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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Jacqueline Savitz, Ecnomist Impact Fisheries & Aquaculture
In order to ensure meaningful outcomes, 30x30 initiatives need to deliver strong MPAs that ban bottom-trawling.
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Jacob Wycoff, CBS Fisheries & Aquaculture
"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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Umair Irfan, VOX Plastics & Pollution
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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Sean Wolpert, Oceanographic Magazine Tourism
The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.
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Bruce McNamer, Impact Alpha Plastics & Pollution
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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Economist Impact Tourism
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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Andrew S. Lewis, Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
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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Audrey Tan, The Straits Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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Chris Gorell Barnes, Economist Impact Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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The Commonwealth Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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Sarah Pilla, Spectrum News Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Industry 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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Dominque Roberts, TechRound Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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William Austin, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
Human activities, such as deepsea mining and bottom-trawling fishing practices, pose a threat to the ocean floor.
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Science Based Targets Network Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Eco Watch Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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ORRAA Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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Giada Ferraglioni, Carbon Pulse Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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Chris Ninnes, ASC Aqua Fisheries & Aquaculture
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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