Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Back to Blue, Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation
An assessment of regional delivery frameworks.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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