Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Brent Addleman, The Center Square Fisheries & Aquaculture
Supporting Maine’s aquaculture and economy is the focus of a new bipartisan U.S. House bill.
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Tania Bryer, CNBC
Peter Thomson, the United Nations secretary-general’s special envoy for the ocean, talks to CNBC’s Tania Bryer about World Oceans Day and about the investment opportunities he sees in the “blue” economy.
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Lombard Odier Energy Solutions
Too often underestimated, oceans are one of our most precious natural resources, covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and home to some of the most important of the planet’s life.
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Vartan Badalian, GreenBiz Shipping & Ports
The International Maritime Organization aims to adopt a revised greenhouse gas emission strategy for the shipping sector.
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World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact
A blog by Josh Hasdell, former marine biologist who now leads KPMG’s blue-economy network on how harnessing the power of the ocean can prove to be a cost-efficient, quick and effective solution in mitigating the climate crisis.
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United Nations News Plastics & Pollution
“Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide – one third of which is used just once”, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed’s greatest potential to be both commercially successful and environmentally positive is using it as a biostimulant in order to increase terrestrial crops yields, while reducing the traditional agriculture sector’s reliance on chemical fertiisers, rather than as a means of sequestering blue carbon.
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Rob Jordan, Standford News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Quantifying mangroves’ value as a climate solution and economic engine.
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Hanna Gezelius , IntraFish Fisheries & Aquaculture
The blue economy is attracting growing investor interest, and more capital is coming into the sector, but there are still not enough funds to support the sector, Ocean 14 Capital co-founder Chris Gorell-Barnes said during a panel discussion at the event, which ran May 23 - 24.
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Boyan Slat, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution
The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution. Next week, delegates from U.N. member states will gather in Paris to debate the shape of what some hope will become the plastic-pollution equivalent of the Paris climate agreement.
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Suzanne Johnson & Dennis Fritsch, World Ocean Initiative
A blog by Suzanne Johnson, senior ocean adviser, UN Global Compact and speaker at the 2023 World Ocean Summit, and Dennis Fritsch, associate nature lead at UNEP FI.
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Laurent Develle, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Co-created by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative and industry changemakers, the Seafood MAP is a global knowledge-sharing digital platform designed to accelerate responsible aquaculture through collective action.
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Abby Schultz, Barron's Energy Solutions
Ocean health is one of three areas of investing today for Builders Vision, in addition to climate and energy, and food and agriculture, given the critical role oceans play in climate change and the global food supply.
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Esther Sekyoung Choi, Eunkyung Jang and Valerie Laxton, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions
Investment in renewable energy reached parity with investment in fossil fuels for the first time in 2022, marking a long-awaited shift toward climate-friendly financial flows. But while reducing emissions is crucial, it is only one aspect of comprehensive climate action.
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Jamie Hailstone, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
More than 60 leading plastic waste innovators have joined forces to form a new alliance, as preparations begin for the next round of negotiations for a UN-led treaty to tackle the issue.
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Eric Mack, CNET Energy Solutions
Marine energy is getting a boost in the fight against climate change.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
According to a new report published by non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker, even in the most optimistic scenario of improving current aquaculture practices, a 50 million tonne supply gap would still exist by 2050, meaning change is critical.
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Chris Gorell Barnes, World Ocean Initiative
Despite the efforts that John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, most recently reiterated at the 8th Our Ocean Conference in Panama City, the ocean-climate (and therefore biodiversity) connection has not fully entered the collective consciousness.
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United Nations Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people who rely on it for food and income.
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James Hailstone, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
Seaweed has the potential to solve many of the world’s environmental challenges, according to one leading expert.
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