Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Fernando Paolo, et al., Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture
We combine satellite imagery, vessel GPS data and deep-learning models to map industrial vessel activities and offshore energy infrastructure across the world’s coastal waters from 2017 to 2021.
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One Ocean Foundation
This third edition of the report Business for Ocean Sustainability stands out for its innovative contributions across multiple areas.
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Our Shared Seas
The landscape-level report, Funding Trends 2023: Tracking the State of Global Ocean Funding, presents trends on global ocean funding over the past decade-plus. The primary focus is on mapping marine conservation funding from the philanthropic sector, with this report representing the most comprehensive global analysis on the topic.
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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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Shipping Pact For People and Nature (SPPaN) Shipping & Ports
The report emphasizes the need to address the triple planetary threats of pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss in the context of shipping solutions and impacts.
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Oceanographic Magazine
In this interview, Markus Müller, Deutsche Bank Private Bank's Chief Investment Officer ESG, explains why the term 'blue economy' is nothing new and how the financial sector can become fit for a nature-compliant future.
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BCG, Global Resilience Partnership & USAID Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
From Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience is a new study published by BCG in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that lays out the investment thesis for the private sector to finance climate adaptation and resilience.
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Bloomberg Philantropies Energy Solutions
New Investments will advance ocean-climate and marine-based initiatives.
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Back to Blue, Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation
The role of action plans in tackling a mounting ocean crisis. Event summary report from "Confronting the Ocean Acidification Crisis."
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SMFI Shipping & Ports
As global policies to advance the decarbonisation of shipping are to be implemented in the coming years, ports will play a critically important role this transition.
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Rémi Parmentier with Guillermo Ortuño, The Varda Group
Published less than two years before the 3rd UN High-Level Ocean Con- ference takes place in Nice, France, in June 2025, this paper is part of a series started in 2021 to trigger and encourage conversations about innovative ways to improve ocean protection and governance.
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World Benchmarking Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
The third iteration of the Seafood Stewardship Index ranks the sustainability performance of the world’s 30 most influential companies in the seafood industry, representing about a quarter of the world’s global seafood industry revenue.
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Asaf Tzachor, Ofir Hendel & Catherine E. Richards, NPJ
New computer technology can substantially advance sustainable ocean management by safely assessing marine geoengineering alternatives.
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Ian Urbina, The New Yorker Fisheries & Aquaculture
China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.
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High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Climate change poses stark risks to the health of the ocean and to the realisation of a prosperous and sustainable ocean economy. Acidification and rising ocean temperatures are negatively impacting important industries such as fishing and tourism, as well as the well-being of coastal populations. There is an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit further temperature rise.
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Greenpeace Fisheries & Aquaculture
The oceans face large-scale threats and there is little time left to deliver 30x30.
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Economist Impact Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Over the past decade, the maritime industry has made significant strides in its decarbonisation journey. A new report analyzes the improvements.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
A new review paper by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego highlights the untapped potential of the diving community in advancing global marine conservation efforts.
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The Nature Conservancy and Bain & Company Fisheries & Aquaculture
In partnership with Bain & Company, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) examined the potential to support significant near-term growth over the next five to ten years in seaweed farming through two analyses.
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ADB, ICMA, IFC, UNEP FI and UNGC
A new guide from Asian Development Bank, International Capital Market Association, Internationl Finance Corporation, UNEP FI and UN Global Compact helps provide issuers with guidance on the key components involved in launching a credible “blue bond.”
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