Governor Martyn Roper announced today that the UK's environment department will be giving the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos £500,000 (CI$590,000) to help manage stony coral tissue loss disease which is devastating coral reefs in the region.
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance: UK joins marine climate solutions drive
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UK government joins Canada as second G7 country to back the ORRAA, which aims to funnel $500m into nature-based ocean climate solutions by 2030
The UK has joined the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a multi-sector collaboration established to funnel $500m investment into coastal natural capital by the end of the decade, the government announced this week.
International Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith made the announcement at the World Economic Forum s Ocean Dialogue on Wednesday, which makes the UK the second G7 country to join following Canada.
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