Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
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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Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Energy accounts for two-thirds of total greenhouse gas, so embracing cleaner sources is key to fighting climate change.
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Coastal News Today
On this two-part episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham introduce Admiral Tim Gallaudet, host of the new "American Blue Economy Podcast," coming out this month on ASPN.
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Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
Seagrasses, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, and their preservation and restoration hold great potential to bank CO2 and keep it out of the atmosphere. But can the blue carbon market avoid the pitfalls that have plagued land-based programs?
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Giles Exley, The Conversation Energy Solutions
Solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history, according to a 2020 report by the International Energy Agency. But there’s something holding this clean energy powerhouse back: space.
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Lou Cooperhouse, Medium Fisheries & Aquaculture
In July 2018, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) held its first public meeting on the topic of “Food Produced Using Animal Cell Culture Technology.”
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Robert Jones, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
How kelp farms can provide habitat for fish and marine invertebrates, whether there are any negative impacts on fish and marine invertebrates during maintenance and harvesting cycles, and how the benefits of restorative aquaculture can be optimised for both the aquaculture industry and nature, are among the key questions to be answered in a new study.
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