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Ocean creatures soak up huge amounts of humanity’s carbon mess. Should we value them like financial assets?
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Springer Nature
The science and knowledge at the heart of the Ocean Panel’s ocean action agenda is now available as The Blue Compendium, published by Springer Nature. The foundational research, evidence and opportunities for action has been compiled as a book and free online resource.
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Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing recommended actions to build the recovery of the world’s kelp forests.
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This report examines the economic and business models needed to address the impacts of the plastics economy.
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Analysis from Planet Tracker finds diversifying farmed seafood production can close supply gap while tackling biodiversity risks.
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Important for nutrition, for local jobs and for climate-ready food systems, aquaculture is growing in the United States, as more people is attracted to the potential it offers.
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This comprehensive report explores the potential of seaweed farming as a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional fertilizers, highlighting its potential for community development and economic growth.
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UNCTADThe Trade and Environment Review 2023 analyses the impacts of human activities and global crises on the ocean economy, which includes traditional sectors such as fishing and shipping, as well as emerging ones like offshore wind energy and marine biotechnology.
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This new global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date.
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IFC, World Bank GroupThis paper was developed by IFC Climate Business Department in collaboration with Silverstrum and Climate Focus to provide an overview of the emerging blue carbon market.
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This research is an initiative of the One Ocean Foundation, as part of its project Ocean Disclosure Initiative.
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Industry leaders know they must adopt greener fuels in order to decarbonize. Is a multifuel future in store?
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While marine kelp forests have provided valuable ecosystem services for millennia, the global ecological and economic value of those services is largely unresolved. Kelp forests are diminishing in many regions worldwide, and efforts to manage these ecosystems are hindered without accurate estimates of the value of the services that kelp forests provide to human societies.
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A new report by Spheric Research and Undercurrent News features an analysis of the booming aquaculture sector.
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Ocean Policy Committee, The White HouseThe OCAP outlines three goals that mobilize the Federal Government and civil society to take effective and innovative ocean climate action.
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The IPCC finalized the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report during the Panel's 58th Session held in Interlaken, Switzerland from 13 - 19 March 2023.
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European CommissionToday, the European Commission is unveiling a new investor report, on the occasion of the BlueInvest Day 2023.
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As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise global time series of plastic pollution with which we can assess whether implemented policies are effective, but at present we lack these data.
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Peak plastics is an Economist Impact report for Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. This report examines the potential impact of three key policies that cover the entire lifecycle of plastic, from production to disposal. These approaches are being considered by negotiators working on a legally binding UN treaty to reduce plastic pollution.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Impact
The report focuses on solutions and opportunities for action to address the three planetary crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
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