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Norwegian center focuses on sustainable use of oceans and the Arctic

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.

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EU commits €300 million for clean and safe oceans

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.

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Maritime zones in the Mediterranean Sea

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, ...

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EU Marine Strategy Includes LNG Refueling Infrastructure

Action Plan for a Maritime Strategy in the Atlantic Area On 13 May, the European Commission (EC) adopted anAction Plan to revitalise the marine and maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean Area. The Plan intends to show how the EU's Atlantic Member States (Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom), their regions and the Commission can help delivering growth, reducing the Atlantic area's carbon footprint, ensuring sustainable use of the sea's natural resources, setting up effective responses to threats and emergencies and implementing an ecosystem based management approach in Atlantic waters.Based on the EC'sAtlantic Strategy, the Action Plan is the result of consultations conducted through theAtlantic Forum. The Forum has enabled Member States, the European Parliament, regional and local authorities, civil society and industry to contribute to the development of the Plan. Beside traditional activities like fisheries, aquaculture, tourism and shipping the Atlantic area is also home to emerging ones such as offshore renewables and marine biotechnology. While individual Atlantic Member States are already active in these sectors and some have adopted their own respective maritime strategies, the Action Plan now encourages them to work together: to share information, costs, results and best practices as well as generating ideas ...

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