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A number of us have backgrounds in structured finance, so we’ve been excited for some time about the potential for blue bonds to help accelerate a sustainable ocean economy. In 2021 we co-hosted a panel of experts with DLA Piper to review the expanding array of offerings, which at the time included a pioneering Bank of China blue bond offering of nearly $1 billion.Read more → (7 minute read)
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Recent global heat waves, floods and fires are ringing alarms louder than ever, and there have been numerous outstanding analyses and reflections on our current situation. Here are a few suggestions for pieces that provide a broader perspective.Read more → (7 minute read)
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World Oceans Day at the United Nations was another huge success, thanks to inspired curation by Oceanic Global and the UN team.Read more → (6 minute read)
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Seaweed, as the expression goes, is having a moment. While it’s been a long-time dietary and cultural staple in many parts of the world, there’s been an explosion of interest and activity over the past several years in its myriad potential uses – from food to carbon capture to methane reduction to coastal resilience. Europe has been leading the charge in many ways, but the US and others are jumping in with enthusiasm.Read more → (7 minute read)
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This year’s Earth Day theme provides the opportunity to think about what investing in our planet means to different people and organizations, and how to drive action across those diverse perspectives and disciplines.Read more → (6 minute read)
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Recent COPs and conferences have generated a steady stream of ocean commitments, agreements and action. While there’s inevitably commentary that we’re not moving fast enough, the string of accomplishments is impressive and hard-won, and taken together feel like a foundation that will facilitate and accelerate further gains.Read more → (6 minute read)
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We hope everyone’s year is off to a great start. We’re excited about what’s coming for Investable Oceans and for the Blue Economy and, as always, are thrilled to have you here with us.
Like COP 27 (Climate) and COP 15 (Biodiversity), the World Economic Forum’s recent Davos 2023 conference sought to expand and strengthen its ocean focus.
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We hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable holiday season. As we head into 2023, we wanted to share a few last items:Read more → (7 minute read)
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Blue thread is the metaphor The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) used to connect 10 ocean activities at the COP.Read more → (6 minute read)
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Climate Week was hectic as usual and packed with gatherings. We participated in as many as we could, including World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Meetings (SDIM) , Nasdaq & WSJ Custom Events’ second annual ESG Leadership Forum, and the UNGC Ocean Stewardship Coalition’s Ocean at UNGA 2022.Read more → (5 minute read)
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With 6,000 people participating in hundreds of meetings and events addressing a kaleidoscopic range of issues, the UN Ocean conference last month is difficult to shrink-wrap into a few sentences.Read more → (5 minute read)
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Like many of you, we’re packing our bags for the long-awaited second UN Ocean Conference this coming week. We hope to see many of you! Ted, Glenn and Tariq will be there and look forward to connecting with old friends and making new ones.Read more → (6 minute read)
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The latest UN High Seas Treaty session wrapped up earlier this month. Torsten Thiele of Global Ocean Trust shares his thoughts here on what’s at stake, and an accompanying Guardian article provides a useful recap of the Treaty’s issues and progress.Read more → (5 minute read)
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At Monaco Ocean week we hear from multiple sources that the energy is high and the presentations are “new and varied” – covering seaweed, sea level rise, blue food, and sustainable fisheries among other topics.Read more → (6 minute read)
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Earlier this month France’s One Ocean Summit in Brest convened global leaders to address ocean pollution, climate change and governance. We feature one particularly innovative initiative below: a game changing, new global ocean finance ecosystem led by the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA).Read more → (5 minute read)
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This year is off to a fast start for the oceans, with a constant stream of innovations, programs and companies. We update our Quick Dips (short reads), Deep Dives (longer pieces) and Calendar (see below) pretty frequently; we hope that combination provides you with a useful resource to keep up to speed and engaged.Read more → (5 minute read)
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It was a busy year at Investable Oceans. We hosted over a dozen investor gatherings, generated funding for a number of companies, grew our investor community substantially, broadened and deepened our site content and participated in a wide array of panels, contests, competitions and conferences. We have no intention of slowing down in 2022, we share a sense of urgency with so many of you.Read more → (4 minute read)
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The world’s highest-level and largest climate summit, COP26, began on Nov. 1 and gaveled in an agreement on November 13th. COP's ultimate goal was to negotiate and produce agreements to limit global warming to 1.5℃. It made progress, but fell short: keeping warming to 1.5℃ is not yet within reach, but neither is the door entirely closed.Read more → (4 minute read)
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With COP26 less than a month away and the United Nations Oceans Conference now set for June 2022, there’s a palpable sense of energy and determination to take ocean and climate initiatives to a new level.Read more → (5 minute read)
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We hope you’ve had a safe and enjoyable summer.
Last month’s newsletter emphasized plastics: this month we’re shifting to climate, in recognition of the pioneering and sobering Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) released by the IPCC this month that adds to the wake-up calls of the last several years.
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