Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The third installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp burgers. Regenerative and really good!
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Reef Builders Fisheries & Aquaculture
You might have heard of a seed bank but have you ever heard of a Living Coral Biobank?
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Richard Orange, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap the marine plant’s huge potential.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aqua-spark has released its second edition of the Aqua Insights report and focuses its analysis on the investment landscape for digital aquatech.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry is essential for global trade and yet also responsible for around 2.5% of greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), which could rise by 50-250% by 2050 if shipping is not decarbonised, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
The seventh Our Ocean Conference took place in the Pacific island nation of Palau on April 13 and 14.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 24 marine initiatives at the Our Ocean Conference, which took place in Palau this week.
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Micheline Khan & Eliza Northrop, World Resources Institute
Sustainability and equity are two sides of the same coin.
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Back to Blue Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
At least 14 firms, from Hong Kong to Montreal, are “cultivating” seafood entirely in laboratories.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Scientists from NOAA recently delivered a number of talks on how Aquaculture Opportunity Areas can develop economic and environmental resiliency, and serve as a vital complement to wild-catch fisheries.
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Asian Development Bank
The Blue Bond Incubator is supported by ADB’s Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund (ACliFF) and will help scale up sovereign and corporate blue bond issuances for critical ocean investment.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Alt Protein Project is creating a transdisciplinary capacity and collaborative environment by linking theory and practice.
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Safi Bugel, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.
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David King & Jane Lichtenstein, The Conversation Energy Solutions
It’s time to turn to our oceans for help, an approach consistent with the IPCC’s climate objectives, yet which remains relatively overlooked.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Shipping & Ports
As climate crisis allows new maritime routes to be used, sooty shipping emissions accelerates ice melt and risk to ecosystems.
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Planet Tracker
With widespread funding shortages seeing the majority of Marine Protected Areas fall short on conservation objectives, Planet Tracker introduces a new instrument to incentivise efficiency.
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Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The second installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp smoothies. Good for you and good for the planet.
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UNCTAD
The ocean is a source of opportunities to sustain livelihoods, trade and mitigate climate change. But the health of the ocean is deteriotrating and the economies it supports are under threat.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
An impressive array of commercial aquaculture veterans, successful seafood entrepreneurs and venture capitalist has teamed up with Hatch Blue in order to invest in regenerative and sustainable aquaculture.
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