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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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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Correcting these market failures in order to spur rapid innovation in the blue economy is one of OCAP’s top priorities.

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Trouble at Sea: 90 per cent of UK shoppers are worried about state of the oceans

Business Green

The independent survey of attitudes to seafood and ocean health was carried out by GlobeScan in 23 countries, involving 25,000 people. Moreover, 77 per cent of people from the UK surveyed believe people should eat seafood from sustainable sources, an increase of five percentage points from two years ago.

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Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

Grist

Dean Blanchard Seafood, headquartered on the barrier island of Grand Isle in the Mississippi River Delta, is one of the largest shrimp suppliers in the United States. Dean Blanchard Seafood took a hit, and Blanchard later told a reporter that he estimated his business was worth 15 percent of what it was before the spill.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

AGreenLiving

“When we talk about the blue economy, we’re talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild,” said Helvarg. Aquaculture, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation: helping U.S.

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? CTVC’s guide to NYCW #163

Climate Tech VC

We hope that this is kind of like “knowing a guy” who knows their way around the NYCW early-stage climate innovation ecosystem. Of course, programming spans well beyond early-stage innovation. 🌳 NatureMetrics , an Egham, United Kingdom-based DNA-based biodiversity monitoring platform, raised $13M.

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Cash cow or lamb to the slaughter: Is the UK ready for lab-grown meat?

Business Green

Although it's some way behind the US, the UK is still a leading innovator in this area," said Adam Simmonds, research associate at GovGrant. Plus, because there's such huge potential demand among consumers here, that'll only spur companies on to innovate further and perfect their products. Blended solutions.