Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Alexandra Cousteau
When I reflect on my earliest memories of the ocean, I go back to a world of vibrant and colorful abundance.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
New research suggests that the carbon capture capabilities of fish farms may help to offset industry carbon emissions.
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Ilana Seid, Project Syndicate
To date, the ocean has largely been treated as an afterthought in global climate strategies, sidelined in favor of more visible priorities like renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions.
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Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, Ocean Visions
2024 has been a consequential year for international discussions on the linkages between action on climate change and ocean health.
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David Hume, The Liquid Grid Shipping & Ports
After nearly four years of development, the US Government has published its first National Maritime Decarbonization Strategy this week.
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NOAA
Ocean entrepreneurs to spur new technology, services that strengthen our coasts.
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The Vital Role of Family Offices in Scaling Innovations to Drive the Future of the Energy Transition
James Lindsay, Builders Vision Energy Solutions
Builders Vision's James Lindsay discusses how the platform is addressing the FOAK funding gap and highlights the opportunity for family offices.
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Stephen Hurford, Global Venturing Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The need to decarbonise the shipping industry is urgent, but with clean fuels a long way off, CVCs are picking different strategies.
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Ocean 14 Capital
A ‘new era for climate finance’ was signalled at COP29, which saw a $300 billion annual finance target by levying 5% on carbon trades as a way to unlock private sector funding by 2025.
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Joseph Appiott, World Economic Forum
This October, the global community met in Cali, Colombia, at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16).
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Jennifer Marston, AFN Fisheries & Aquaculture
VC investment into aquaculture startups broke records last year, according to new data from PitchBook that highlights $1 billion invested in the sector in 2023.
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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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Rachel Winters, The Nature Conservancy
The Bahamas Debt Conversion Project for Marine Conservation expected to generate an estimated USD 124 million for nature & climate over next 15 years.
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Take the quiz to test your knowledge about one of the top threats to the world’s ocean.
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Virginia Furness, Reuters
The Bahamas has unlocked more than $120 million to fund the conservation and management of its oceans and mangroves with a debt swap financed by Standard Chartered and backed by the private sector.
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Angelique Pouponneau, Jessica Bridgland & Arlette Schramm, GOAP
This article examines the current state of sustainable blue economy investment, its potential benefits, and the roles various stakeholders can play in its development.
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Poppy Russell, Counteract
As investors committed to catalysing the carbon removal industry, we approach ocean-based solutions with a careful balance.
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Ocean & Climate Platform
Last year, COP28 concluded the first-ever Global Stocktake – a two-year process designed to assess progress made by the international community towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Jean-Christophe Vandevelde & Daniel Steadman, Pew
Declines in fish and seabird populations point to need for ecosystem-based approach.
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Erin Spampinato, Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture now produces more than half of the world’s seafood.
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