Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Peter Horn & Katherine Hanly, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Funding and related assistance programme could help developing nations improve fisheries sustainability.
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Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, et al., World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
When birdsong was filling the muted days of the first lockdown, marine scientists were noticing something similar in the world’s oceans.
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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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Writing Staff, Modern Diplomacy Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The World Bank today published new research on decarbonizing the maritime transport sector with findings that indicate significant business and development opportunities for countries, including for developing and emerging economies.
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The World Bank Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A new series of reports by the World Bank identifies “green fuels” - ammonia and hydrogen - as the most promising zero-carbon bunker fuels within the shipping industry at present.
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Yuka Obayashi, Maritime Logistics Professional Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Japan’s port of Tokyo will waive an entry fee from next month for ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen, as well as LNG bunkering ships, in a bid to promote the use of cleaner marine fuels, authorities said on Friday.
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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The majority of the world is working together to reverse the massive plastic pollution problem. But, the world's leading producer of plastic waste, the U.S., isn't on board and isn't following the rules.
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
German energy company Uniper announced that it is launching a program designed to scale up green methanol positioning it as a sustainable and carbon-neutral marine fuel.
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Shipping & Ports
Shipping industry representatives, backed by several countries, have submitted a proposal to the UN to charge a climate-related levy on fossil fuels used by international shipping for the first time.
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University of Portsmouth, Phys Org Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Ships are the polluting 'elephants in the room' nobody is talking about despite a global drive to make oceans cleaner, according to new research.
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Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Shipping & Ports
Maersk says it will launch the world's first carbon neutral cargo ship in 2023, as efforts to clean up one of the planet's worst polluting industries gain momentum.
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Institute of Food Technologies Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Today, five of the most influential industry and multi-stakeholder platforms in the seafood sector have released a joint statement calling for action to combat the scourge of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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ECO Magazine Shipping & Ports
Lucion Services, an international leader in environmental risk management services including hazardous material risk management for vessels, offshore platforms and ship recycling facilities through Lucion Marine, has announced the roll-out of fleet technology that will prevent nearly a thousand tonnes of CO2 from entering the earth’s atmosphere over the next five years.
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James Bray, World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
Shipping accounts for 2-3% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, which puts it about on the same level as an entire country, such as Germany or Japan, as an emitter. The industry’s emissions are projected to rise by up to 250% in the next 30 years if no action is taken.
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
France’s Michelin Group joined a growing number of global brands committing to use a sail-powered carbon-free shipping alternative for its products.
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Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
Two additional shipping companies, ONE and Eastern Pacific Shipping, recently completed successful trials of biofuels on their in-service ships.
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Peter Keller, The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
Today, LNG-fuelled vessels amount to approximately 13% of the current newbuild order book and estimates for 2021 and beyond show continuing growth in many classes of vessels. Importantly, 2020 also saw the first uses of bio-LNG by deep-sea ocean vessels, thereby reducing the carbon footprints of these vessels.
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Eliza Northrop and Mario Finch, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Here are four areas that offer opportunities for ocean-based climate action in NDCs.
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Emily Beament, Yahoo! Finance Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Restoring the UK’s seas from their damaged state could give a £50 billion boost to the economy, create thousands of new jobs and help the climate crisis, a report says.
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