Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Johannah Christensen Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Emissions from shipping could grow by 250% by 2050 if no action is taken. Halving shipping’s emissions by 2050 could require $1.2 trillion in investment. But the scale of this challenge could be big enough to spur decarbonization across other sectors, too.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
New research reveals significant interest among investors in financing the transition to a sustainable ocean economy. But blue finance is still a niche proposition with many barriers to overcome.Read more → (6 minute read)
CDP
CDP’s annual A List names the world's most pioneering companies leading on environmental transparency and performance. This year, we recognize more than 170 corporates as the leaders acting to address climate risks and build our future zero-carbon economy - one that works for both people and planet.Read more → (10 minute read)
Global Maritime Forum Plastics & Pollution
At least $1 trillion of capital investment in land-based and ship-related infrastructure required to halve international shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.Read more → (5 minute read)
Ker Than. Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
In 2000, Stanford marine ecologist Larry Crowder read an intriguing scientific paper that introduced the concept of mobile marine protected areas, or mMPAs – ocean sanctuaries whose boundaries can shift in space and time to protect animals that follow changing ocean features like the Gulf Stream.Read more → (7 minute read)
World Resources Institute
Global greenhouse gas emissions are on track to rise once again to their highest level in history. Our time is shrinking to reduce climate-warming emissions enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius (2.7-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and avoid the worst impacts of climate change.Read more → (6 minute read)
Paul Brinkmann, U.S. News Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new land-based salmon farm, described by industry groups as among the world's largest, is raising millions of the healthy popular fish in giant warehouses about 30 miles southwest of Miami.Read more → (7 minute read)
Emma Critchley and Douglas McCauley
In 2019, we saw a mixed bag of news stories from oceans, high seas and marine conservation. A fair bit of progress was made toward an international treaty to protect biodiversity on the high seas.Read more → (9 minute read)
Beth Gardiner, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Plastics & Pollution
A world awash in plastic will soon see even more, as a host of new petrochemical plants — their ethane feedstock supplied by the fracking boom — come online. Major oil companies, facing the prospect of reduced demand for their fuels, are ramping up their plastics output.Read more → (9 minute read)
Alexandra Ossola, Quartz Fisheries & Aquaculture
If you’ve only heard about the negative aspects of algae, like how its blooms clog waterways and kill off species, you’re missing half the story. Now scientists and engineers are discovering new ways to harness algae’s unique qualities.Read more → (3 minute read)
Martin Koehring, The Economist Group- World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Safeguarding and harnessing the ocean’s ability to provide for people and the planet is crucial for sustainable development, says Martin Koehring, head of the World Ocean Initiative.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Growth in low-carbon technologies such as electric vehicles and wind turbines is driving demand for metals used in batteries and wiring. The World Ocean Initiative finds out whether it could be more sustainable to get these resources from the seabed rather than terrestrial mines.
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Jennifer Lynch, SEVENSEAS Media Plastics & Pollution
A new study on the Pacific Ocean’s floating trash indicates not only a significant accumulation of microplastics in the Hawaiian Islands, but that larval fish are eating the debris.
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CNBC Energy Solutions
Piva, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, announced on Wednesday that it raised $250 million for its first fund, which will focus on the next era of energy, industry and materials.Read more → (4 minute read)
Olivia Rosane Energy Solutions
We can save hundreds of millions of people from poverty by 2050 by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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David Hume, The Liquid Grid Shipping & Ports
The maritime industry is in need of fixing. It must find new ways to move cargo with less emissions. However, just like repairing a bicycle’s shifter, we can’t rely on a single tool to get the job done.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
The first blue paper commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, if mariculture is better managed, the world can both produce more food, and do so profitably.
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Mindy Weisberger Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
When workers with a whale strandings agency in Scotland performed a necropsy on a recently beached sperm whale, they found a gruesome surprise: The animal had died with around 220 lbs. (100 kilograms) of trash in its stomach.Read more → (4 minute read)
Michael Crispino Fisheries & Aquaculture
Our planet’s health—and our own well-being—is dependent on a vibrant ocean rich with natural resources. Oceans provide but must also thrive. Sustainable fishing can be an effective way to balance the needs of people and nature by protecting complex, interconnected ecosystems while providing food security and livelihoods for coastal communities.Read more → (4 minute read)
Olivia Rosane Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Discarded plastic fishing equipment, dubbed "ghost gear," is especially dangerous to marine life because it was designed to trap and kill it.Read more → (3 minute read)
