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Back to Blue by Economist Impact

Back to Blue by Economist Impact


Back to Blue by Economist Impact

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10 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Back to Blue is an initiative by Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation that aims 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Takeaways from the World Ocean Summit 2023

The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event run by The Economist Group, which brin...

19 minutes
Mar 22, 2023

Peak plastics: bending the consumption curve

The world will continue to drown in plastic waste unless a bold and comprehensive set o...

13 minutes
Mar 14, 2023

Ocean Acidification: A crisis in the making

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14, Target 14.3, calls for minimising and address...

41 minutes
Feb 27, 2023

Deep sea mining and ocean pollution (part 2)

In the second part of this podcast on deep sea mining, released during the World Ocean ...

28 minutes
Nov 28, 2022

Deep sea mining and ocean pollution (part 1)

At the COP27 summit, Emmanuel Macron became the first head of state to call for a ban o...

13 minutes
Nov 24, 2022

Back to Blue at the UN Ocean Conference

The Back to Blue team was at the UN Ocean Conference in Portugal and spoke to President...

22 minutes
Sep 14, 2022

The Invisible Wave: Can green and sustainable chemistry be the solution?

What is green and sustainable chemistry and can it be the solution to marine chemical p...

30 minutes
Mar 28, 2022

The Invisible Wave: how is marine chemical pollution linked to climate change?

Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact speaks to Pascal Lamy, presiden...

26 minutes
Mar 16, 2022

Registration and regulation of chemicals

In the second podcast of this series, we look at the extraordinary number of chemicals ...

22 minutes
Jan 25, 2022

Chemical pollution in the ocean

Charles Goddard, editorial director at The Economist Group speaks to two experts about ...

26 minutes
Jan 24, 2022