Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Simon Bullock, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
To keep below the threshold of 1.5 degrees °C of warming – the goal of the Paris climate agreement – immediate reductions in carbon emissions are needed.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
Is it better for your health and the environment to drink water from a plastic bottle or from a tap?
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Farrelly, T. et al., World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
After banning plastic bags last year, New Zealand now proposes to regulate single-use plastic packaging and to ban various hard-to-recycle plastics and single-use plastic items.
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World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
A speaker blog for World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific by Sabrina Chao, president of BIMCO.
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We analysed data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world to uncover some of the worst litter hotspots
Roman, L. et al., The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Coastal litter is a big environmental problem. But how does this litter differ around the world, and why? In the first global analysis of its kind, we set out to answer those questions using data collected by thousands of citizen scientists.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The plant-based seafood segment is moving far beyond soy and corn-based substitutions and can now offer seafood lovers the same taste and experience as the "real thing", according to Monica Talbert, CEO of the Plant-Based Seafood Co*.
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Rob Fletcher & Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Up to 10 percent of the global salmon supply could be produced in offshore systems by the end of the decade, according to a new report published by Rabobank today.
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Dan Crockett, Blue Marine Foundation Energy Solutions
In June this year, immediately ahead of the G7, Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) held a one-day Blue Carbon Conference.
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Julia Conley, Common Dreams
A vote overwhelmingly in favor of placing a moratorium on deep sea mineral mining at a global biodiversity summit this week has put urgent pressure on the International Seabed Authority to strictly regulate the practice.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A “new generation seaweed accelerator” has been launched this week, in a bid to increase organic seaweed aquaculture.
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Tom Dillon, The PEW Charitable Trusts
Overfishing, global warming, and other threats are driving momentum to conserve 30% of the seas by 2030.
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz/WEF Energy Solutions
We have to start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said last month.
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Schmid, A.G., et al., The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Our research set out to understand how many times you have to reuse a container for it to be the more eco-friendly choice, in the context of the takeaway food industry.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
On the day of the publication of Aqua-Spark’s new report on tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa, Willem van Pijl and Amy Novogratz reflect on what they’ve learned and what they’re hoping to achieve through the process, as they approach the launch of a $50 million African aquaculture fund.
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André Hoffmann & Katell Le Goulven, World Economic Forum
Forward-thinking business leaders understand that nature and economics are inextricably linked.
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Ted Janulis, Investable Oceans
ESG and sustainable investing have taken center stage in asset management. Climate and now oceans are leaders in this elevation with a proliferation of products, firms, and frameworks increasingly on investors’ radar screens.
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Anjan Ray, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
On the current trajectory, sustainable fuels will only supply a small percentage of aviation and shipping needs. Favourable government policies are needed to increase production and adoption of sustainable fuels in both sectors.
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Fast Company Tourism
From Airbnb and Hipcamp to Delta Airlines and Ennismore hotels, these 10 travel companies found reasons to be optimistic in an unprecedented year for tourism and hospitality.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
Artisanal fishermen in Ecuador talk about the sustainability, illegal fishing and regulatory challenges impacting their livelihoods.
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The Jerusalem Post Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study from TAU and UC Berkeley suggests seaweed farms provide significant benefits to the environment.
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