Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Minderoo Foundation Plastics & Pollution
Minderoo Foundation’s Strategic Impact Fund (SIF) has committed €5 million (A$8.9m) to a global investment initiative focused on advancing scalable solutions to restore ocean health and build a sustainable blue economy.
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Dianne Plummer, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
As the world battles rising chronic disease and climate instability, seaweed is emerging as a rare solution to both.
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Simon Jessop & Virginia Furness, Reuters Plastics & Pollution
The world is expected to need to suck between five and 10 billion tons a year of carbon emissions out of the atmosphere by mid-century to reach its climate goals, yet at the moment most technologies are small scale.
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Danielle Rossingh, Impact Investor Plastics & Pollution
Six public development banks from Europe and Asia launched the Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 as the third United Nations Ocean Conference kicked off this week.
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Rob Kaplan, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
The world is finally catching up to a simple fact: you cannot solve the ocean plastics crisis in the ocean alone. You need to solve it on land too.
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Rob Kaplan, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
Could now be a moment of opportunity for investors looking to make money and a positive impact?
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Sasha Ranevska, Carbon Herald Plastics & Pollution
This week, ocean health organization Ocean Visions launched the Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Ecosystem Database, a platform containing up-to-date information on the entities active in this decarbonization sector.
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YourStory Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Seaweed-based edible sachets are revolutionizing packaging, allowing you to enjoy your ketchup without contributing to plastic pollution.
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Jason W. Ingle, Third Nature Plastics & Pollution
Across the entire plastic lifecycle, new solutions are being developed that have the potential to drive real change.
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Grace Atkinson, Gayle Markovitz, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Pollution forms part of the 'triple planetary crisis', along with climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Kelly Belcher, J.P. Morgan Plastics & Pollution
The ocean is key to our climate and economy. Explore innovation under way in blue technology—tech focused on addressing ocean and climate challenges.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week.
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Katherine Donlevy, New York Post Plastics & Pollution
Looks like Queens is turning into the oysters’ Rockefeller Center.
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Marina Novelli & Jo Hendrickx, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
While the path towards plastic-free tourism may be a challenging one, the benefits for the planet and society alike make it one worth travelling.
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The Maritime Executive Plastics & Pollution
A project assessing the technical feasibility of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) in the shipping sector, carried out by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Stena Bulk together with a consortium of the world's leading maritime organisations...
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Kristin Kleisner & Mattias Cape, Environmental Defense Fund Plastics & Pollution
The oceans are a massive carbon sink. Researchers, companies and governments are exploring whether we can engineer coastal and ocean systems to store even more carbon.
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NOAA Plastics & Pollution
International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea level, and ocean heat in 2023.
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Back to Blue Plastics & Pollution
Chesapeake Bay, on the coast of the north-eastern US, has been the lifeblood for communities for millennia.
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Jamie Hailstone, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
In an interview, Ocean Conservancy’s associate director for oceans plastics research, Dr. Britta Baechler said because of their size, microplastics are prevelent in the entire marine eco-system.
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Julia Marsh & Emy Kane, World Ocean Initiative Plastics & Pollution
As consumers demand more sustainable products and packaging, major brands are seeking vetted alternatives to displace traditional plastics at scale in order to usher in a new, more circular economy.
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