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Plastics 101: Blue Economy Opportunities and Considerations to Reduce Ocean Plastics
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Aquaculture industry considers innovative solutions to rising cases of salmon deaths
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EU Announces $3.71 Billion Investment in Ocean Sustainability
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Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2
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Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That
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The climate transition and investment opportunities for family offices
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From reserves to revenue: How marine protected areas can drive economic growth
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Ocean corporate pilot underway
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Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.7 million to improve ocean observations with new robotic floats
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Aquatic animal welfare as a key intervention to achieve sustainability
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Saving Biology With Blue Biotechnology
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These sustainability-tech companies use AI to improve ocean health by keeping plastics out, boosting coral reefs, and monitoring fish farms
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Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air
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Challenges of technology transfer for blue-economy innovation
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Climate investors see growing opportunities in water tech
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The First Open Ocean Carbon Removal Project in the U.S. Just Got a Green Light
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U.S. EPA Launches $3B Clean Ports Fund
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An ocean of opportunity for data-driven climate action
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The ocean sector is a key frontier for climate-change action
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Charting new courses for resilience and sustainability in the ocean economy
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Largest DNA database of marine microbes to track the impact of global warming on ocean health
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Offshore wind: how green energy depends on ocean observation data
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Shipping sector will see 70% emissions rise as Red Sea corridor is avoided
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8 ways that stopping overfishing will promote biodiversity and help address climate change
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UNCW Launches Blue Economy Index
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The oceans’ silent sentinel: how ocean observation data power marine climate change mitigation
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US Invests $3.9 Million for Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators
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NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
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Why Nautical Investors Are Pouring Capital Into Better, Lower-Carbon Ships And Boats
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Oceans “Forgotten” in Nature-related Analyses – UNEP FI
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Ocean heating breaks record, again, with disastrous outcomes for the planet
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COP28: mainstreaming the ocean agenda
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'Wake up': Senate hearing considers threat of climate change on 'blue economy'
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'Wake up': Senate hearing considers threat of climate change on 'blue economy'
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Investing in Nature Is Gaining Traction. Will It Be Enough?
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How Saudi Arabia is unlocking the power of the blue economy
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Support for ‘Blue Deal’ Highlights Importance of Ocean Economy
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Rare Unveils World’s First Impact Bond for Small-Scale Fisheries
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COP28: Incremental advancement over business as usual
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Oceans: A vast opportunity in climate and biodiversity investing
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The Ocean Is Our Best Chance to Survive Climate Change
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Blue Economy Has Bountiful Investment Opportunity
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Blue Bonds: The New Kid on the Block in Sustainable Debt
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The world has lost 14% of its coral reefs since 2009. Investing in a blue economy gives us a shot at saving the rest
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Launch of Fiji’s first-ever Sovereign Blue Bond
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Launch of the Ocean Breakthroughs: 5 pathways to catalyze action to achieve a healthy and productive ocean
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Wave energy: ‘flexible’ energy mix needed for renewable future
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Undersea Project Sets Bold Path For Blue Economy Investors
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World’s largest seafood companies continue to lack transparency on social and environmental impacts
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Why the travel and tourism industry should care about the state of the ocean
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Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: Potential Ways to Harness the Ocean to Mitigate Climate Change
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Financing coral reef restoration through biodiversity credits
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A National Marine Moonshot To Combat The Collapse Of Our Coral Reefs
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Top Global Ports May Be Unusable By 2050 Without More Climate Action, Report Says
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Superorganism Wants To Be The Conservationist On The Cap Table
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From Fibreglass Sails To Charterer Buying Power: A Suite Of Interim Solutions To Cut Energy Use In Shipping
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No Time To Lose On Ocean Treaty As Threats To High Seas Rise, Greenpeace Report Says
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3 Things Businesses Can Do To Accelerate Ocean Health
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Whitehouse, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Invest In Blue Economy, Spark Innovation In Coastal Communities
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Fishing Startups Are Making The Industry More Sustainable By Repelling Bycatch, Recycling Nets, And Tackling Dredging — But They Need More Cash To Stay Afloat
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New Guidance On Blue Bonds To Help Unlock Finance For A Sustainable Ocean Economy
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It’s Time To Put Oceans To The Test In The Climate Fight, Scientists Say
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New Study Could Help Countries Better Estimate How Much Power Their Waters Carry
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Balancing Profit And Planet In The Ocean Tourism Industry
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The Role of AI in the Burgeoning Blue Economy
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Ten Ways to Unlock an Ocean of Opportunity
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Overtourism: coastal management key as global traveller numbers return to pre-pandemic levels
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Artificial Reefs Improve Productivity of Seagrass Meadows and Could Help Protect Against Climate Change, Study Finds
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Bridging The Ocean Finance Gap
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Coastal Wetlands Take Center Stage at 2023 Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue
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The Future Of Sustainable Ocean Shipping
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World Oceans Week
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California Senate Approves Wave and Tidal Renewable Energy Bill
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Powering Up a ‘Blue Economy’
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Future Returns: Impact Investing Firm Expands to the Oceans of Latin America and the Caribbean
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Quantifying Mangroves’ Value As A Climate Solution And Economic Engine
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What It Takes to Attract Private Investment to Climate Adaptation
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A dream team for ocean carbon capture?
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Stem the tide of ocean pollution to save billions of lives, dollars, and our coral reefs
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Singapore, LA, Long Beach Ports Ink Agreement on Green and Digital Shipping Corridor
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An ocean of opportunity: how the private sector can fuel blue finance
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4 Way to Invest in a Sustainable 'Blue Economy'
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United States Opens $2.3M Competition For Novel Wave Energy Technologies
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Developing the first ESG handbook for marine minerals
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Investing to jumpstart the blue revolution
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U.S Delegation Announced $6 billion USD in Commitments to Address Threats to Our Ocean, Doubling Last Year’s Pledge
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Marine and UnderSea Technology Research Program (MUST) Receives $3.6M Grant for Sustained Research Efforts in Critical Blue Economy Sectors
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Lawmakers, Aquarium Join Forces on 'Blue Economy' Agenda
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Ocean 14 Capital’s Impact Fund Receives €30 Million Boost
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Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in
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What Will It Take To Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel In The Next Decade?
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Cleaner Fuels, Electric Power Generate Growing Interest at Miami Boat Show
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Running Tide Announced The Deployment Of Open Ocean Satellites
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Davos 2023: What You Need to Know About Climate, Nature and Energy
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How To Create A Healthy Ocean That Benefits Everyone
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Ocean funds: diving into a $24trn ‘blue’ economy
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The top 5 sustainability and climate trends to watch in 2023
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How To Build “Blue” Skills For The Ocean Economy
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Offshore Wind in 2022: Billions in Bids And New Confidence
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Wanted: A Sea-Change in Climate Finance For Oceans
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The US$2.5 Trillion Blue Economy Investment Opportunity
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Four Trends In Green Technology And Venture Investment
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Invest in Nature, and Nature Invests in Us
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COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next
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The Final Frontier of Ocean Exploration: Investing in Ocean Data and IOT
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Climate Change Could Bring Back Wind As The Future Power Source For Ocean Cargo Ships
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Making Sense of Big Ocean Data
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Marine Biologists Are Optimising Fishing Practices in Europe
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In a First, Nonprofit Buys Insurance for Hawaii’s Threatened Coral Reefs
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How Ocean Data Innovation Is Changing How We See The Sea
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To Protect the Ocean, Refinance Your Debt
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6 Insights On Financing Clean Energy Projects In Emerging Economies
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How To Shift The Ocean Narrative For A Sustainable Blue Economy
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Is Sustainability the “New Luxury” for Coastal Resorts?
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UC San Diego Unveils Second Cohort for Blue Economy Accelerator
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Battery Made Using Seaweed Still Works After Charging 1000 Times
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Green Fuel For A Blue Future: The Shipping Industry’s Shift Towards Decarbonisation
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Ocean Investing Coming Into Focus
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Decarbonisation of Shipping: The Challenges of Getting into Action
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What’s the Value of Carbon?
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Fuelling Sustainable Aviation for the Long Haul
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UNDP launches second cohort of Ocean Innovators
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What is Wave Energy?
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The bright spots in a complicated ESG framework
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Using the Ocean’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Launch of New Project Incubator to Help Commonwealth Governments Implement High-Impact Ocean Solutions
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Lessons from World Oceans Day 2022: a revitalised ocean economy
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UN head declares ‘ocean emergency’ as global leaders gather in Lisbon
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Measuring the splash: how will the UN Ocean Conference impact global goals?
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Can aquaculture businesses expect a “waterfall of capital”?
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5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem
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The value of sustainability reporting and the GRI Standards
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Collaboration for Ocean Health
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AHOY: Newday Ocean Health ETF
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Delivering a Sea - Change: A G7 Ocean Finance Deal
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Why financial regulators need to consider ocean biodiversity
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The “Ocean 100”: how a small group of companies dominate ocean economy
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ESG Book aims to 'disrupt' sustainability sector with free data
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The energy transition needs metals. But it needs social awareness too
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How to drive investment into the blue economy
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Blue Tech Voices - SeaAhead
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Blue bonds: What they are, and how they can help the oceans
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Meet the New Champions of stakeholder capitalism
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How to boost collaboration to curb plastic pollution in emerging markets
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Restorative aquaculture: Marine Cultures
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Our First Investments in the Blue Economy
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The blue economy – a drop in the ocean
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How finance is catching the blue wave
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Ten to Watch: Pioneers of the Blue Economy
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Ten to Watch: Pioneers of the Blue Economy
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‘Black Wednesday’ for big oil as courtrooms and boardrooms turn on industry
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5 things we can do in 2021 that will protect the ocean and change lives
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The global eco-wakening: how consumers are driving sustainability
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Citizen Science Increasingly Informs Ocean Expertise—and Policy
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To Achieve 30% Ocean Protection Governments Can Look Beyond Conventional Tools
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Climate’s Catch-22: Ocean’s health = people’s wealth
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Reshaping the two biggest carbon-emitting sectors to meet new US climate targets
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How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff
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‘Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough
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“In finance, you have to talk about the blue economy”
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Ocean Tech Innovation Needs a (Nonfinancial) Capital Injection
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Ocean energy: An important ally in the fight against climate change
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Optimal fuel supply of green ammonia to decarbonise global shipping
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Coalition of Philanthropic Funders Unveil More Than $250 Million Ocean Resilience and Climate Alliance to Supercharge Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
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The potential of ports in developing Sustainable First Mover Initiatives
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Generating Opportunities
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A deeper dive into the blue economy: the role of the diving sector in conservation and sustainable development goals
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30x30 From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea
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The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World
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Engaging the Tropical Majority to Make Ocean Governance and Science More Equitable and Effective
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The Blue Compendium
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The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and What it Means for Business
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Space-Based Solutions for the Blue Economy
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Climate Risk In Financial Portfolios
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High-Quality Blue Carbon Principles and Guidance A Triple-Benefit Investment for People, Nature, and Climate
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Biocredits to Finance Nature and People
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The Top 15 Anticipated ESG-Related Considerations That Will Influence Strategy in 2023
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Assessing the Financial Links to Natural Capital
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How Much Carbon Dioxide Goes From the Air Into the Oceans?
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Delegates Come Close, But Fail Again to Clinch High Seas Protection Treaty
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5 Ocean Startups Transforming the Future of Marine Conservation
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ESG Reports Aren’t a Replacement for Real Sustainability
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ESG Reports Aren’t a Replacement for Real Sustainability
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The 9th annual World Ocean Summit Virtual Week
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The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022: Towards Blue Transformation
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Funding the Big Blue: Offshore and High Seas Marine Protected Area Finance
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Why the Ocean Matter in Climate Negotiations
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Turning the Tide: Recommended exclusions
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Ocean Disclosure Initiative
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Rewarding Conservation Efficiency in Marine Protected Areas
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Traceable Returns
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Breaking the Plastic Wave - Summary Report
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Blue carbon: The potential of coastal and oceanic climate action
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Newday AHOY Tidal Summary
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Blue Infrastructure Finance: A new approach, integrating Nature-based Solutions for coastal resilience
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Navigating Ocean Risk: Value at Risk in the Global Blue Economy
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Recommended Exclusions for Financing a Sustainable Blue Economy
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The Rising Tide: Mapping Ocean Finance for a New Decade
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Diving Deep: New Guidance on Finance, Ocean Pollution, Plastics and Coastal Resilience
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Navigating Ocean Risk: Shaping the Transition to a Sustainable Blue Economy
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Reviving the Oceans Economy: The Case for Action
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Risk and opportunity in the seafood sector
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The Business Case for Sustainable Seafood
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ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy
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Scaling Investments in Nature
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ESG in Asset Management: A Global Perspective
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ESG Investing and Climate Transition: Market Practices, Issues and Policy considerations
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Pathways to Sustainable Investing
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Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics: The Investors’ Case
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You Can’t Go Green Without Blue
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Financing a sustainable ocean economy
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Energy Transition
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CREO Investment Report Release: Aquaculture Value Chain
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Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate
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Enabling conditions for an equitable and sustainable blue economy
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An Eco-Wakening: Measuring global engagement, awareness and action for nature
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Sea Change: Using Citizen Science to Inform Fisheries Management
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Information Sharing Is Key to Ending Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
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The role of aquatic foods in sustainable healthy diets
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“How do we manage fisheries in the midst of climate change?” Q&A with EDF’s Eric Schwaab
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The Blue Economy and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities
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COP26 and the ocean-climate nexus
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The Second World Ocean Assessment (Volume II)
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The Second World Ocean Assessment (Volume I)
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Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy
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Turning the Tide: How to Finance a Sustainable Ocean Recovery
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Sustainable Bonds Insight 2021





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