Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
When considering the idea of how to invest better in the blue economy, four key areas were discussed: regulation, metrics, litigation, and finance and investment.
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In order to ensure meaningful outcomes, 30x30 initiatives need to deliver strong MPAs that ban bottom-trawling.
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"I don't think lobster and skincare have ever really been used in the same sentence," says Marin co-founder Patrick Breeding. "It was a mix of science and serendipity."
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Climate Analytics, a think tank, published a report last November that raised the intriguing possibility that the worst of our impact on the climate might be behind us.
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The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.
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Family offices are uniquely positioned to fund climate solutions in innovative and flexible ways, to operate in the seams, and to help other partners with the flexible piece they need to bring their own capital to bear.
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Without science, the Ocean Decade's ambitious goals to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, or care for waters outside of national jurisdictions, are impossible.
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Our oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. To boost that drawdown, startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal.’
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The past decades have not been great for the oceans, we have continued to pollute and expose the oceans to environmental risks. Now is the time to agree on preserving and investing in the oceans.
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The ocean is a critical player as both a source of environmentally sustainable and regenerative proteins and as an integral solution to mitigating the effects of the climate crisis.
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Turning the Tides of Inclusion: A Toolkit for Gender Equality in Ocean Sectors is a guide for policymakers, organisations, and individuals to help promote inclusion and unlock the full potential of sustainable blue economies.
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A new hub that has been designed to accelerate innovation throughout the EU's blue economy has been launched this week.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sarah Pilla, Spectrum NewsIndustry and academic leaders will collaborate for workforce development in the emerging blue economy through a consortia of 13 colleges in Los Angeles.
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Coral reefs play a vital role in sustaining ocean life, supporting fishing industries, and generating billions of pounds in revenue each year.
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Human activities, such as deepsea mining and bottom-trawling fishing practices, pose a threat to the ocean floor.
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Over the next few months, this new initiative will be piloting draft guidance for the first science-based targets covering seafood value chains.
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The announcement was made at the Our Ocean Conference in Greece and is the largest pledge by the EU since the conference began a decade ago
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We need to rebuild ocean ecosystems and marine biodiversity if we are to ensure the wellbeing of the billions of people who live along the coast.
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Access to free, reliable, and real-time data is critical to ensuring effective marine conservation, so the Bloomberg Ocean Initiative has launched a new tool to help with just that.
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An overview of the challenges faced by the seafood sector and what can be done to improve the social performance of seafood supply chains.
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