Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Katanga Johnson, Reuters Energy Solutions
The U.S. securities regulator on Monday proposed requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose a range of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of President Joe Biden's push to join global efforts to avert climate-related catastrophes.
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Elizabeth Fitt, Mongabay
Hopes were high that after 10 years of discussion and three previous negotiating sessions, delegates to the meeting would finalize a legally binding treaty.
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Declan McAdams & Torleiv Njaa, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Paint is a major source of microplastics in the ocean, although the scale of the issue has only recently been highlighted.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Guest writer James Harper, COP26 lead for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), dives into the magic of our saltwater world.
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Global Environment Facility
First beta version of framework marks an important step by the market to tackle the risk of nature loss and incorporate nature-related risk and opportunity analysis into the heart of corporate and financial decision making.
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Megan Howell, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Though seaweed operations are diverse – specialising in various species and operating in different economic circumstances – today’s macroalgae practitioners need to stay grounded in science as they work towards their scale and sustainability goals for 2030.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Agreement can complement current efforts to manage valuable species such as tunas.
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United Nations in Western Europe
40% of the world’s population live near coastal areas, more than 3 billion people utilize the oceans for their livelihood, and 80% of world trade is achieved using the seas.
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Eric Niiler, The Wall Street Journal Energy Solutions
Tinkering with the water’s chemistry, trying ways to send CO2 to the deep sea: Scientists and entrepreneurs look at innovative methods to boost carbon capture—and the risks they could bring. Read the full story here
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Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic Fisheries & Aquaculture
A new study found two common reef-builders can cope with 2ºC of global warming.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian
Negotiators aim to agree on legal framework for protecting international waters that are key to ‘life as we know it’.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
According to Ohad Maiman, founder and CEO of The Kingfish Company, they can indeed – although he warned that sustainability is by no means “a free pass” to profitability.
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Karuna Rana, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with marine plastics being the most recognizable problem linked to the use of plastic.
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Tom Pickerell & Janine Felson, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
The high seas are largely unexplored, vastly deep, and teeming with marine life. Yet, there are outside of any country's jurisdiction.
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Dan Collyns, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
As the state, the refinery and tanker owners play the blame game, damage to the region’s ecosystems continues to spread.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Fisheries & Aquaculture
The 9th annual World Ocean Summit panel tackled the challenges of harvesting the ocean in a sustainable way.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Increased use of open data in electronic monitoring could help ensure a sustainable future for international fisheries.
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Ben Lincoln, et al., The Conversation Energy Solutions
Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes deep-water expansion possible.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
An expert panel during the 9th annual World Ocean Summit hosted by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) explored how blue bonds are demonstrating fiscal feasibility to reduce debt and conserve marine areas.
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Dennis Fritsch, World Ocean Initiative
2022 is gearing up to be a decisive year for the global ocean.
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