Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
In the ongoing battle against climate change, the ocean’s significance is unparalleled.
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UNC Energy Solutions
UNC Wilmington Blue Economy Index brings together academics, science and business to create a unique product that brings awareness to a global concern about ocean preservation and economic development.
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Vibeka Mair, ESG Investor Energy Solutions
New research, published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, found that ocean temperatures last year smashed previous heat records.
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Krystle HIggins, IPE Energy Solutions
Transformations within the blue economy have been gaining increasing interest among investors.
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Joanna Glasner, Crunchbase Energy Solutions
A Crunchbase data analysis has found that companies dedicated to improving the performance and reducing the carbon footprint of ships and watercraft have collectively raised more than $1.1 billion to date.
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Back to Blue Energy Solutions
While COP28 left many concerned about the state of progress on the climate, it was one of the most promising conferences yet for addressing crucial issues concerning the ocean.
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World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Ocean health is measurably in decline due to threats such as acidification, warming, deoxygenation and overfishing.
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World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Under Saudi Vision 2030, blue economy investments will flow into Saudi’s coastlines which run for 2,640 kilometres across the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea.
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Rochelle Baker, Island Insider Energy Solutions
Brad Ack gets why people might be leery about using fledgling technologies to sink billions of tonnes of carbon pollution in the ocean to tackle the climate crisis.
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Economic Impact Energy Solutions
While incremental advancement over business as usual have been tracking, more action is needed on ocean issues.
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Brad Harrison & Grant Mulligan, ALTI Energy Solutions
Despite the challenges, the oceans are the single biggest carbon sink on the planet, with biodiversity so rich we are still regularly discovering new species.
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Oceanographic Magazine Energy Solutions
In spite of the controversies surrounding COP28, progress has been made this year at mobilising finance capital into improving the sustainability of the ocean.
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Vanora Bennett, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Energy Solutions
At COP28, partners and donors involved in the Blue Mediterranean Partnership reinforced their support for developing the sustainable blue economy in the southern Mediterranean region.
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Tom Lydon, VettaFi Energy Solutions
An investment of $2.8 trillion today in four sustainable ocean solutions would yield net benefits of $15.5 trillion by 2050.
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Peter Thomson, Time Magazine Energy Solutions
The development of a sustainable ocean economy includes a myriad of climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities.
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Samantha Cuneo, NREL Energy Solutions
New prize challenges competitors to seek innovative solutions to help ensure energy endurance in ocean extremes.
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Julie Pullen, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions
Nature markets are valued at almost $10trn a year, of which the ocean economy represents a growing portion.
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Tom Lydon, VettaFi Energy Solutions
Amid the clean technology and renewable energy booms, investors have been treated to heaping doses of the phrase “green economy."
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Man Institute Energy Solutions
The Man Institute examines why blue bonds are necessary, the progress the debt instrument has made to date and what is required if blue bonds are to emulate the success of green bonds.
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UNDP Energy Solutions
Fiji’s vision to innovate sources of climate finance sets a precedent for developing countries to take a leading role in unlocking finance for development beyond rudimentary mechanisms of national budget allocations.
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