Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Peter Horn & Katherine Hanly, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Funding and related assistance programme could help developing nations improve fisheries sustainability.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering Energy Solutions
It turns out that fitting panels above the waterways using suspension cables also provides a surprisingly powerful benefit for the canals themselves.
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Sally Ho, Green Queen Fisheries & Aquaculture
Chicago-based food tech Aqua Cultured Foods is launching what it claims is the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood analogue developed using microbial fermentation.
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The White House
The world’s ocean basins are critical to the success of our Nation and, indeed, to life on Earth.
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Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution.
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Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, et al., World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
When birdsong was filling the muted days of the first lockdown, marine scientists were noticing something similar in the world’s oceans.
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Kari Huus, Climate & Capital Media Energy Solutions
Your 2021 cheat sheet for the intersection between climate activism and climate finance.
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Guo Jingjing & Su Jilan, World Economic Forum
Pressure on the ocean from human activities and their impact on the marine environment are becoming more widely understood in China.
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Anastasia Quintana & Alfredo Giron Nava, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Local trust is critical for successful marine reserves.
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Call to Earth, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture
Australian tech company Open SC is tracking fish through the supply chain to ensure consumers get sustainably sourced products.
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Walé Azeez, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
A type of seaweed known as kelp is being developed for its nutritional value and its ability to absorb and lock away huge quantities of carbon dioxide.
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Kristian Teleki, World Economic Forum
The stars are aligned around five actions that together will deliver food security, sustainable jobs, climate resilience, justice and hope.
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Maria Damanaki, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
More than one-third of all fish stocks are fished at unsustainable levels, degrading biodiversity, and devastating the future of fisheries and fishermen.
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Feed and Additive Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Seaweed Company, specializing in the cultivation of traceable seaweed species, launched Blue Farming® for accelerating the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture.
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Peter de Menocal, World Economic Forum
Our society’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to future climate impacts is dependent upon how accurately we can predict them. We are currently missing reliable and consistent ocean observations throughout more than 90% of the world’s oceans.
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Geoffrey Kamadi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
A community project on the Lamu archipelago trains women in preserving this vital ecosystem and provides business loans.
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Douglas Broom, World Economic Forum
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface. It is the last and largest unexplored area on Earth. Yet too few of us really understand how it is inextricably connected to all aspects of our lives.
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Ben Belton, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, close to rivers, lakes or the sea.
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Daniela V. Fernandez, World Economic Forum
We need to empower a future generation of leaders to create a sustainable world with a healthy and thriving ocean.
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