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PODCAST/WEBINAR: Seeing the Ocean as a Solution, Not a Victim

• Nicholas Walton • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The ocean has great potential to become a solution, but only if there's the political will to build a strong ocean economy. 

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Business for Ocean Sustainability

• One Ocean Foundation • BrightTalk • Energy Solutions • ESG • Fisheries & Aquaculture • GreenMoney • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The ocean matters and has widespread implications beyond the ocean itself.

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The Business Case for Marine Protection and Conservation

• Friends of Ocean Action Impact • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

Friends of Ocean Action Impact Report: The Business Case for Marine Protection and Conservation

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Increasing finance for a healthy ocean

• The Friends of Ocean Action • BrightTalk • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • GreenMoney • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The Ocean Finance Handbook, is a guide to support an increase in finance flowing towards the sustainable blue economy. The Handbook provides a key resource to enhance understanding of finance for a healthy ocean and generate conversations between financial institutions and marine-based businesses, conservation professionals and ocean project managers.

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Sailing on Solar: Could green ammonia decarbonise international shipping?

• Nick Ash & Tim Scarbrough, Environmental Defense Fund • Energy Solutions • Shipping & Ports

Green ammonia is a technically feasible solution for decarbonising international shipping. 

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UN body adopts climate change strategy for shipping

• International Maritime Organization • Shipping & Ports

Nations meeting at the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London have adopted an initial strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, setting out a vision to reduce GHG emissions from international shipping and phase them out, as soon as possible in this century. 

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LA’s “Blue Economy” Represents a Major Jobs, Wage and Tax Revenue Driver

• LAEDC and Altasea • Shipping & Ports

Conservative estimates indicate that the value of the blue economy will double over the next decade, with a projected global value of $3 trillion by 2030.

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Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store

• The Royal Society • Energy Solutions • Shipping & Ports

Ammonia is a suitable fuel for transport modes where large amounts of energy are required for extended periods of time and where batteries or direct electrical connection are not practical or cost effective. Examples include heavy good vehicles, trains, aviation and shipping.

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The Blue Economy and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities

• Lee, KH et al., Environment International • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The “Blue Economy (BE)” is an increasingly popular concept as a strategy for safeguarding the world’s oceans and water resources. It may emerge when economic activity is in balance with the long term capacity of ocean ecosystems to support the activity in a sustainable manner.

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The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change

• Ove Hoegh-Guldberg • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

The HLP report offers the first comprehensive, integrated assessment of the mitigation potential of a suite of ocean-based activities: renewable energy, transport, food production, and ecosystems, and the potential future contribution from carbon storage if current concerns can be resolved.

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Fourth National Climate Assessment

• Reidmiller, D.R. et al., U.S. Global Change Research Program • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States.

The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century.

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ESG in the Ocean Industries

• The Governance Group • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Shipping & Ports

The report finds that until regulators establish clearer ESG guidance companies in the shipping and seafood sectors will benefit from disclosing concrete information on the ESG issues that are material to their business model.

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Rethinking Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

• OECD • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports

This new OECD report on the ocean economy emphasises the growing importance of science and technologies in improving the sustainable economic development of our seas and ocean.

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The Potential of the Blue Economy: Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries

• World Bank and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Fisheries & Aquaculture • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation.

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The Ocean Economy in 2030

• OECD • BrightTalk • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture • GreenMoney • Plastics & Pollution • Shipping & Ports • Tourism

This report explores the growth prospects for the ocean economy, its capacity for future employment creation and innovation, and its role in addressing global challenges. Special attention is devoted to the emerging ocean-based industries.

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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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