Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Dr. Wilfried Rickels & Prof Martin Quaas, Carbon Brief
Carbon “sinks”, such as forests or the ocean, play a crucial role in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and thereby reducing the damages caused by climate change and the emissions that drive it.
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After setting climate targets, countries and companies will need to quantify, reduce and monitor their emissions.
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Aquaculture is used to help enhance wild stocks of nearly 200 aquatic species around the world, but these programmes have had mixed results.
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There is significant value to extract from plastic waste. Scaling up advanced chemical recycling technologies could help close the loop and create a circular system for plastic waste that is currently leaking into the ocean.
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To understand how microplastic pollution is affecting the ocean, scientists need to know how much is there and where it is accumulating.
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A new project that is creating a new range of snacks made from and with kelp has reported good progress, although there are still some hurdles to overcome before seaweed is more widely consumed in the West.
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According to Jeff Cheng, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) don’t need to be used for high value species or purely by large corporations, but are well within the grasp of relatively small aquaculture players, producing a wide range of species.
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If electric cars are the future, why does that future seem to be such a long time coming?
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Maha Eltobgy et al., World Economic Forum
By supporting the World Economic Forum’s Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, investors can help progress towards better ESG reporting worldwide.
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The world’s wind and solar energy capacity grew at a record rate last year while the oil industry recorded its steepest slump in demand since the second world war, according to BP.
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World Ocean Initiative
The World Ocean Summit discussed the enabling environment for financial-sector participation in ocean restoration.
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A new report shows that the world’s top fishing nations are using subsidies worth billions of dollars to exploit the high seas and the waters of other nations, including some of the world’s least-developed countries.
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If funded, about 13,000 renewable energy projects proposed in nearly 50 countries could slash emissions and create work, researchers find.
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Carlie Wiener, et al., World Economic Forum
To connect the ocean to people, we need to connect culture to the ocean.
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The ocean is not just a victim of climate change, it is also a source of solutions.
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The population of kelp forests, which help clean the air, has fallen dramatically. That has environmentalists worried.
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From giant clams to zebra shark, marine biologists want to replace lost and vanishing species at sea but face unique obstacles – not least rampant overfishing
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Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Gabriel Leigh, Bloomberg GreenHop on a ferry in Norway and it’s increasingly likely that the rumble of a diesel engine will have been replaced by the quiet hum of an electric motor.
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The World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative created a new certificate system to enable customers to take ownership of their emissions reduction goals.
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Staff at RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (the Center) analyzed how financial institutions are helping shape the shipping sector’s decarbonization journey through the Poseidon Principles.
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