Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

Anglo American tests out sustainable biofuel in shipping operations

Daniel Gleeson, International Mining Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports

Anglo American says it has successfully trialled the use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa.

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Blue Tech Voices - SeaAhead

Clayton Starr, The Liquid Grid

In this interview, Mark Huang, one of the co-founders of SeaAhead, answers questions about their bluetech platform, startups, investing, and growing the blue economy.

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Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path toward a blue economy

Dennis Mombauer, Mongabay

Authorities in Sri Lanka have called for a renewed focus on conserving the island’s rich coastal ecosystems, identifying the “blue economy” as key to the nation’s sustainable development.

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8 amazing solutions to stop plastic flowing into the world’s oceans

Johnny Wood, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution

River clean-ups help reduce the volume of plastic waste that reaches our oceans.

Innovative ideas and science are helping community leaders and policymakers tackle the plastic-waste problem.

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Will tourism recover from the Covid-19 crisis sustainably?

World Economic Forum Tourism

The World Ocean Summit heard about the sector’s pathways towards environmental sustainability.

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From Maine’s warming waters, kelp emerges as a potentially lucrative cash crop

Janelle Nanos, Boston Globe Fisheries & Aquaculture

With warming oceans threatening lobstering, kelp farming could become a major industry.

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These Pacific islands have an innovative scheme to prevent overfishing in their waters

Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture

This group of Pacific island nations banded together to fight back and win – for themselves and for fish stocks.

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Why New England is going wild for wet weeds

The Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture

Kelp helps farmers’ wallets and the world.

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How to boost collaboration to curb plastic pollution in emerging markets

World Ocean Initiative Plastics & Pollution

Recent webinar discusses collaboration along the value chain to improve waste management and change consumer habits.

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Restorative aquaculture shows we can have more habitat, and eat it too

Alleway H, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

The aquaculture of edible bivalves and seaweeds can have a positive impact on marine habitat for fish and invertebrates, including crabs and lobsters, according to a new study.

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Our First Investments in the Blue Economy

Kate Danaher, s2g ventures

After months of meetings, research, diligence and onboarding, S2G is excited to announce the first investments from our Oceans and Seafood Fund.

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Here's why human-centered design is required for marine plastic innovation

Constance Agyeman, GreenBiz Plastics & Pollution

Using a human-centered approach to innovation can help us to address both issues at once — reducing marine plastic pollution while empowering women.

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Restorative aquaculture: Marine Cultures

Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

Christian Vaterlaus, founder of Marine Cultures, explains how sea sponge farming is helping both humans and the environment in Zanzibar and beyond.

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Building new renewables is cheaper than burning fossil fuels

Bloomberg Newswire Energy Solutions

It’s now cheaper to build and operate new large-scale wind or solar plants in nearly half the world than it would be to run an existing coal or gas-fired power plant.

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Plans unveiled for “world’s first” land-based lobster farm

The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture

Pioneering aquaculture producer Norwegian Lobster Farm has announced plans to grow the crustaceans in a facility that uses waste heat from Green Mountain data centre.

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Meet the New Champions of stakeholder capitalism

Zishu Chen, World Economic Forum

In the model of stakeholder capitalism, companies align their goals to society's long-term goals, the SDGs, and work towards better outcomes for society, the economy and the planet.

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Hidden Microplastics in the Fabrics of our Lives

Oceanic Global Plastics & Pollution

Hidden plastics surround us, leaching into the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe…but where is all of this plastic coming from?

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See inside a seaweed farm as it grow its carbon-sequestering crops

Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company Fisheries & Aquaculture

Seaweed serves as an excellent carbon sink, and so farming more of it to use in food could be an important step in the fight against climate change.

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Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions

Kristen Zickfeld, Carbon Brief Energy Solutions

In recent years, countries, companies and institutions around the world have set “net-zero” emissions targets as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

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How nature tourism can help drive a green COVID-19 recovery

Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation Tourism

For every dollar governments invested in protected areas and nature-based tourism in 2019, the economic rate of return was at least six times higher, finds World Bank report

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