerating nature-based solutions that protect and support coastal and ocean ecosystems that capture and store greenhouse gases; and enhancing community resilience to ocean changes.

The OCAP surveys the state of science for oceans to help regulate the climate, and issues recommendations for further regulatory or agency action addressing: the expansion of offshore wind and marine energy; greening maritime shipping; seafloor CO2 sequestration; marine Carbon Dioxide Removal; the preservation of “blue carbon,” or marine habitats that naturally store carbon; and more.