Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Increasing chemical and plastic pollution are “significant” contributors to the decline of fish and other aquatic organisms, yet their impact is being missed by regulators, according to a report by environmentalists.
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Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute Fisheries & Aquaculture
How much is too much? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned that more than a third of the world’s fish stocks are being overfished.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Fisheries & Aquaculture
My Octopus Teacher, the heartwarming story about a man's friendship with a common octopus, took home the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday night.
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CBS News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fish farms haven't always had the best reputation, but that seems to be changing fast. Many scientists and chefs believe fish farms may be the future of food due to a combination of factors, including overfishing in our oceans and a global population that keeps rising.
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TPN/Lusa, The Portugal News
The number of "dead zones" in the oceans has almost doubled in a decade, demonstrating the "widespread failure" to protect the seas and the need for new "ambitious" global targets, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.
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Kate Sullivan & Kevin Liptak, CNN Energy Solutions
President Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions.
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Tom Szaky & Erin Simon, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
We need cross-sector consensus to define the standards of reusable packaging so businesses can innovate and scale-up solutions.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Swirling and meandering ocean currents that help shape the world’s climate have gone through a “global-scale reorganisation” over the past three decades, according to new research.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution
World Ocean Summit session highlights benefits of designing products with end of life in mind, and improving waste management.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
On Earth Day we recap recent World Ocean Summit sessions highlighting the importance of investing in ocean ecosystems.
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Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are projected to increase by 1.5 billion tons this year, the second-largest increase in history, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
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Ned Daly, SeafoodSource Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions has announced a series of changes aimed at helping the seafood industry achieve greater adoption of sustainable practices and innovation.
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Nell Lewis, CNN
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, a total of 139 million square miles. An initiative launched on Tuesday aims to protect 5% of it in the next five years.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. According to The National Museum of American History, this popular slogan, with its iconic three arrows forming a triangle, embodied a national call to action to save the environment in the 1970s.
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Writing Staff, Modern Diplomacy Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The World Bank today published new research on decarbonizing the maritime transport sector with findings that indicate significant business and development opportunities for countries, including for developing and emerging economies.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios Energy Solutions
A growing alliance of policy makers, activists, and conservationists are looking to the ocean for climate solutions, from setting aside vast stretches of open water to protecting coastal marshes and mangrove forests.
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Megan Jungwiwattanaporn, The Pew Charitable Trusts
With some governments and companies pushing to mine the seabed, we need a system in place to ensure that seabed mining does not happen unless the marine environment can be protected.
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The World Bank Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A new series of reports by the World Bank identifies “green fuels” - ammonia and hydrogen - as the most promising zero-carbon bunker fuels within the shipping industry at present.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit Fisheries & Aquaculture
The role of aquatic foods – animals and plants cultivated or captured in marine and freshwater systems – in sustainable food systems is often underappreciated.
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Linwood Pendleton & Asgeir J. Sørensen, World Economic Forum
Data is needed to map and monitor ocean conditions, assess the impacts of climate change, warn about ocean-related natural disasters, and manage the ocean’s valuable economic and ecological resources.
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