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

Envirotec Magazine

The report, produced by the Expert Group of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy – a group of 14 heads of state and government – provides the first ever comprehensive, quantitative analysis into the role that ocean-based solutions can play in the fight against climate change. gigatonnes of CO2e annually by 2050.

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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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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

The features of a sustainable food management system. Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items. In the U.S.,

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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

The stormed slammed into Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, just shy of a Category 5 hurricane. Parfait-Dardar estimates that about 75 percent of her community is back, which she credits to the tribe’s resiliency. We have always had what we needed — we live off the water — with the seafood.

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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.