Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Casey Crownhart, MIT Technology Review Plastics & Pollution
Why people want to use seaweed in the oceans to clean up the atmosphere, and what it would take to make it work.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal for the ocean has been slow so far, but hope is on the horizon.
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Emma Cummings-Krueger, Conservation International Plastics & Pollution
Plastic is choking the world’s oceans — threatening vital ecosystems, coastal economies and the health of billions of people who eat contaminated seafood.
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Eco Wave Power Energy Solutions
The California State Senate has unanimously passed California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy (“SB 605”). The bill was unanimously approved in three policy committees: the Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee; the Natural Resources and Water Committee; and the Appropriations Committee.
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Laura Ferguson, Tufts Now Energy Solutions
Efforts to shape a sustainable future for oceans inspire Tufts’ inaugural Bluetech Innovation Day.
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The Fish Site Energy Solutions
Scientists have been studying vessel operations in the open ocean aquaculture sector, with an emphasis on how weather conditions impact a fleet’s operational logistics.
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Michel Kerf, World Bank Blogs Tourism
Ocean-based natural capital valued at US$24 billion faces serious threats from pollution, global warming, mangrove destruction and overexploitation of ocean resources.
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The White House Energy Solutions
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would support coastal communities by fostering collaboration between different industries
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Oliver Balch, Reuters Plastics & Pollution
The latest expedition in National Geographic's Pristine Seas initiative has set sail in quest to map and protect the world's oceans.
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Responsible Seafood Advocate Fisheries & Aquaculture
More than a billion people rely on seafood as their primary food source. To protect fish and the oceans, we need to use science that is responsive to climate change. Adaptation and resilience are central to all environmental efforts.
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Rupert Howes, MSC Fisheries & Aquaculture
With the world’s population set to reach 10 billion by 2050 and food systems and the environment already under intense strain, fresh thinking is required to meet the challenges ahead.
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Brent Addleman, The Center Square Fisheries & Aquaculture
Supporting Maine’s aquaculture and economy is the focus of a new bipartisan U.S. House bill.
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Tania Bryer, CNBC
Peter Thomson, the United Nations secretary-general’s special envoy for the ocean, talks to CNBC’s Tania Bryer about World Oceans Day and about the investment opportunities he sees in the “blue” economy.
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Lombard Odier Energy Solutions
Too often underestimated, oceans are one of our most precious natural resources, covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and home to some of the most important of the planet’s life.
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Vartan Badalian, GreenBiz Shipping & Ports
The International Maritime Organization aims to adopt a revised greenhouse gas emission strategy for the shipping sector.
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World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact
A blog by Josh Hasdell, former marine biologist who now leads KPMG’s blue-economy network on how harnessing the power of the ocean can prove to be a cost-efficient, quick and effective solution in mitigating the climate crisis.
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United Nations News Plastics & Pollution
“Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide – one third of which is used just once”, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed’s greatest potential to be both commercially successful and environmentally positive is using it as a biostimulant in order to increase terrestrial crops yields, while reducing the traditional agriculture sector’s reliance on chemical fertiisers, rather than as a means of sequestering blue carbon.
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Rob Jordan, Standford News Fisheries & Aquaculture
Quantifying mangroves’ value as a climate solution and economic engine.
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Hanna Gezelius , IntraFish Fisheries & Aquaculture
The blue economy is attracting growing investor interest, and more capital is coming into the sector, but there are still not enough funds to support the sector, Ocean 14 Capital co-founder Chris Gorell-Barnes said during a panel discussion at the event, which ran May 23 - 24.
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