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Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

Investments in Aquaculture Could Create More than 20 Million Jobs by 2050

World Bank Group Fisheries & Aquaculture

Aquaculture could generate as many as 22 million new jobs by 2050, according to a new report that foresees a $1.5 trillion investment opportunity in the sector over the same period.

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10 Steps Needed for Ocean Action Now

Marc Benioff and Ed Russo, TIME

We need more public-private alliances that can help turn proven ocean solutions into real-world outcomes. 

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Ocean Innovation is All Over the Climate Market Map

Eliza Harrison, Propeller VC

At Propeller, we don’t see the ocean as a standalone sector—we’re not suggesting an 8th sector!—we see it as a cross-sector catalyst for climate innovation.

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Using AI to enhance heavy assets and forge a sustainable blue economy

Stig Martin Fiskaa, World Economic Forum

Artificial intelligence (AI) could bridge the gap between traditional industrial ocean operations and the burgeoning sustainable blue economy.

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Finishing What the World Started at the UN Ocean Conference

John F. Kerry, Project Syndicate

Against a backdrop of global uncertainty and questions about whether multilateral processes can still deliver, the countries represented at the latest UN Ocean Conference were largely united on the need for a more ambitious response to the challenges facing our ocean. 

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Finance deals announced during UN Ocean Conference

Reuters

The third U.N. Ocean Conference in France last week yielded a number of financial deals and money pledges to help protect the seas, although the gap between funding and the estimated annual need of $175 billion remains large.

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Investors want clear ocean management rules to scale up funding

Simon Jessop, Virginia Furness and Kate Abnett, Reuters

A U.N. push for investment to protect the world's oceans yielded around $10 billion in deals at a conference last week, way below the estimated annual need as many investors seek clearer regulation on ocean management before committing funds.

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Is the ocean ‘having a moment’? This was the UN summit where the world woke up to the decline of the seas

Karen McVeigh, The Guardian

A slew of global leaders met in the south of France to discuss the future of the oceans. There was ‘momentum’ and ‘enthusiasm’, but there were critical voices too.

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Singapore to host $64m fund by Norway-based firm for start-ups in Asia ocean health

Audrey Tan, The Stratis TImes

Norway-based impact investment firm Katapult Ocean will launch a US$50 million (S$64.1 million) fund in Singapore in early 2026 to invest in start-ups that support ocean health in Asia, The Straits Times has learnt.

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Tuna's Hidden Catch: A Risk Investors Can’t Afford To Ignore

Felicia Jackson, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture

Investors can’t manage what they can’t measure and in the $40 billion global tuna industry, they’re largely flying blind. 

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DFIs commit to €3bn to fight plastic pollution in oceans

Danielle Rossingh, Impact Investor Plastics & Pollution

Six public development banks from Europe and Asia launched the Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 as the third United Nations Ocean Conference kicked off this week.

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SWEN Capital Partners announces €160m first close of second ocean fund

Krystle Higgins, Impact Investor

The fund will invest in startups working to support the regeneration of ocean biodiversity and has secured backing from the European Investment Fund and a range of institutional investors.

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Shipowner decarbonisation ambition and action rise

Gary Howard, Seatrade Maritime News Shipping & Ports

More owners and operators prioritising decarbonisation, setting goals, implementing strategies, and using biofuels, GCMD report finds.

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Ocean protection is a climate-smart investment

Jonathan Kelsey & Karen Sack, BusinessGreen

Ocean conservation is not a cost - is a hedge against global volatility and an investment in prosperity, write Bloomberg Ocean Fund's Jonathan Kelsey, and Karen Sack from the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance.

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A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

Alexandra Talty, The Guardian

Investment is pouring into companies promising to geoengineer a rapid change in the pH of our waters – but critics are concerned at the speed at which unproven methods are being adopted.

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How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans

The Guardian

In seas around the world pH levels are falling – and scientists are increasingly frustrated that the problem is not being taken seriously enough.

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Huge Wave Of Ratifications For High Seas Treaty Marks Historic Progress Towards Entry Into Force

High Seas Alliance

Nice, 9 June 2025, Today at the 3rd  UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, High Seas Alliance congratulates progress on the historic number of ratifications for the High Seas Treaty that have just been deposited, bringing the Treaty much closer to the critical threshold of 60 ratifications needed for its entry into force. 

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How blue bonds could give a boost to ocean finance

Simon Mundy, Financial Times

A guide to the asset class slowly gaining favour among institutions.

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UN Ocean Conference: Why The Key To Ending Ocean Plastic Starts On Land, And Why Southeast Asia Is The Smart Money Play

Rob Kaplan, Forbes Plastics & Pollution

The world is finally catching up to a simple fact: you cannot solve the ocean plastics crisis in the ocean alone. You need to solve it on land too.

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Earthshot Prize teams up with Builders Vision to help bridge $900bn ocean funding gap

Michael Holder, BusinessGreen

Prince William's climate and environmental solutions prize teams up with investors to ramp up support for ocean-focused innovations.

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