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Minna Epps, et al., IUCN Plastics & Pollution
The future international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution presents a historic opportunity to address one of the most pervasive drivers of environmental degradation worldwide.
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World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Marine ecosystems continue to degrade under pressure from warming seas, rising tides, pollution and overuse, undermining the long-term well-being of the communities and economies that depend on them. This report examines how to shift from the status quo – which perpetuates this decline – towards a regenerative blue economy.
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European Commission Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The ocean is a dynamic hub for innovation, where the “blue economy” encompasses a wide spectrum of cutting-edge technologies that deliver sustainable solutions to ocean-related challenges.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts Plastics & Pollution
An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change
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Emily Rogers, et al., RMI Plastics & Pollution
The field of marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) has gone through a remarkable transformation over the past two decades, shifting from a collection of research-focused experiments and inquiries into a small, nascent industry.
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Henley S. Findlay, et al., Online Library Plastics & Pollution
Ocean acidification has been identified in the Planetary Boundary Framework as a planetary process approaching a boundary that could lead to unacceptable environmental change.
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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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Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) conducted by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) quantifies OCCS’s potential to provide GHG emissions savings.
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World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Mangroves store four to five times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests.
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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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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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G. D. Kitch, et al., AGU Plastics & Pollution
In addition to steep carbon emission reductions, all modeled pathways to reach global climate goals require carbon removal.
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Emilia Jankowska, et al., CDRXIV Plastics & Pollution
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a necessary component of limiting global warming to 2°C by 2100.
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David T Ho & Laurent Bopp, Sage Journals Plastics & Pollution
The ocean has absorbed 25% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and over 90% of excess heat, mitigating climate change but causing ocean acidification and marine ecosystem disruption.
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National Science and Technology Council Plastics & Pollution
Today the Biden-Harris Administration and NOAA released the National Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Strategy to advance safe and effective research on the benefits, risks and tradeoffs of marine carbon dioxide removal.
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Mengyang Zhou, et al., Nature Plastics & Pollution
To limit global warming to below 2 °C by 2100, CO2 removal from the atmosphere will be necessary.
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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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Ken O. Buesseler, et al., Frontiers Plastics & Pollution
There are many potential approaches to marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR), of which ocean iron fertilization (OIF) has the longest history of study.
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Laetitia Parc, et al., Plastics & Pollution
Rain alters local sea surface physical and biogeochemical properties but its spatiotemporal variability has led to its overlook in global ocean carbon uptake studies.
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