Tag: blue economy

On the occasion of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference underway in Kenya, India's Union Minister for Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari highlighted the importance of Blue Economy for India’s economic development. The conference is being organized by Kenya, with Canada and Japan as co-hosts. 

DNV GL has been assigned to put together a report  for the Center for the Ocean and the Arctic.  The aim is to coordinate efforts to begin a course for the proper use of the ocean and the Arctic. Experts work to understand how technology, innovation and digitalization could help the growth of the ocean's economy. It is important to know actions that threat the ocean such as overuse, pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change.

At the 5th edition of Our Ocean conference in Bali, the EU announced 23 new commitments for better governance of the oceans and €300 million of EU-funded initiatives, which include projects to tackle plastic pollution, make blue economy more sustainable and improve research and marine surveillance. This contribution comes on top of the over €550 million committed in last year's conference in Malta.

Maritime transportation is essential for sustainable development, but many countries are unprepared to take advantage of this potential. The video, published by IMO, explains how a coherent and coordinated National Maritime Transport Policy can benefit everyone.

MaRITeC-X project will focus on marine and shipping research and innovation, aiming to set out the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute in Cyprus. As Deputy Minister of Shipping Natasa Pilides said, this centre of excellence can provide many economic and social benefits to Cyprus and can also promote the country's energy plans.

The Charlevoix Blueprint for Healthy Oceans, Seas and Resilient Coastal Communities, signed at the G7 summit earlier this month, sets out G7 commitments on ocean plastics and creates a blueprint for the development of a more sustainable and climate-resilient future, with a focus on ocean science.

Speaking at the opening day plenary of European Maritime Day, stressed the importance of the private sector as a critical partner in EU maritime and ocean programs

Baltic Blue Growth was one of ten workshops that took place at the 4th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (11 November 2013 Vilnius, Lithuania.)

The implementation of maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management which aim at mapping the marine waters and the efficient distribution of actual and potential uses in maritime space. By coordinating the different sector activities and policies this would yield huge potential benefits for industries like offshore-energy, aquaculture and tourism.

New EU study finds an opportunity for Blue Growth A new study presented by the European Commission finds that the establishment of maritime zones, including Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), in the Mediterranean would benefit the EU's Blue Growth and wider sustainability agendas. The study looks at the costs and benefits of establishing maritime zones in the Mediterranean and provides an analysis of the impacts of establishing EEZs on different sea-based activities. EEZs could allow for a more effective spatial planning policy, which in turn could help attract investments and further economic activities.Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries stated: "There are huge untapped opportunities in the Mediterranean Sea, which could come to fruition by establishing Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). The proclamation and establishment of maritime zones remains the sovereign right of each coastal State. It is our joint EU responsibility to ensure that the right conditions are in place for the blue economy to flourish. Mediterranean coastal states could agree on their maritime zones on the basis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)."The study focuses on the opportunities which EEZs and other similar zones would bring in terms economic costs and benefits, ...