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Transforming Our World Through Investment

Principles for Responsible Investment, ShareAction / UN Global Compact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism

An introductory study of institutional investors' role in supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. 

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The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment

United Nations Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism

The first World Ocean Assessment (WOA) is a report on the state of the planet’s oceans. It is the product of the first cycle of the Regular Process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects, which was established after the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (Ref: page 2 of Summary). The Regular Process was set up to review the environmental, economic and social aspects of the world’s oceans.

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Summary from the roundtable discussion on Blue Growth

Hosted by the Government of Sweden in cooperation with the Ocean Foundation Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism

We have had brown growth, green growth, and now we are looking to blue growth.

The purpose of the roundtable was to identify ways to achieve closer collaboration and cooperation.

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Blue Carbon - The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon

Nellemann, C. et al., UNEP, FAO and IOC/ UNESCO Energy Solutions

The objective of this report is to highlight the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems in maintaining our climate and in assisting policy makers to mainstream an oceans agenda into national and international climate change initiatives. While emissions’ reductions are currently at the centre of the climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems has been vastly overlooked.

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The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

Duarte, C.M. et al., Estuaries and Coasts Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture

Coastal ecosystems including coral reefs, mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are being lost at alarming rates, and increased scientific understanding of causes has failed to stem these losses.

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