Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
World Economic Forum Energy Solutions
Under Saudi Vision 2030, blue economy investments will flow into Saudi’s coastlines which run for 2,640 kilometres across the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea.
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Saima May Sidik, Eos Fisheries & Aquaculture
Submerged seaweed can store carbon at the bottom of the ocean, but how effective the strategy will be—and how it will affect ocean health—remains unclear.
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Anthony Roth, Forbes
Ocean-related industries generate $24 trillion of economic value globally and support 3 billion people’s livelihoods in industries including seafood, port construction and coastal tourism.
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Mark C. Anderson, Middlebury Institute of International Studies/News Fisheries & Aquaculture
The wild wetlands of the Stillaguamish River Basin and Snohomish County River Deltas in Washington state are beautiful.
Their intrinsic value is clear, but what is the return on investment for rewilding them?
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Abby Schultz, Barron's
Since December 2022, several asset managers began “creating new strategies or refining strategies to be more nature or biodiversity focused."
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Ocean Conservancy Plastics & Pollution
Researchers at Ocean Conservancy and University of Toronto estimate that American adults could be consuming up to 3.8 million microplastics per year from protein alone.
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Rochelle Baker, Island Insider Energy Solutions
Brad Ack gets why people might be leery about using fledgling technologies to sink billions of tonnes of carbon pollution in the ocean to tackle the climate crisis.
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Fabian Dawson, SeaWestNews Fisheries & Aquaculture
In a growing world, fisheries and aquaculture offer a sustainable food source.
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Rob Fletcher, The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
A review of Jennifer Bushman's knowledge, insight and predictions for the salmon market into 2024 and beyond.
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The Fish Site Fisheries & Aquaculture
New insights into the habitat benefits of seaweed and shellfish farms in temperate ecosystems are emerging.
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Economic Impact Energy Solutions
While incremental advancement over business as usual have been tracking, more action is needed on ocean issues.
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Emma Desrochers, Seafood Source Fisheries & Aquaculture
London, U.K.-based nonprofit Planet Tracker has propsoed a new financial system it said could help combat overfishing while allowing investors to fulfill established environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.
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A first-of-its-kind small-scale fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond, the world’s first such bond will specifically targeting the small-scale fisheries sector.
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Brad Harrison & Grant Mulligan, ALTI Energy Solutions
Despite the challenges, the oceans are the single biggest carbon sink on the planet, with biodiversity so rich we are still regularly discovering new species.
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Oceanographic Magazine Energy Solutions
In spite of the controversies surrounding COP28, progress has been made this year at mobilising finance capital into improving the sustainability of the ocean.
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Chris Gorell Barnes, Ocean14 Capital Fisheries & Aquaculture
Tackling the climate crisis and decarbonising the economy is a massive endeavour. Adding the ocean to the equation is the only way to make the outcome possible. But what is the one thing we can all do?
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Einar Gustafsson, Tim Fitzgerald, Economist Impact Fisheries & Aquaculture
Government policy needs to play a bigger role in sustainable seafood challenges.
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Vanora Bennett, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Energy Solutions
At COP28, partners and donors involved in the Blue Mediterranean Partnership reinforced their support for developing the sustainable blue economy in the southern Mediterranean region.
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Tom Lydon, VettaFi Energy Solutions
An investment of $2.8 trillion today in four sustainable ocean solutions would yield net benefits of $15.5 trillion by 2050.
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