Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Catarina Frazão Santos, et al., Nature
New study identifies ten key components that will promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable, climate-smart ocean planning initiatives around the globe.
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BlueInvest
This report is an update that complements the first edition of the BlueInvest Investor Report released in 2023, which aimed to provide investors with market knowledge on the EU Blue Economy to support their investment decisions and targeted those actively engaged or interested in new prospects.
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The Ocean Foundation
Report finds extracting nodules lodged in the ocean floor is rife with technical challenges and overlooks rise of innovations that would eliminate need for deep-seabed mining; warns investors to think twice before backing unproven industry.
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One Ocean Foundation Shipping & Ports
The impact of maritime transportation on the ocean – analysis and solutions.
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UNEP FI
Through the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative’s Seafood Finance Working Group, co-convened with WWF, UNEP FI has developed this manual to support financial institutions in implementing the Turning the Tide and Diving Deep sector guidance, and setting targets for the Sustainable Blue Economy.
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James Jolliffe and Claire Jolly, OECD
A new report compares the measurement strategies of eight OECD member countries using principles from the system of national accounts.
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Andre Ranchin, Hymans Robertson Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
A sustainable and growing blue economy can provide investment opportunities and a significant environmental return.
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Lijing Cheng, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
The global physical and biogeochemical environment has been substantially altered in response to increased atmospheric greenhouse gases from human activities.
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Jasper Verschuur, et al., IOP Sciecne Shipping & Ports
A new study finds that the demand for green ammonia by 2050 could be three to four times the current (grey) ammonia production, requiring major new investments in infrastructure.
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United Nations Global Compact and Accenture
Business is a key stakeholder in SDG success. This report offers an appraisal of private sector contributions to the SDGs so far—and outlines a clear pathway for private sector action over the next seven years.
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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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