Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Lucy Sherriff, The Washington Post Fisheries & Aquaculture
The population of kelp forests, which help clean the air, has fallen dramatically. That has environmentalists worried.
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Helen Scales, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture
From giant clams to zebra shark, marine biologists want to replace lost and vanishing species at sea but face unique obstacles – not least rampant overfishing
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Gabriel Leigh, Bloomberg Green Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Hop on a ferry in Norway and it’s increasingly likely that the rumble of a diesel engine will have been replaced by the quiet hum of an electric motor.
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Lauren Uppink, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Tourism
The World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative created a new certificate system to enable customers to take ownership of their emissions reduction goals.
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Shravan Bhat & James Mitchell, RMI Shipping & Ports
Staff at RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (the Center) analyzed how financial institutions are helping shape the shipping sector’s decarbonization journey through the Poseidon Principles.
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Sandra Laville, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Scientists say agreement must cover extraction of raw materials and pollution that blights seas and land.
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Douglas Broom, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
How can we stop our waste ending up in landfill or even the ocean? The answer is to match material with the people who can reuse it.
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Daniel Gleeson, International Mining Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Anglo American says it has successfully trialled the use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa.
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Clayton Starr, The Liquid Grid
In this interview, Mark Huang, one of the co-founders of SeaAhead, answers questions about their bluetech platform, startups, investing, and growing the blue economy.
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Dennis Mombauer, Mongabay
Authorities in Sri Lanka have called for a renewed focus on conserving the island’s rich coastal ecosystems, identifying the “blue economy” as key to the nation’s sustainable development.
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Johnny Wood, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
River clean-ups help reduce the volume of plastic waste that reaches our oceans.
Innovative ideas and science are helping community leaders and policymakers tackle the plastic-waste problem.
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World Economic Forum Tourism
The World Ocean Summit heard about the sector’s pathways towards environmental sustainability.
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Janelle Nanos, Boston Globe Fisheries & Aquaculture
With warming oceans threatening lobstering, kelp farming could become a major industry.
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Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
This group of Pacific island nations banded together to fight back and win – for themselves and for fish stocks.
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The Economist Fisheries & Aquaculture
Kelp helps farmers’ wallets and the world.
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World Ocean Initiative Plastics & Pollution
Recent webinar discusses collaboration along the value chain to improve waste management and change consumer habits.
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Alleway H, et al., The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
The aquaculture of edible bivalves and seaweeds can have a positive impact on marine habitat for fish and invertebrates, including crabs and lobsters, according to a new study.
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Kate Danaher, s2g ventures
After months of meetings, research, diligence and onboarding, S2G is excited to announce the first investments from our Oceans and Seafood Fund.
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Constance Agyeman, GreenBiz Plastics & Pollution
Using a human-centered approach to innovation can help us to address both issues at once — reducing marine plastic pollution while empowering women.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
Christian Vaterlaus, founder of Marine Cultures, explains how sea sponge farming is helping both humans and the environment in Zanzibar and beyond.
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