Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution
The health of coral reefs, our most biodiverse ocean ecosystem, is fundamentally interconnected with human health. We need urgent global action to tackle the pollution crisis to protect both, explain Stacy Jupiter, Bodhi Patil and Christopher Corbin.
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Zeke Reed, KCRW Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Part incubator, part research facility, and part educational institution, AltaSea supports scientists, entrepreneurs, and students working to make Los Angeles a global hub for the so-called “blue economy” — the aquatic equivalent of the sustainable green economy on land.
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C40 Cities Shipping & Ports
As leading global hub ports, Singapore, Los Angeles, and Long Beach are vital nodes on the trans-Pacific shipping lane and key stakeholders in the maritime sector’s green transition.
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Doug Helton, Office of Response and Restoration at NOAA Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The vast majority of ships use petroleum oil, although there is an increasing use of alternative fuels.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch IO Original
In this op-ed, Investable Oceans principal Tiffany Duong shares her insights into why investing in the Blue Economy is an important and effective way to fight for our planet on Earth Day, and every day.
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Mark Hillsdon, Reuters Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
Several partnerships are looking to bring businesses and governments together to start protecting mangroves and other blue carbon at scale.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
An impressive number of startups are due to showcase their technologies at the forthcoming Blue Food Innovation Summit.
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Gemma Conroy, Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture
Analysis estimates that kelp forests are at least three times more valuable for food and the planet than previously thought.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Tourism
Speakers at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit explain how embedding sustainable blue economic ideas into city planning can attract innovation, investment and tourism.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit highlighted how blue-energy projects can be designed to support conservation, aquaculture and more.
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Kris Atkinson, Money Marketing Fisheries & Aquaculture
After nearly two decades in the making, the newly agreed UN High Seas Treaty marks a major step forward for ocean preservation, aiming to mitigate the impact of climate change on marine biodiversity and ocean ecosystems.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Experts at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit stressed the importance of co-creating solutions.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.
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Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
Tackling climate change, protecting biodiversity and fostering inclusive economic growth will require more than $3 trillion of investments in the world’s oceans in the coming decades.
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Dan Primack, Axios Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Carbonwave, a Boston-based startup that "upcycles" Sargassum seaweed into biomaterials, raised $5 million in venture capital funding led by an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers.
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Investment Monitor Tourism
The tourism history was hit hard by the pandemic, but a sustainable approach in the sector can attract higher levels of investment.
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Reuters Energy Solutions
Global investments in energy transition technologies must more than quadruple annually to stay in line with commitments made under the Paris climate accord, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Speakers at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit said the industry wants to decarbonise, but a lack of regulatory and market drivers is getting in the way.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Experts at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit expressed hope that the “tide is turning” when it comes to scaling blue finance.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Project to reintroduce European native oysters unveils first predicted impact of species’ return and aims to improve water quality, enhance marine biodiversity and increase carbon storage in the Dornoch Firth over the next decade.
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