Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
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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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
The promise of ocean observation data for growth in the blue economy.
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Ronald Tardiff, World Ocean Initiative
Ronald Tardiff of the World Economic Forum (WEF) announces the winners of the Blue Carbon Challenge.
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Cliff White, Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
The fund will invest in companies that are working to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
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UN Environment Programme Plastics & Pollution
Nations commit to develop a legally binding agreement.
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Stacy Baez, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mapping and carbon assessment project will provide the first-ever field validated map and estimate the amount of carbon held within the country’s seagrass meadows.
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Patricia Scotland, World Ocean Initiative
Ocean action deserves deep pockets, says World Ocean Summit speaker the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, secretary-general of the Commonwealth.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Cell-cultured salmon pioneer Wildtype has attracted investment from some big names in the food and entertainment industry as it completes is $100 million series B funding round.
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Ching-Piao Tsai, World Ocean Initiative
A speaker blog from World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific speaker Ching-Piao Tsai.
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Holly Binns & Justin Grubich, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture
Research shows healthy areas that will benefit manatees and other wildlife, coastal economies, and the new Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
From blue events to highly anticipated treaties, this year the ocean takes centre stage.
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Jeremy Miller for The Sierra Club Plastics & Pollution
According to an estimate from the World Economic Forum, the number of microplastics that find their way to the ocean every year by way of paint flaking from steel surfaces is equivalent to the plastic of 150 to 225 billion empty plastic bottles.
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