Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Blue Marine Foundation
This report authored by Blue Marine Foundation and the University of Exeter therefore provides a clear introduction to blue carbon, a marine naturebased solution with multiple benefits for our climate, biodiversity and coastal communities.
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UNEP FI
New guidance launched today by UNEP FI provides banks, insurers, and investors with a science-based, actionable toolkit to align their decision-making with a healthy ocean and accelerate the sustainable transformation of critical marine sectors.
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Kyla Orr, Marine Ecological Consulting Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed farming is a new industry in Scotland, and is predicted to expand rapidly over the next 5-10 years.
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Working Group II, IPCC
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
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R. le Gouvello, et al., IUCN Fisheries & Aquaculture
Identifying synergies between sustainable development of coastal communities, aquaculture, and marine and coastal conservation.
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Sweet, W.V, et al., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
The Sea Level Rise Technical Report provides the most up-to-date sea level rise projections available for all U.S. states and territories; decision-makers will look to it for information.
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Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
After two days of discussions and debates, some 40 Heads of State and Government responded positively to the invitation of the President of the French Republic to commit for the ocean at the One Planet Summit for the Ocean in Brest.
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World Economic Forum
The Next Critical Frontier for Private Sector Leadership.
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Cheema-Fox, A. et al., Harvard Business School Energy Solutions
An increasing number of companies are providing products and services that help reduce carbon emissions in the economy.
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Callum Roberts, The Pew Charitable Trusts
The consequences of our taking resources from the sea were once limited to local scales. Today, exploitation, depletion, and loss affect us all.
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Charles Pekow, Mongabay Plastics & Pollution
At the end of February, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will tackle a challenging task: the creation of a landmark treaty to control plastic pollution worldwide.
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Moreira, A. et al., Reviews in Aquaculture Fisheries & Aquaculture
Green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) currently represent a residual fraction (<1%) of global seaweed biomass production landings.
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Barrett, L.T. et al., Ecosystem Services Fisheries & Aquaculture
Investment in extractive or ‘non-fed’ aquaculture has been proposed as a partial solution for sustainable food provision. An important aspect is the potential for aquaculture-environment interactions to influence the provision of ecosystem services.
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Dixon, A.M. et al., PLOS Climate
Thermal refugia underpin climate-smart management of coral reefs, but whether current thermal refugia will remain so under future warming is uncertain.
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Eos: Science News by AGU
In our February issue, Eos reports on the study of the ocean and our relationship to it, in the spirit of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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World Wildlife Fund Plastics & Pollution
A new report commissioned by WWF provides the most comprehensive account to date of the extent to which plastic pollution is affecting the global ocean, the impacts it’s having on marine species and ecosystems, and how these trends are likely to develop in future.
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International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Guidance for financing the Blue Economy, building on the Green Bond Principles and the Green Loan Principles.
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Royle, J. et al., Global Environmental Change Plastics & Pollution
Developing a common understanding of a jurisdiction’s plastic waste stream and the solutions available to decision-makers is vital to build consensus across stakeholders and to align on an evidence-based portfolio of priority instruments.
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Nicola Frost, et al., World Resources Institute
Unsustainable development along coastlines is destroying vital marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests.
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The Nature Conservancy Fisheries & Aquaculture
There is a pressing need to provide food for people within planetary limits—including new approaches that actively restore ecosystem health.
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