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World Economic Forum, McKinsey & Company Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
This paper aims to shift the conversation from awareness to action – from seeing the ocean primarily as an environmental concern to engaging with it as a foundation of economic resilience and long-term value creation.
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World Economic Forum, Bain & Company Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Amid rising global energy demand and evolving market dynamics, clean fuels are a key pillar for a more secure, affordable and sustainable energy system.
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Micheline Khan, et al., World Resources Institute Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
This working paper provides a forward-looking preliminary analysis of how countries are integrating ocean-based climate actions into the 2025 NDCs submitted following the first Global Stocktake. It identifies trends in ambition, equity, and implementation readiness across ocean-related targets, policies, and measures.
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Julia Tilton & Maria Gallucci, Canary Media Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Battery-powered vessels are catching on in the U.S. and globally as the tech improves. In Maine’s Casco Bay, early adopters are using e-boats on oyster farms.
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European Commission Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The eighth edition of the EU Blue Economy Report, presented in a new layout, provides a thorough overview of the scale and breadth of the Blue Economy within the European Union (EU).
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OECD Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The OECD report The Ocean Economy to 2050 provides groundbreaking data, analysis, and insights to support policymakers in fostering a sustainable and resilient ocean economy.
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Phoebe Koundouri, Ebun Akinsete, Angelos Alamanos & Alice Guittard, Dialogue Earth Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Massive investment is needed to deliver the promise of the Ocean Decade, write four researchers.
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Hanh Nguyen, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
With 130 countries committed to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, the offshore wind sector offers a robust means of harnessing the ocean’s abundant energy.
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Andreas Oschiles, et al., Frontiers Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
The Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C requires drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and the balancing of any remaining emissions by carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
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Elizabeth Yankovsky, et al., EGUSphere Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Limiting global warming to 2 °C by the end of the century requires dramatically reducing CO2 emissions, and also implementing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
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Aly Rose, David Siap, CREO Energy Solutions
The offshore wind resource is massive, 71 TW per the World Bank. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global offshore wind resource is 18x the world’scurrent electricity demand and, of this, 80% is floatingand 20% is fixed.
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ORRAA and Ocean Conservancy Energy Solutions
This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current climate finance landscape and renewable energy financing avenues, highlighting the transformative potential of concessional finance in accelerating the deployment of offshore wind projects in developing countries.
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CREO Advisory Energy Solutions
The private sector has a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on the growing momentum in global climate and sustainability (“climate”) finance.
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The Biden Administration Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
As climate impacts on our ocean continue to intensify, it will be critical to build on the strong momentum for ocean climate action generated over the last several years and continue to take bold action to address the climate crisis.
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SeaAhead, Orsted, Venterra Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
This whitepaper focuses on the potential of offshore wind innovation in biodiversity protection, highlights technology and startups in the “bluetech” landscape, and classifies startups based upon their impact in the sector.
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European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries & Joint Research Centre Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The new edition of the EU Blue Economy Report is out, offering an in-depth analysis of European blue economy sectors and their performances based on the latest available data.
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Karen Filbee-Dexter, et al., Nature Geoscience Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
The coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions.
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Natalie F. Anderson, et al., Nature Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Climate change is causing persistent, widespread, and significant impacts on marine ecosystems which are predicted to interact and intensify
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Andre Ranchin, Hymans Robertson Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
A sustainable and growing blue economy can provide investment opportunities and a significant environmental return.
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Jennifer Ring, Marieta Stefanova, Raiditya Roebiono and Katherine Stodulka, Systemiq Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Unlocking investment at scale in critical coastal ecosystems.
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