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Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential

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billion tons of CO 2 in 2018. As the need for climate action becomes more urgent, the ocean is gaining attention as a potential part of the solution. In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2018). The sustainability of this growth is however compromised by overfishing and rising ocean pollution. In 2018 Thailand indefinitely shut down one of its most popular beaches, Maya Bay. Intentional implementation of ocean conservation by EVERYONE. Thailand earned US57.5

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Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential

AGreenLiving

billion tons of CO 2 in 2018. As the need for climate action becomes more urgent, the ocean is gaining attention as a potential part of the solution. In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon.

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Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential

AGreenLiving

billion tons of CO 2 in 2018. As the need for climate action becomes more urgent, the ocean is gaining attention as a potential part of the solution. In addition to these opportunities, a range of ocean-based carbon removal approaches could help capture and store billions of tons of carbon.

Carbon 28
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Review of Climate Policy Options

Low Carbon Prosperity

Emitting carbon pollution causes local air pollution and health costs plus the economic damages from storms, crop-loss, forest fires, rising sea-levels, ocean acidification, spread of disease and other issues. There are situations where subsides make sense; and not just because they are easier to pass into law than pricing mechanisms.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

“Litigation has a key role to play in light of this lack of ambition from states and other stakeholders,” said Maria Antonia Tigre, director of global climate litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. While not a silver bullet solution, she told DeSmog, litigation is certainly “part of the answer.”

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

These include climate change, biosphere integrity (functional and generic), land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows (nitrogen and phosphorus), ocean acidification, atmospheric aerosol pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the release of novel chemicals. Where to watch: Available on Amazon Prime and Hulu. #8: