#blue economy News
Carbon & Climate
New UN data platform highlights impacts of sand mining
The first-ever global data platform to map out dredging activities finds that the growing pace of marine sand extraction, driven by Asia, is nearing the natural sand replenishment rate needed to maintain vital marine ecosystems.
Water
Deep-sea mining not essential for the energy transition, say activists as extraction talks stall
Industrial-scale deep-sea mining has not been green-lit after negotiations over the rules for extraction stalled. A new study finds that repairing the seabed after mining it could cost up to US$5.7 million per square kilometre.
Start-ups from Singapore and the United States win top honours in a record-breaking year for entries for the global sustainability innovation competition.
Recycling systems can't keep up with plastic pollution, and solutions are hard to scale. Enter Clearbot: Its trash-collecting boats are trying to bring about a sea change in clean-ups, and using AI-collated data to bring about policy change. The company also has plans to expand to India.
Carbon & Climate
The Nature Conservancy appoints founding Singapore director
#blue economy Opinion
Policy & Finance
Powering the blue economy with blue finance
Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives.
Indonesia risks losing its exclusive rights to all of the resources in and under the waters between its …
Not everyone is happy with the COP15 agreement to protect nature. Thankfully, research has revealed a lot about the best ways to revive and strengthen biodiversity.
Civil society’s calls for change rang loud and clear at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference last week. But from deep sea mining to plastic pollution, major roadblocks remain in protecting our oceans.
Food & Agriculture
A triple win for oceans, climate, and us
#blue economy Videos
Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.
#blue economy Podcasts
Carbon & Climate
Deep sea mining: An ‘illusion of free goods waiting to be captured’
Exclusive
Oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle speaks to Eco-Business in this exclusive podcast about the irreversible damage deep sea mining will cause, the link between the oceans and our global climate, and the role that we can all play in 'being at peace' with nature.
Carbon & Climate
Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030: Mission impossible?
EB Studio
Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.
#blue economy Research
Eco-Business & Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the KAS
Ocean of Solutions: Protecting biodiversity in the blue economy
United Nations Environment Programme / International Resource Panel
Governing coastal resources: Implications for a sustainable blue economy
