Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
The 2021 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers list has been announced, featuring a diverse and inclusive line-up.
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Jasper Jolly, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Group controlling $41tn in assets sign joint statement calling on world leaders to bolster net zero targets.
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Climate & Capital Media Team Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A blend of ancient and cutting-edge, TransOceanic Wind Transport uses wind-powered vessels to meet modern shipping needs.
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Climate & Capital Media Team Energy Solutions
Orbital Marine Power is harnessing Scotland’s ocean currents for sustainable power.
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Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Global offshore wind has grown from 2.2 gigawatts in 2016 to 6.1 gigawatts in 2020.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering Energy Solutions
It turns out that fitting panels above the waterways using suspension cables also provides a surprisingly powerful benefit for the canals themselves.
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Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution.
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Kari Huus, Climate & Capital Media Energy Solutions
Your 2021 cheat sheet for the intersection between climate activism and climate finance.
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Kevin Soubly & Lauren Uppink, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Tourism
Decarbonising aviation is only possible with the support of both international political leadership and public-private collaboration.
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Katharine Rooney, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Some of the tiniest life forms in the sea are playing a mighty role in protecting life on Earth.
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Nina Chestney, Reuters Energy Solutions
Investors should not fund new oil, gas and coal supply projects if the world wants to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, in the top global watchdog's starkest warning yet to curb fossil fuels.
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Peter Thomson, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
A transformative scaling up of public and private financing of ocean-based economic activities will accelerate our advance to a net-zero carbon world by 2050.
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Oliver Milman, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Flying on batteries presents major technological challenges but companies will be demonstrating their best efforts over the next year in California.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions in the here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order.
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Bill Prindle, The Hill Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
On Earth Day, President Biden pledged to cut 50 to 52 percent of U.S. carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. A prerequisite for rejoining the Paris Agreement, this commitment reflects scientific assessments of the reductions needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
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Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Carbon emissions are a huge contributor to climate change, so companies are getting creative about finding ways to suck the heat-trapping element out of the atmosphere and slow global warming.
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Roger Bales & Brandi McKuin, The Conversation Energy Solutions
Climate change and water scarcity are front and center in the western U.S. The region’s climate is warming, a severe multi-year drought is underway and groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many locations.
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Kate Connolly, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Germany’s supreme constitutional court has ruled that the government’s climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations, after a complaint brought by environmentalist groups.
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Kate Sullivan & Kevin Liptak, CNN Energy Solutions
President Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Swirling and meandering ocean currents that help shape the world’s climate have gone through a “global-scale reorganisation” over the past three decades, according to new research.
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