Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Dan Crockett, Blue Marine Foundation Energy Solutions
In June this year, immediately ahead of the G7, Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) held a one-day Blue Carbon Conference.
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Julia Conley, Common Dreams
A vote overwhelmingly in favor of placing a moratorium on deep sea mineral mining at a global biodiversity summit this week has put urgent pressure on the International Seabed Authority to strictly regulate the practice.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A “new generation seaweed accelerator” has been launched this week, in a bid to increase organic seaweed aquaculture.
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Tom Dillon, The PEW Charitable Trusts
Overfishing, global warming, and other threats are driving momentum to conserve 30% of the seas by 2030.
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz/WEF Energy Solutions
We have to start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said last month.
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Schmid, A.G., et al., The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Our research set out to understand how many times you have to reuse a container for it to be the more eco-friendly choice, in the context of the takeaway food industry.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
On the day of the publication of Aqua-Spark’s new report on tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa, Willem van Pijl and Amy Novogratz reflect on what they’ve learned and what they’re hoping to achieve through the process, as they approach the launch of a $50 million African aquaculture fund.
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André Hoffmann & Katell Le Goulven, World Economic Forum
Forward-thinking business leaders understand that nature and economics are inextricably linked.
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Ted Janulis, Investable Oceans
ESG and sustainable investing have taken center stage in asset management. Climate and now oceans are leaders in this elevation with a proliferation of products, firms, and frameworks increasingly on investors’ radar screens.
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Anjan Ray, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
On the current trajectory, sustainable fuels will only supply a small percentage of aviation and shipping needs. Favourable government policies are needed to increase production and adoption of sustainable fuels in both sectors.
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Fast Company Tourism
From Airbnb and Hipcamp to Delta Airlines and Ennismore hotels, these 10 travel companies found reasons to be optimistic in an unprecedented year for tourism and hospitality.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
Artisanal fishermen in Ecuador talk about the sustainability, illegal fishing and regulatory challenges impacting their livelihoods.
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The Jerusalem Post Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study from TAU and UC Berkeley suggests seaweed farms provide significant benefits to the environment.
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Paola Rosa-Aquino, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Technology could help power a clean energy transition if it can overcome hurdles of cost, design and opposition from fishing.
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Rochelle Beighton, CNN Shipping & Ports
A Norwegian company has created what it calls the world's first zero-emission, autonomous cargo ship.
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World Wildlife Fund Plastics & Pollution
A global reporting mechanism to ensure accurate and consistent waste management monitoring is essential to address the disparities in our understanding of plastic mismanagement and facilitate effective mitigation.
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Emma Samson, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
To build a trash-to-treasure or waste-to-product mindset, the financial and sustainability benefits must be better understood by plastic producers.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
Power generated at sea has enormous potential to help decarbonise the world’s energy systems, but the sector needs to scale up fast.
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Stine Jacobsen, Reuters Shipping & Ports
A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said on Tuesday it had ordered eight vessels which are able to run on carbon-neutral methanol to accelerate the decarbonisation of its fleet and meet increased customer demand for greener transportation.
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Melissa Clark, The New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture
There are only a handful of these farms in the United States, most run by fishing families in Maine. But their number is growing.
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