Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 24 marine initiatives at the Our Ocean Conference, which took place in Palau this week.
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Micheline Khan & Eliza Northrop, World Resources Institute
Sustainability and equity are two sides of the same coin.
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Back to Blue Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
At least 14 firms, from Hong Kong to Montreal, are “cultivating” seafood entirely in laboratories.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Scientists from NOAA recently delivered a number of talks on how Aquaculture Opportunity Areas can develop economic and environmental resiliency, and serve as a vital complement to wild-catch fisheries.
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Asian Development Bank
The Blue Bond Incubator is supported by ADB’s Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund (ACliFF) and will help scale up sovereign and corporate blue bond issuances for critical ocean investment.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Alt Protein Project is creating a transdisciplinary capacity and collaborative environment by linking theory and practice.
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Safi Bugel, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.
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David King & Jane Lichtenstein, The Conversation Energy Solutions
It’s time to turn to our oceans for help, an approach consistent with the IPCC’s climate objectives, yet which remains relatively overlooked.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Shipping & Ports
As climate crisis allows new maritime routes to be used, sooty shipping emissions accelerates ice melt and risk to ecosystems.
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Planet Tracker
With widespread funding shortages seeing the majority of Marine Protected Areas fall short on conservation objectives, Planet Tracker introduces a new instrument to incentivise efficiency.
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Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The second installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp smoothies. Good for you and good for the planet.
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UNCTAD
The ocean is a source of opportunities to sustain livelihoods, trade and mitigate climate change. But the health of the ocean is deteriotrating and the economies it supports are under threat.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
An impressive array of commercial aquaculture veterans, successful seafood entrepreneurs and venture capitalist has teamed up with Hatch Blue in order to invest in regenerative and sustainable aquaculture.
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Explainer: Key points from the final section of the IPCC’s latest review of climate science.
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Michael Holder, Business Green Energy Solutions
The world already has the technologies, expertise, and financial capabilities across every sector of the economy to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade.
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United Nations in Western Europe Energy Solutions
New IPCC Working Group III report released today.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Israeli startup Wanda Fish Technologies will accelerate production of its cell-cultured fish alongside David Kaplan, a leading researcher in cellular agriculture at Tufts University.
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Investment Monitor Fisheries & Aquaculture
As investment in agri-food tech hits record-breaking levels, Singapore is helping entrepreneurs, industry, academia and the investment community to come together and drive new possibilities in the field of aquaculture.
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World Ocean Observatory & Schmidt Ocean Institute
A new interactive online exhibit lets audiences experience deep-sea animals and environments that are impossible to explore in-person.
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