Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Nathanial Matthews, Karen Sack and Chip Cunliffe - World Economic Forum
Ocean-derived risks are multiplying. Investing in coastal nature-based solutions can help address them. Our ocean is changing at the fastest rate in human history, with wide-ranging implications for billions of people.
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Maksim Soshkin & Isobel Fenton, World Economic Forum Tourism
Conscientious and sustainable tourism practices can help local populations and the environment.
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Editorial Staff, Renewable Energy Magazine Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Marine industry experts from Portugal and Canada are staging a special Blue Economy conference to spark transatlantic business growth. WavEC Offshore Renewables is teaming up with the Embassy of Canada to Portugal to host ‘Advancing the Blue Economy through Intercontinental Collaboration’.
It will run Dec. 9-10, 2020.
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Michael Holder, Business Green Energy Solutions
UK water companies have drawn up a joint roadmap to rapidly decarbonise the industry within a decade, today unveiling a multi-billion pound plan to harness green gas, renewable power, electric vehicles, and nature-based climate solutions to deliver net zero emissions across the entire sector by 2030.
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Cecilia Keating, Business Green Energy Solutions
The world's largest offshore floating wind project marked a major milestone this week, after MHI Vestas announced it had successfully installed one of the project's 9.5MW turbines on its floating foundation.
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Ian Caldwell Fisheries & Aquaculture
Adding seaweed to animals’ diet specifically to reduce their methane production is a relatively new idea.
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Science Daily Plastics & Pollution
A study published today in the journal Science Advances has revealed that the United States ranks as high as third among countries contributing to coastal plastic pollution when taking into account its scrap plastic exports as well as the latest figures on illegal dumping and littering in the country.
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Robert Jones and Georg Baunach Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture is now the fastest growing form of food production. But can we go a step further and create a future where aquaculture grows in a way that contributes positively to ocean health?
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Michael Holder, Business Green
Schroders survey of 650 institutional investors managing $25.9tr worldwide signals surging interest in active company engagement on green issues.
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Climate Fund Managers Fisheries & Aquaculture
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and Eos Capital announce a partnership between Climate Investor Two (managed by Climate Fund Managers), Kelp Blue and the Namibia Infrastructure Development and Investment Fund (NIDIF), managed by Eos Capital, for the commercial development of the world’s first large-scale kelp farm.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Plans to invest $60 million to create the world’s largest kelp farm 3-10 kilometres off the coast of Namibia have been announced today.
A joint project involving Kelp Blue, Climate Investor Two (CI2) and the Namibia Infrastructure Development and Investment Fund (NIDIF), the funding will cover the initial five-year phase, and will come from both international and local Namibian sources through CI2 and NIDIF, pending investment approvals, while Kelp Blue will seek the necessary Namibian regulatory approvals and will liaise closely with local authorities.
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Toby Hill, Business Green Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Work to scale-up production of a protein animal feed aimed at transforming the aquaculture industry has received a boost this week, with UK biotech company Deep Branch having secured €2.5m funding from the Europe Innovation Council (EIC).
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Saqib Rahim, The Washington Post
Environmental threats to oceans around the world are prompting new approaches and deals to raise money for rescue efforts.
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Liz Hollaway, Ghislaine Llewellyn and Andy Steven, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
More than 3 billion people live near the ocean, affecting coastal resilience and climate change adaptation.
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Invest in jobs and the economy by eating more seafood.
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Rashid Sumaila, Mansi Konar, Ben Hart and Melissa Walsh, World Resources Institute
The impacts of climate change, pollution and overfishing put mounting pressure on the ocean, its natural capital and the services it provides. To change this trajectory, it is imperative that capital of all types go toward building ocean resilience and minimizing ocean risks by restoring, protecting and effectively managing how humans use ocean ecosystems.
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World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions
The EU is already a leader in tidal, wave and offshore wind energy. And now green hydrogen offers huge potential to accelerate the ocean energy opportunity.
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Rhett Butler Fisheries & Aquaculture
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the foundation launched by businessman and former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, is one of the world’s largest charitable organizations. One of its priority focal areas is the environment: specifically combating climate change by accelerating the transition to clean energy, greening the world’s cities, and protecting the health and productivity of oceans.
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Marlon Joseph Apanada, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions
As Indonesia, the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia recover from the effects of COVID-19, it is necessary to enact policies for sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth. Building back better today by investing in clean energy can secure a prosperous and progressive future for all.
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Try something new and invest in the economy by eating these lesser-known fish caught by U.S. fishermen.
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