🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠

📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations, @uvicenvi.bsky.social Natalie Ban and co-authors on this first global tool to measure fairness in ocean policies and projects. #oceans #oceanequityindex #uvic

The #OceanEquityIndex enables:
- Screening of funding proposals
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and tracking progress over time
- Accountability to policy commitments
- Reflection & learning to inform adaptive management
Read the full paper from Nature here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

[1/8] Des chercheurs publient un "Ocean Equity Index" pour mesurer l’équité dans les politiques, projets et secteurs liés à l’océan. Il transforme une notion normative en indicateur comparable, mobilisable pour orienter la gouvernance maritime.
#geography #governance #justice #OceanEquityIndex

[8/8] L’équité devient une condition de la durabilité océanique. En objectivant les déséquilibres de pouvoir et d’accès aux ressources, l’Ocean Equity Index offre un levier pour réorienter les politiques maritimes vers plus de justice spatiale. #geography #governance #justice #OceanEquityIndex

Governments have made international commitments to equity. However, progress has stalled due to unclear definitions and measures of equity, limited capacity for resource-intensive assessments, and a lack of actionable guidance. Now we have a tool - the #OceanEquityIndex #OEI #BlueJustice