Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

How to invest better in the blue economy: the metrics that matter

World Ocean Summit & Expo, Economist Impact

This session at the 11th annual World Ocean Summit focused on how investors can invest better in the blue economy.

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Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds

Genevieve Redgrave, Environmental Finance

They are currently a niche within the sustainable bond market, but could blue bonds play a key role in turning the tide on water-themed investments, asks Genevieve Redgrave.

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The climate transition and investment opportunities for family offices

Bruce McNamer, Impact Alpha Plastics & Pollution

Family offices are uniquely positioned to fund climate solutions in innovative and flexible ways, to operate in the seams, and to help other partners with the flexible piece they need to bring their own capital to bear.

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Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2

Andrew S. Lewis, Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions

Our oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. To boost that drawdown, startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal.’

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Ocean issues show why multilateral cooperation still matters: WEF president

Audrey Tan, The Straits Times Fisheries & Aquaculture

The past decades have not been great for the oceans, we have continued to pollute and expose the oceans to environmental risks. Now is the time to agree on preserving and investing in the oceans.

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Food glorious blue foods

Chris Gorell Barnes, Economist Impact Fisheries & Aquaculture

The ocean is a critical player as both a source of environmentally sustainable and regenerative proteins and as an integral solution to mitigating the effects of the climate crisis. 

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New gender equality toolkit for the ocean sector

The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth today launched a new toolkit to promote gender-responsive practices in ocean-related occupations.

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How Marine Conservation Startups Are Saving Our Oceans

Dominque Roberts, TechRound Fisheries & Aquaculture

Coral reefs play a vital role in sustaining ocean life, supporting fishing industries, and generating billions of pounds in revenue each year.

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Why protecting the ocean floor matters for climate change

William Austin, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture

Human activities, such as deepsea mining and bottom-trawling fishing practices, pose a threat to the ocean floor.

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Ocean corporate pilot underway

Science Based Targets Network Fisheries & Aquaculture

Over the next few months, this new initiative will be piloting draft guidance for the first science-based targets covering seafood value chains.

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EU Announces $3.71 Billion Investment in Ocean Sustainability

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Eco Watch Fisheries & Aquaculture

The announcement was made at the Our Ocean Conference in Greece and is the largest pledge by the EU since the conference began a decade ago

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We must invest in our Ocean to preserve nature and secure the wellbeing of coastal communities

ORRAA Fisheries & Aquaculture

We need to rebuild ocean ecosystems and marine biodiversity if we are to ensure the wellbeing of the billions of people who live along the coast.

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Conservation tech firm, Bloomberg Ocean Initiative launch tool to monitor marine biodiversity protection

Giada Ferraglioni, Carbon Pulse Fisheries & Aquaculture

Access to free, reliable, and real-time data is critical to ensuring effective marine conservation, so the Bloomberg Ocean Initiative has launched a new tool to help with just that.

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Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.7 million to improve ocean observations with new robotic floats

Alison Gillespie, NOAA Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Argo array is made up of a fleet of robotic instruments that measure temperature and salinity in the global ocean

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From reserves to revenue: How marine protected areas can drive economic growth

Mark John Costello, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture

Marine protected areas provide benefits beyond fisheries, creating jobs and boosting local economies.

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Investments in the blue economy are increasing

European Commission

Findings show that an investment ecosystem to support blue economy innovation is taking shape.

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Aquatic animal welfare as a key intervention to achieve sustainability

Catalina Lopez, Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture

It is essential to recognise that aquatic animal welfare extends beyond ethical considerations.

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Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

Katie Lebling, Jennifer Rennicks and Shannon Wood, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions

Growing interest and investment in ocean CDR, combined with uncertainties around the science and governance, underscore the need for greater government support.

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The Caribbean Is Drowning In Seaweed, But Entrepreneurs Are Saving It

Ken Silverstein, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture

Caribbean ingenuity is helping reduce carbon emissions by 8 million metric tons by harvesting sargassum seaweed and turning it into fertilizer and paper pulp.

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Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air

ROBERT F. SERVICE, Science.org Energy Solutions

Although these ocean capture ventures deploy different chemical processes, most are designed to use renewable electricity to extract CO2 from seawater. 

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