Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Can brands make reusable packaging more attractive than single-use plastic? NFTs could be the answer
Emma Samson, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
The reusable packaging market could be a $10 billion opportunity to eliminate single-use plastic.
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Karen Shapiro & Emma Zhang, The Conversation Plastics & Pollution
Typically when people hear about plastic pollution, they might envision seabirds with bellies full of trash or sea turtles with plastic straws in their noses.
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Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara Fisheries & Aquaculture
With swift, concerted and careful action, the ocean can be sustainably cultivated to provide food for future populations.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Climate Foundation’s SeaForestation project has won a Milestone XPRIZE for carbon removal, from Elon Musk’s foundation.
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Guardian Energy Solutions
Experts say Wales has huge potential for generating renewable marine power, yet, so far, ambitious schemes have been ignored.
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CJ Clouse, The Guardian
Frustration among scientists as many islands, hard hit by Covid and hurricanes, struggle to fight stony coral tissue loss disease.
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Investable Oceans Fisheries & Aquaculture
The third installment of our “Cooking4Climate” Series - kelp burgers. Regenerative and really good!
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Reef Builders Fisheries & Aquaculture
You might have heard of a seed bank but have you ever heard of a Living Coral Biobank?
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Richard Orange, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap the marine plant’s huge potential.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aqua-spark has released its second edition of the Aqua Insights report and focuses its analysis on the investment landscape for digital aquatech.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry is essential for global trade and yet also responsible for around 2.5% of greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), which could rise by 50-250% by 2050 if shipping is not decarbonised, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
The seventh Our Ocean Conference took place in the Pacific island nation of Palau on April 13 and 14.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 24 marine initiatives at the Our Ocean Conference, which took place in Palau this week.
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Micheline Khan & Eliza Northrop, World Resources Institute
Sustainability and equity are two sides of the same coin.
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Back to Blue Initiative Fisheries & Aquaculture
At least 14 firms, from Hong Kong to Montreal, are “cultivating” seafood entirely in laboratories.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Scientists from NOAA recently delivered a number of talks on how Aquaculture Opportunity Areas can develop economic and environmental resiliency, and serve as a vital complement to wild-catch fisheries.
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Asian Development Bank
The Blue Bond Incubator is supported by ADB’s Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund (ACliFF) and will help scale up sovereign and corporate blue bond issuances for critical ocean investment.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Alt Protein Project is creating a transdisciplinary capacity and collaborative environment by linking theory and practice.
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Safi Bugel, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions
Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are powerful nature-based net-zero solutions.
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