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Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Joseph Polidoro, Science NewsIn the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, scientists have observed an ecosystem from birth to full flowering.
As part of a 20-plus-years project, researchers and volunteers spread more than 70 million eelgrass seeds over plots covering more than 200 hectares, just beyond the wide expanses of salt marsh off the southern end of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sophie Ryan, World Ocean InitiativeAs one of the most resource-efficient protein production sectors and one of the most nutritious foods available, farmed fish has the potential to meet growing demand for food in a way that serves people and protects the planet. But can it live up to the promise, asks Sophie Ryan, chief executive officer of the Global Salmon Initiative.
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Controls technology company Proserv Controls has teamed up with power system monitoring firm Synaptec to develop a cable monitoring system for offshore wind farms.
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Investment bank Macquarie and German tech giant Siemens have teamed up to launch a new flexible energy joint venture, Calibrant Energy, in a bid to offer comprehensive energy-as-a-service (EaaS) solutions for corporate and industrial clients as well as municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals.
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A UK firm pioneering carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCUS) technology is set to deploy its equipment for the first time at a Dutch power plant that generates energy from waste, it announced this week.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
World Economic ForumThe ocean economy is one that has been overlooked by COVID-19 stimulus packages to date, write World Resources Institute experts. However, supporting the ocean economy has significant benefits, with every $1 invested returning $5.
Here are 5 ocean priorities can help its economic output and support the wider economy.
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Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, World Resources InstituteClimate risk is not one risk, but bundles of complex risks that interact with each other and with existing vulnerabilities in our financial system. Also, these risks are heading toward us at an accelerating pace.
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Should billionaires be able to start tinkering with the climate without asking the rest of us?
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WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVEThe latest World Ocean Initiative webinar highlights recent developments in promoting ocean science, developing technological innovations and boosting financing instruments.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Adrienne MurraySeaweed production has boomed. Between 2005 and 2015 volumes doubled, surpassing 30 million tonnes annually, reports the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Use of coal is falling and renewables are surging around the world, but the progress is not enough to meet the targets set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists have warned.
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Deep-sea minerals, including nickel, copper, manganese and cobalt, are crucial to building clean-energy technologies.
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a cheap, efficient way to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuel, potentially reducing the amount of new carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere.
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World Ocean InitiativeA new report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy outlines the four investments with the biggest potential to secure ocean health and wealth.
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Brad PlumerAs climate change raises sea levels, storm surges and high tides will push farther inland, a team of researchers says.
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Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Billy NaumanDamage to ecosystems including forests and coral reefs forecast to have devastating effect on global economy
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Dona Bertarelli & Mukhisa KituyiMukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit.
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If the permit process is not improved, solar and wind energy efforts may face protracted delays or shutdowns.
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Fiona HarveyReport says there are substantial economic benefits to be had from ocean conservation
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Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Jim CooperIn the last decade there has been a growing demand for specialist materials, chemicals and components that can solve long-term problems of scarcity, or replace things that are mined or grown.
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