Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Explainer: Key points from the final section of the IPCC’s latest review of climate science.
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Michael Holder, Business Green Energy Solutions
The world already has the technologies, expertise, and financial capabilities across every sector of the economy to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade.
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United Nations in Western Europe Energy Solutions
New IPCC Working Group III report released today.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Israeli startup Wanda Fish Technologies will accelerate production of its cell-cultured fish alongside David Kaplan, a leading researcher in cellular agriculture at Tufts University.
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Investment Monitor Fisheries & Aquaculture
As investment in agri-food tech hits record-breaking levels, Singapore is helping entrepreneurs, industry, academia and the investment community to come together and drive new possibilities in the field of aquaculture.
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World Ocean Observatory & Schmidt Ocean Institute
A new interactive online exhibit lets audiences experience deep-sea animals and environments that are impossible to explore in-person.
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University of Gothenburg Fisheries & Aquaculture
Process water from the food industry is an excellent fertilizer in land-based seaweed cultivation.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The initiative will mobilise an additional €500 million of EU funds for financial intermediaries investing in this sector.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new report on how the aquaculture sector can become more circular has been published this week.
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Schmidt Marine Technology Partners Fisheries & Aquaculture
Funding to support development of new technologies that increase fisheries sustainability.
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NOAA Office for Coastal Management
The Takeaway: Coastal wetlands research, restoration, tools, data, workshops, and partners—NOAA brings every blue carbon asset to the fight against climate-change-related hazards and harm.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new seaweed farming project has been launched in a bid to provide Tamil Nadu's struggling fishing communities with alternative, sustainable livelihoods.
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Future Planet Capital
Future Planet Capital, the international venture capital and impact investor, is pleased to announce the close of a new €20m Blue Ocean mandate aimed at tackling key issues affecting the world’s oceans.
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Paddison, L. et al., The Guardian Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Collaborative investigation shows ships regularly discharge ‘bilge’ water illegally instead of treating it, with toxic effect on marine life.
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Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Could the waves in our oceans and seas help tackle the global energy crisis?
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Investable Oceans
How to explain Investable Oceans in less than 2 minutes
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Conservationists despair at ‘glacial pace’ of negotiations to protect wildlife and oversee fishing amid high seas’ ‘governance vacuum’.
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Katanga Johnson, Reuters Energy Solutions
The U.S. securities regulator on Monday proposed requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose a range of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of President Joe Biden's push to join global efforts to avert climate-related catastrophes.
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Elizabeth Fitt, Mongabay
Hopes were high that after 10 years of discussion and three previous negotiating sessions, delegates to the meeting would finalize a legally binding treaty.
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Declan McAdams & Torleiv Njaa, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Paint is a major source of microplastics in the ocean, although the scale of the issue has only recently been highlighted.
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