Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
• Rhett Butler • Fisheries & Aquaculture
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the foundation launched by businessman and former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, is one of the world’s largest charitable organizations. One of its priority focal areas is the environment: specifically combating climate change by accelerating the transition to clean energy, greening the world’s cities, and protecting the health and productivity of oceans.
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• Marine Technology News • Energy Solutions
Controls technology company Proserv Controls has teamed up with power system monitoring firm Synaptec to develop a cable monitoring system for offshore wind farms.
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• Toby Hill, Business Green • Energy Solutions
Investment bank Macquarie and German tech giant Siemens have teamed up to launch a new flexible energy joint venture, Calibrant Energy, in a bid to offer comprehensive energy-as-a-service (EaaS) solutions for corporate and industrial clients as well as municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals.
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• Toby Hill, Business Green • Energy Solutions
A UK firm pioneering carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCUS) technology is set to deploy its equipment for the first time at a Dutch power plant that generates energy from waste, it announced this week.
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• World Economic Forum • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports
The ocean economy is one that has been overlooked by COVID-19 stimulus packages to date, write World Resources Institute experts. However, supporting the ocean economy has significant benefits, with every $1 invested returning $5.
Here are 5 ocean priorities can help its economic output and support the wider economy.
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• Marine Technology News
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has launched a vessel-deployed subsea wellhead cutting system called the Terminator.
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• Tiffany Duong, Investable Oceans
During climate week and beyond, we must protect our oceans alongside our climate
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• CNBC • Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed is used in more than just sushi. It can be found in almond milk, baby food and lotion. Kelp is used in medicine, animal feed, fertilizer and even as a biofuel.
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• Ian Johnson, Press Association • Plastics & Pollution
An enzyme made by bacteria living on seaweed is being used to make environmentally-friendly laundry detergents.
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• Margaryta Kirakosian, Citywire
Credit Suisse has partnered with Rockefeller Asset Management to launch a thematic equity fund that focuses on ocean preservation, Citywire Selector has learned.
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• MÉLISSA GODIN for TIME • Fisheries & Aquaculture
As climate change wreaks havoc on ecosystems across the planet, the world is turning to seaweed as a potential climate change solution
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• Editorial staff, Salmon Business • Fisheries & Aquaculture
Long-term annual harvest potential of 30,000-45,000 tonnes.
In a press release on the Oslo Stock Exchange, Grieg Seafood writes that it has been granted five new farming licenses in Newfoundland, Canada, reaching eight licenses in the region, corresponding to a total production capacity of up to 30 000 tonnes of the annual harvest.
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• Writing staff, NZ Herald • Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture startup CH4 Global is increasing its New Zealand operations to turn sustainable red seaweed into methane-busting livestock feed.
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• Chloe Ranford • Fisheries & Aquaculture
A boatload of mussel shells have been sunk off Marlborough’s shores to create a reef that will help revive marine life and a multimillion-dollar industry.
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• Mark Harris • Energy Solutions
Should billionaires be able to start tinkering with the climate without asking the rest of us?
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• WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism
The latest World Ocean Initiative webinar highlights recent developments in promoting ocean science, developing technological innovations and boosting financing instruments.
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• World Ocean Initiative
As part of the Blue Recovery Series, the World Ocean Initiative hosted a webinar on the roles of science, innovation and investment in establishing a sustainable ocean economy in the post-coronavirus period.
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• Adrienne Murray • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed production has boomed. Between 2005 and 2015 volumes doubled, surpassing 30 million tonnes annually, reports the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
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• James Richens • Fisheries & Aquaculture
With wild-fish stocks falling, a huge increase in farmed fish will be needed to meet the protein needs of the planet. James Richens reports on how the search for sustainable sources is focusing on the deep oceans, on land and even the laboratory
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Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way
• UN News • Tourism
Tourism is much more than visiting cultural landmarks or swimming in tropical beaches; it is “one of the world’s most important economic sectors”, the UN chief said.
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