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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

GreenBiz

Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats up

GreenBiz

Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022

Greentown Labs

Ebb Carbon closed a $10.75M round to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce ocean acidification using electrochemistry. investment in its vegetation intelligence platform that helps utilities reduce the risk of power outages and wildfires. Applied Bioplastics received an investment from 4WARD.VC Overstory announced a $5.2M

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Mars unveils 'world's largest' coral reef restoration programme

Business Green

Cat food brand Sheba has set its sights on restoring more than 185,000 square metres of coral reefs around the world by 2029, as part of a 10-year investment initiative announced yesterday in partnership with US environmental group The Nature Conservancy. Coral reefs are under serious threat from the changing climate.

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Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential

GreenBiz

As the need for climate action becomes more urgent, the ocean is gaining attention as a potential part of the solution. Approaches such as investing in offshore energy production, conserving coastal ecosystems and increasing consumption of sustainable ocean-based protein offer opportunities to reduce emissions. Pull Quote.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Large companies including Bumble Bee, Nestlé, Tyson, General Mills and Thai Union are making various plays, whether by investing in upstarts or flexing their research and development muscles to cultivate new products. Seaweed, on the other hand, which makes up New Wave’s shrimp-mimic, sequesters carbon and reduces ocean acidification.

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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 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (to be released on September 25), is expected to highlight major threats to the ocean from climate change, such as declining fish stocks, rising sea levels and increasing ocean acidification.

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