Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
World Resources Institute Energy Solutions
The COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt concluded with a historic breakthrough to help vulnerable countries deal with losses and damages from the impacts of climate change.
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Larsen Mettler, Economic Impact Energy Solutions
Climate-tech startups raised US$53.7bn from venture capital and private equity in 2021, investment in ocean solutions lags far behind. But ocean solutions are climate solutions and should be recognized as such by climate-focused investors.
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Bob Woods, CNBC Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Climate change could bring back wind as the future power source for ocean cargo ships.
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Soumyajit Kar, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Government representatives are currently meeting in Uruguay to kickstart the first Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) on reaching an internationally binding treaty to end plastic pollution that the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) promised to deliver by 2024, otherwise known as the UNEA 5.2 resolution.
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David Hume Energy Solutions
The authors look into the evolutions of oil and gas, wind, solar, and tidal to commercial floating energy systems.
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Emily Underwood, Nautilus Fisheries & Aquaculture
Ocean conservation science is experiencing a data explosion—but can we utilize it properly?
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Jessica Byrne, Thred Fisheries & Aquaculture
Oceanologists are using their knowledge to help fishermen increase their income while improving the sustainability of their catches. If implemented across Europe, it could transform the fishing industry in the Mediterranean.
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Christopher Flavelle and Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
If worsening coastal storms damage the reefs, the Nature Conservancy will get a payout and use the money to repair the coral — work that state officials can’t afford to do.
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Meridian Institute Energy Solutions
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Friends of Ocean Action, the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), Salesforce, The Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International with the support of Meridian Institute developed the High-Quality Blue Carbon Market Principles and Guidance.
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Kate Wing, David Millar, Aaron Roan Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The next wave of transformation in ocean understanding will come from improving our ability to discover and connect this data, giving us a clearer picture of what’s happening under the waves and envisioning new ocean solutions.
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Adrienne Day, Nautilus
How “blue bonds” turn national debt into funds for marine conservation.
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Lucy Sheriff, Fortune Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed is having its moment in the sun: Use of the marine plant is a rapidly growing trend that could aid in everything from global food security to climate change.
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Prof C Greg Lutz, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Most of the fish currently farmed in the sea are carnivores, but there’s a strong argument for producing more marine herbivores, which don’t depend on diets containing fish meal and fish oil.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.
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Ogan Kose, Raj Gopalakrishnan, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
As we head into COP27, during which financing the clean energy transition in developing economies is expected to be a key topic of focus in the negotiations, we believe insights from a set of interviews we conducted in the lead-up to the launch of the Cost of Capital Observatory can help those seeking to raise capital in the clean energy and renewables sector.
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Martin Koehring, Economist Impact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A blog by Martin Koehring, head of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative and keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary of the John Nurminen Foundation
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Jennifer Pryce, Forbes
The world’s second largest natural harbor is in Halifax, so it’s no wonder the city hosted The Economist Impact’s World Ocean Tech and Innovation Summit last month.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.
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Economic Impact Tourism
Is sustainability the “new luxury” for coastal resorts?
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