Back to Blue: Caring for the OceanBack to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation, brings together two organisations that share a common understanding of the need to improve evidence-based approaches and solutions to the pressing issues faced by the ocean, and to restoring ocean health and promoting sustainability. The initiative will focus initially on aspects of the vexing challenge of pollution.
PEAK PLASTICS: BENDING THE CONSUMPTION CURVE
Only bold and sweeping reforms will bend the plastic consumption curve. Achieving a reduction in plastic pollution will require all stakeholders–from the petrochemical companies to the consumers–to control the crisis. A piecemeal approach won’t work.
WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THE OCEAN POLLUTION DATA GAP?
Scientists believe that pollution severely affects ocean health. Yet, with very little data about the scale and scope of marine pollution, it’s impossible to know for sure. The first step to zero-pollution ocean: close the evidence gap.
THE PLASTICS MANAGEMENT INDEX
The Plastics Management Index measures, compares and contrasts the efforts made by a selection of 25 countries at different stages of development.
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THE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
With less than ten years to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, there is a renewed urgency to examine global systems and balance human aspirations with the planet’s ability to sustain them. This is why Economist Impact has launched The Sustainability Project, a content platform and community hub combining insights, innovation and influence. Our aim is to convene and engage global stakeholders who have the power to bring real change.
WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE
Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative imagines an ocean in robust health, and with a vital economy. Year-round and at our flagship World Ocean Summit, we foster a global conversation on the greatest challenges facing the seas, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy.
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