Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Anthony Cowell, KPMG
For an economy worth an estimated annual US$2.5 trillion, only US$13 billion has been invested over the last decade mostly through philanthropic efforts and official development assistance – a mere drop in the ocean.
The cost of not investing now will be more costly in the future.
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NASA Earth Observatory
Off the coast of Sonoma and Mendocino counties, changing climate and a marine epidemic have combined to decimate one of California’s most productive ecosystems.
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Climate & Capital Media Team
With global fisheries on the brink of collapse, BlueNalu’s land-grown fish and seafood could be the future of ocean eating.
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Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Global offshore wind has grown from 2.2 gigawatts in 2016 to 6.1 gigawatts in 2020.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
Plastic pollution threatens marine life in many ways, from entangling fish and seabirds to wreaking havoc on their digestive tracts when they mistake it for food.
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Ezra Fieser, Bloomberg
A development bank is preparing to test whether the craze for sustainable debt extends to Latin America’s oceans.
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NOAA
Today, the United States, United Kingdom, Chile, Costa Rica, and France announced a new global partnership to advance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a nature-based solution in the fight against climate change.
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Climate & Capital Media Team
As World Oceans Day approaches, the Climate & Capital Media dives into the blue economy, what’s emerging and why it’s a critical part of the climate economy.
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Uki Goñi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
Vessels primarily from China switch off their tracking beacons to evade detection while they engage in possible illegal fishing.
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Peter Horn & Katherine Hanly, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Funding and related assistance programme could help developing nations improve fisheries sustainability.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering Energy Solutions
It turns out that fitting panels above the waterways using suspension cables also provides a surprisingly powerful benefit for the canals themselves.
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Sally Ho, Green Queen Fisheries & Aquaculture
Chicago-based food tech Aqua Cultured Foods is launching what it claims is the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood analogue developed using microbial fermentation.
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The White House
The world’s ocean basins are critical to the success of our Nation and, indeed, to life on Earth.
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Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution.
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Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, et al., World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
When birdsong was filling the muted days of the first lockdown, marine scientists were noticing something similar in the world’s oceans.
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Kari Huus, Climate & Capital Media Energy Solutions
Your 2021 cheat sheet for the intersection between climate activism and climate finance.
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Guo Jingjing & Su Jilan, World Economic Forum
Pressure on the ocean from human activities and their impact on the marine environment are becoming more widely understood in China.
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Anastasia Quintana & Alfredo Giron Nava, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
Local trust is critical for successful marine reserves.
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Call to Earth, CNN Fisheries & Aquaculture
Australian tech company Open SC is tracking fish through the supply chain to ensure consumers get sustainably sourced products.
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