Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Blue Power Connectors Team, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions
A new competition seeks new concepts to integrate wave energy with autonomous underwater vehicles.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A brand-new aquaculture facility has been opened in the New Zealand port of Tauranga as part of a $13 million algal biotechnology research project.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition Plastics & Pollution
Last week, the UN held the final Expert Group meeting on marine litter and microplastics, one of the last formal steps before United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) discusses creation of an international negotiating committee.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The growth and improvement of freshwater aquaculture systems should not be neglected, despite a widespread tendency by investors and policymakers to look towards the oceans as the key area for the growth of global fish farming.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
More than two-thirds of UN member states have declared they are open to a new agreement to stem the rising tide of plastic waste.
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Allen Kim, CNN Energy Solutions
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will give $791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are working to protect the environment.
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Economic Development, UN News Fisheries & Aquaculture
In the first story of a two-part series looking at the opportunities and challenges facing Ocean farming, we take a look at the huge potential role of seaweed in mitigating climate change, cutting marine pollution, and achieving the UN goal of Zero Hunger.
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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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