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Turning commitments and ideas into the actions needed for a sustainable blue economy will require evidence and data.
Our ability to measure and monitor the ocean is expanding exponentially, with the amount of ocean data collected accelerating thanks to the application of emerging technologies.
A digitized, data-fuelled version of the ocean - an ‘Ocean Avatar’- will help researchers study and manage the ocean.
There is now overwhelming evidence that the future economic and ecological prosperity of the planet depends on a healthy ocean. At the same time, the science is clear that we have pushed our planet, and especially the ocean, to the point where its ability to provide the sustainable resources and value that people need is in danger.
Synthetic biology brings together multiple disciplines – across the biological sciences, computer science, engineering, social sciences and beyond – to design useful things from the building blocks of life. Tools to synthesise and engineer biological systems, enabled by growing repositories of DNA-encoded biological components, offer new approaches for a startlingly wide range of applications across health, manufacturing, energy and beyond. This ability promises to revolutionise economies and societies, offering new approaches to transform (and perhaps even ‘biologise’) industries and overcome global challenges to benefit people and the planet.
The world is grappling with how to transform the unsustainable practices that we rely on to support economic development and meet human needs. Biology offers inspiration and hope: it has been solving problems to enable our planet to thrive for around 3.5 billion years. But evolution takes time, and it’s not necessarily targeted towa
Failing to tackle climate change could cost the world $1.7 trillion a year by 2050, according to 738 economists.
A recent survey shows that three-quarters of economists from around the world strongly agreed that drastic action should be taken immediately.
Two-thirds said the costs of investing toward that global goal of net-zero by 2050 would be outweighed by the economic benefits.
A growing number of climate economists say the world should take “immediate and drastic action” to tackle climate change, according to a survey published. natural disasters are increasingly common due to climate change. Image: Reuters/Dronebase
Failing to do so could cost the world some $1.7 trillion a year by the middle of this decade, escalating to about $30 trillion a year by 2075, according to estimations by the 738 economists from around the world surveyed by New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity.