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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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New Pacific Island Tuna brand from Walmart aims to net funds for climate resilience projects

Business Green

This approach maximises benefits for our people, who will see investments in climate resilience, additional revenues for associated businesses, and the creation of new on-shore and on-water job opportunities. The remaining 60 per cent of profits will go directly to Pacific Island governments.

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Celebrating World Ocean Day

Energy and Cleantech Council

Ocean health is closely tied to human health, and ocean-based climate solutions, including carbon sequestration and marine renewable energy, will play a critical role in combating such deleterious impacts of climate change. What is Bluetech? Spotlight on SeaAhead.

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

Our future health and prosperity are closely linked to the state of the ocean,” said Erna Solberg, co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and Prime Minister of Norway. This report signals an exciting new pathway to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. GtCO2e each year by 2050.

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Microplastics Can Transport Parasites to Oceans, Impacting Wildlife and Humans

Green Living Guy

It can lead to consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens.

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Six Months After Hurricane Ida, Recovery for Many In South Louisiana Remains Aspirational While The Risks From Climate Change Increase

DeSmogBlog

Parfait-Dardar estimates that about 75 percent of her community is back, which she credits to the tribe’s resiliency. The pandemic, material shortages, the expense of rebuilding more resilient structures, inflation, and insufficient funding are exasperating the challenges of recovery.

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It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida. 

Grist

But in Florida Bay, which sits on the west side of the Keys, many marine species have been fighting their own battle with bleaching and other effects of extreme heat, sending a strong, if silent, message about their own stress and the health of the essential habitat they inhabit. Normally resilient creatures are struggling to survive.