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European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries & Joint Research Centre Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The new edition of the EU Blue Economy Report is out, offering an in-depth analysis of European blue economy sectors and their performances based on the latest available data.
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UNESCO / IOC
The State of the Ocean Report has the ambition to inform policymakers about the state of the ocean and to stimulate research and policy actions towards ‘the ocean we need for the future we want’, contributing to the 2030 Agenda and in particular SDG 14, as well as other global processes such as the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Karen Filbee-Dexter, et al., Nature Geoscience Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
The coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions.
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Derek Lemoine & Sarah Kapnick, Nature Communications
Scientific agencies spend substantial sums producing and improving forecasts of seasonal climate, but they do so without much information about these forecasts’ value in practice.
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Elizabeth P. Pike, et al., Conservation Letters
The international community’s commitment to protect at least 30 percent of our ocean by 2030—a goal known as “30x30”—is both inspiring and challenging; but this effort must go beyond mere numbers and strive for quality, effectiveness, and holistic conservation.
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World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact
Insights from the 11th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo.
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Sean Wolpert, Oceanographic Magazine
The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.
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High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy
Ocean Panel Blue Paper exploring the topic of human health and its relationship with the ocean.
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UNEP FI
The 2024 Climate Risk Landscape Report serves as a comprehensive resource delving into the available tools for financial institutions to assess physical and transition climate risks and boost their institution’s resilience to related impacts.
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ORRAA, Minderoo Foundation, Callund Consulting
New research done on establishing a specialist “one-stop-shop” BBI for structuring primary blue bond issues that contribute to a sustainable Ocean economy, delivering coastal resilience, climate stabilisation and protecting the most vulnerable ocean ecosystems.
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Georgina Valentine Wood, et al., Frontiers in Marine Science Fisheries & Aquaculture
To counteract the rapid loss of marine forests globally and meet international commitments of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Convention on Biological Diversity ‘30 by 30’ targets, there is an urgent need to enhance our capacity for macroalgal restoration.
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Nathan J. Bennett, Elisa Morgera & David Boyd, Nature Plastics & Pollution
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2022 that formally recognizes that there is a universal human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
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Nathan J. Bennett, et al., Nature
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2022 that formally recognizes that there is a universal human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Yet there is evidence that human rights impacts associated with the degradation of the ocean environment are accelerating.
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Phys Org, Frontiers in Marine Science
Reduce pollution, establish protected areas, manage fisheries properly? How to protect coral reefs based on carbon trading.
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One Ocean Foundation Shipping & Ports
New analysis on the sustainability of Ports & Warehousing.
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Hatch Innovation Services Fisheries & Aquaculture
This report explores the viability and need for a tropical seaweed resilience institute to work as an international umbrella organization supporting the upstream development of the tropical seaweed industry in different countries.
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Romany Webb, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
This paper explores the treatment of ocean CDR under three key international agreements governing ocean-based activities.
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Lauren Meghan Lynch, WWF US Fisheries & Aquaculture
The summer of 2023 saw record-breaking temperatures in our
oceans, with many areas more than 3*C (5.4*F) warmer than usual. Such marine heatwaves, alongside many other anthropogenic
impacts, are pushing nature beyond its limits, threatening marine
wildlife, fisheries productivity and the livelihoods of millions of
people.
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IUCN
A regenerative blue economy relies on flourishing ocean ecosystems and biodiversity, but it also helps the ocean in turn to flourish.
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Conservation Letters Fisheries & Aquaculture
Though ubiquitous, “destructive fishing” is undefined and therefore currently immeasurable. Here we propose a definition developed through expert consultation
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