Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Dennis Mombauer, Mongabay
Authorities in Sri Lanka have called for a renewed focus on conserving the island’s rich coastal ecosystems, identifying the “blue economy” as key to the nation’s sustainable development.
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Johnny Wood, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
River clean-ups help reduce the volume of plastic waste that reaches our oceans.
Innovative ideas and science are helping community leaders and policymakers tackle the plastic-waste problem.
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World Economic Forum Tourism
The World Ocean Summit heard about the sector’s pathways towards environmental sustainability.
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Janelle Nanos, Boston Globe Fisheries & Aquaculture
With warming oceans threatening lobstering, kelp farming could become a major industry.
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Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
This group of Pacific island nations banded together to fight back and win – for themselves and for fish stocks.
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The Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture
Kelp helps farmers’ wallets and the world.
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World Ocean Initiative Plastics & Pollution
Recent webinar discusses collaboration along the value chain to improve waste management and change consumer habits.
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Alleway H, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The aquaculture of edible bivalves and seaweeds can have a positive impact on marine habitat for fish and invertebrates, including crabs and lobsters, according to a new study.
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Kate Danaher, s2g ventures
After months of meetings, research, diligence and onboarding, S2G is excited to announce the first investments from our Oceans and Seafood Fund.
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Constance Agyeman, GreenBiz Plastics & Pollution
Using a human-centered approach to innovation can help us to address both issues at once — reducing marine plastic pollution while empowering women.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Christian Vaterlaus, founder of Marine Cultures, explains how sea sponge farming is helping both humans and the environment in Zanzibar and beyond.
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Bloomberg Newswire Energy Solutions
It’s now cheaper to build and operate new large-scale wind or solar plants in nearly half the world than it would be to run an existing coal or gas-fired power plant.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Pioneering aquaculture producer Norwegian Lobster Farm has announced plans to grow the crustaceans in a facility that uses waste heat from Green Mountain data centre.
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Zishu Chen, World Economic Forum
In the model of stakeholder capitalism, companies align their goals to society's long-term goals, the SDGs, and work towards better outcomes for society, the economy and the planet.
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Oceanic Global Plastics & Pollution
Hidden plastics surround us, leaching into the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe…but where is all of this plastic coming from?
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Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed serves as an excellent carbon sink, and so farming more of it to use in food could be an important step in the fight against climate change.
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Kristen Zickfeld, Carbon Brief Energy Solutions
In recent years, countries, companies and institutions around the world have set “net-zero” emissions targets as part of efforts to tackle climate change.
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation Tourism
For every dollar governments invested in protected areas and nature-based tourism in 2019, the economic rate of return was at least six times higher, finds World Bank report
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Thomas Leurent, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
As part of a successful energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced a few weeks ago that offshore wind should be installed at a rate of 80GW per year by 2030.
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Biofuels International Shipping & Ports
DHL Global Forwarding has introduced another Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) service for ocean freight as part of its sustainability strategy.
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