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James Richens, Editor of The World Ocean Initiative, takes stock of Responsible Investor’s survey of investment risks and opportunities in the blue ec… James Richens, Editor of The World Ocean Initiative, takes stock of Responsible Investor’s survey of investment ris… James Richens, Editor of The World Ocean Initiative, takes stock of Responsible Investor’s survey of investment risks and opportunities in the blue economy.
Feb 4th, 2020
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The year 2020 will be crucial for the sustainable development of the ocean. Some are calling it the “ocean super year” due to its packed agenda including the World Ocean Summit, the UN Ocean Summit, Our Ocean in Palau, the conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity and COP26 in Glasgow, UK.
There has been an awakening of interest in the ocean, especially the risks it faces from plastic pollution, loss of coral reefs and extreme weather due to climate change. This culminated in the COP25 climate talks in December 2019, which made progress on integrating ocean issues into the global climate effort (although the conference overall was rightly seen as a failure in terms of generating greater ambition among countries to cut carbon emissions).
Ocean of opportunity
What is less widely recognised is the impor…