#blue economy News
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s aquaculture sector needs technical assistance, finance to match blue economy hype to reality: experts
Financial institutions are 'underperforming' in lending to aquaculture, which is perceived to be too risky, said experts at the Indonesia edition of the Unlocking capital for sustainability forum.
From coastal Negros to international policy forums, marine biologist Matthew Vincent Tabilog is championing mangrove conservation and youth-led climate action across the Philippines.
Policy & Finance
ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds
The International Capital Market Association’s guidelines clarify how green and sustainability-linked bonds can credibly be used to finance projects to meet the Global Biodiversity Framework’s goals to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.
Policy & Finance
US$1 million needed to sustain blue carbon economy initiatives in the Philippines: UK conservation charity
In February, the United Kingdom had provided a grant of US$450,000 to the Philippines, but additional funding for ecosystem restoration and the country's implementation of its blue economy roadmap will be needed.
Policy & Finance
To save our ocean, we need a sustainable blue economy
#blue economy Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Finishing what the world started at the UN Ocean Conference
Against a backdrop of global uncertainty and questions about whether multilateral processes can still deliver, the countries represented at the latest UN Ocean Conference were largely united on the need for a more ambitious response to the challenges facing our ocean. Here is what needs to happen now.
Policy & Finance
Insurers must promote the blue economy
Pursuing a sustainable blue economy requires striking a delicate balance between using the ocean’s resources and respecting its natural limits, especially amid the escalating climate crisis.
Policy & Finance
The business case for a sustainable blue economy
Unlocking the full potential of the sustainable ocean economy will require bold investments, policy reform and coordinated action to bridge the growing blue finance gap.
Countries which govern half the world's territorial oceans have yet to integrate ocean-focused solutions into their nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, due for an update by February 2025.
#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
EB Studio
Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.
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
