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.
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.
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 measures, compares and contrasts the efforts made by a selection of 25 countries at different stages of development.
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The Plastics Management Index measures, compares and contrasts the efforts made by a selection of 25 countries at different stages of development.
A landmark research by Back to Blue – an initiative between Economist Impact and the Nippon Foundation – to understand the scale and scope of ocean chemical pollution, and the ways to tackle this growing crisis.
Ocean acidification poses an existential threat to many forms of marine life, and thus to food chains, livelihoods and economies. What is it, and what can we do to avoid its worst impacts?
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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.
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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