Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Elizabeth P. Pike, et al., Conservation Letters
The international community’s commitment to protect at least 30 percent of our ocean by 2030—a goal known as “30x30”—is both inspiring and challenging; but this effort must go beyond mere numbers and strive for quality, effectiveness, and holistic conservation.
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World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact
Insights from the 11th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo.
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Sean Wolpert, Oceanographic Magazine
The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.
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High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy
Ocean Panel Blue Paper exploring the topic of human health and its relationship with the ocean.
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UNEP FI
The 2024 Climate Risk Landscape Report serves as a comprehensive resource delving into the available tools for financial institutions to assess physical and transition climate risks and boost their institution’s resilience to related impacts.
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ORRAA, Minderoo Foundation, Callund Consulting
New research done on establishing a specialist “one-stop-shop” BBI for structuring primary blue bond issues that contribute to a sustainable Ocean economy, delivering coastal resilience, climate stabilisation and protecting the most vulnerable ocean ecosystems.
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To counteract the rapid loss of marine forests globally and meet international commitments of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Convention on Biological Diversity ‘30 by 30’ targets, there is an urgent need to enhance our capacity for macroalgal restoration.
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Phys Org, Frontiers in Marine Science
Reduce pollution, establish protected areas, manage fisheries properly? How to protect coral reefs based on carbon trading.
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New analysis on the sustainability of Ports & Warehousing.
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This report explores the viability and need for a tropical seaweed resilience institute to work as an international umbrella organization supporting the upstream development of the tropical seaweed industry in different countries.
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Romany Webb, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
This paper explores the treatment of ocean CDR under three key international agreements governing ocean-based activities.
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IUCN
A regenerative blue economy relies on flourishing ocean ecosystems and biodiversity, but it also helps the ocean in turn to flourish.
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Though ubiquitous, “destructive fishing” is undefined and therefore currently immeasurable. Here we propose a definition developed through expert consultation
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Carbon to Sea Initiative
Today, Carbon to Sea released a new report that provides an overview of existing investments in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (oCDR).
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This study aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the seaweed sector as a driver of food security and women’s empowerment while addressing the interlinkages between food security, environmental sustainability, and trade.
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University of Hamburg, Nature
The ocean model ICON-Coast can simultaneously represent physical and biogeochemical processes at different scales. For the first time, a model accounts for the role of coastal seas in the global carbon cycle.
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A recently published report, compiled with support from the Moore Foundation by Hatch Blue, takes a deep dive into nine of the most promising protein-rich aquafeed ingredients.
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Back to Blue’s Roadmap to end ocean pollution is a synthesis of insights from hundreds of global leaders across science, industry, policy, business and finance on understanding ocean pollution and how to tackle it.
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Aly Rose, CREO Syndicate
A new report from CREO's Ocean Sector Manager dives into the various ocean alkalinity enhacement methods, funding obstacles and remaining questions.
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Catarina Frazão Santos, et al., Nature
New study identifies ten key components that will promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable, climate-smart ocean planning initiatives around the globe.
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