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Turning the Tide: A Financier’s Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems

Emma Dries, et al., World Economic Forum

Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows underpin climate resilience, coastal economies and biodiversity, but remain critically underfunded. Despite their scale and value, they attract less than 1% of international climate finance.

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Climate Intuition: Tipping points: Decision-making under deep uncertainty

Dr. Sarah Kapnick, J.P. Morgan

Climate tipping points are deeply uncertain but can have highly impactful consequences. How can they be better priced into financial decision-making?

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Reefense: Living shoreline mosaics can achieve ecological and engineering outcomes with interdisciplinary design

Rebecca L. Morris, et al., PNAS Fisheries & Aquaculture

Living shorelines that comprise oyster reefs within a mosaic of multiple coastal habitats can be a resilient and adaptive coastal protection alternative to conventional engineered structures.

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Marine Capture Fisheries: Innovative Practices for Aquatic Animal Welfare (5th Edition)

Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) Fisheries & Aquaculture

Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) publishes an annual report, highlighting the most progressive and innovative animal welfare practices for capture fisheries. 

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Priority questions for the next decade of blue carbon science

Peter I. Macreadie, George E. Biddulph, Pere Masque, et al., Nature Fisheries & Aquaculture

Blue carbon ecosystems, classically defined as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses, but increasingly expanded to include ecosystems such as tidal flats, macroalgal forests and shelf sediments, contribute to climate change mitigation and biodiversity support. 

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OES Annual Report

Ocean Energy Systems Energy Solutions

This Annual Report presents the collaborative work of IEA-OES, emphasizing key achievements and recent global developments.

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50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy

World Economic Forum, Oliver Wyman

While businesses are feeling the adverse impacts of nature loss, they are also beginning to recognise the opportunities a nature-positive economy can offer. 

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Financing SIDS’ Blue Development

Back to Blue, Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation

 An assessment of regional delivery frameworks.

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The Next Wave of Blue Growth | BlueInvest Investor Report 2026

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 Ocean Equity Index

Jessica L. Blythe, et al., Nature

The ocean is essential for humanity. Yet, inequity in ocean-based activities is widespread and accelerating.

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State of Finance for Nature 2026 | Nature in the Red: Powering the Trillion Dollar Nature Transition Economy

UNEP

UNEP's State of Finance for Nature 2026: Nature in the Red: Powering the Trillion Dollar Nature Transition Economy tracks global finance flows to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and reveals that we are far off track in investing in nature to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. 

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The Ocean Economy Imperative: Defining Value, Managing Risk and Mobilizing Investment

World Economic Forum, McKinsey & Company Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports

This paper aims to shift the conversation from awareness to action – from seeing the ocean primarily as an environmental concern to engaging with it as a foundation of economic resilience and long-term value creation. 

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Investing in Blue Foods: Innovation and Partnerships for Impact

World Economic Forum, Boston Consulting Group, Food Innovators Network Fisheries & Aquaculture

A new white paper by the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group highlights blue foods as a major opportunity to strengthen global food systems, particularly across Africa.

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Ocean renewable energy for equitable energy access in a Blue Economy

Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Shana L. Hirschm Trent Dillon, et al., Nature Energy Solutions

Offshore and coastal renewable energy could be a key contributor to energy sovereignty, decarbonization efforts, and co-benefits to other sectors of a Blue Economy. 

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Fuelling the Future: How Business, Finance and Policy can Accelerate the Clean Fuels Market

World Economic Forum, Bain & Company Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports

Amid rising global energy demand and evolving market dynamics, clean fuels are a key pillar for a more secure, affordable and sustainable energy system.

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Debt-For-Carbon: Using Carbon Credits For Debt Relief

Igor Shi shlov, et al., Environmental Defense Fund Fisheries & Aquaculture

This discussion paper proposes an evolution of the instrument: integrating carbon credits— particularly those generated under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement or high-integrity voluntary carbon market programs—into sovereign debt operations. 

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Ocean Heat Content Sets Another Record in 2025

Yuying Pan, et al., Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols, reflecting the long-term accumulation of heat within the climate system, with conditions evolving toward La Niña during the year.

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Fuel for thought: Hydrogen

Lloyd’s Register Shipping & Ports

Fuel for Thought: Hydrogen is Lloyd’s Register’s definitive guide to the role of hydrogen in the maritime sector’s journey towards decarbonisation. 

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Navigating nuclear energy in maritime

Lloyd's Register Energy Solutions

Nuclear industries are preparing for increased technology deployment in advance of the next major stage of energy transition.

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Conserving key coastal areas for mangrove expansion and eco-tourism secures ecosystem services under sea-level rise

Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, et al., Nature Tourism

Blue carbon nature-based solutions (NbS) can mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration and storage, and support climate change adaptation and resilience by supplying ecosystem benefits.

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