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An Independent Dialogue exploring the actions needed to drive aquatic food solutions as part of the UN Food Systems Summit. Date: Thursday, 20 May 2021 Time: 19:00-20:30 (UTC+8)
Deep-sea mining tests resume as lost robot rescued Patania II had been operating at a depth of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone — an expanse of ocean between Hawaii and Mexico that’s as big as the continental US. ( Belgium’s Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot stranded at a depth of thousands of metres. The company reported on April 28 that its Patania II, a 25-tonne mining robot prototype, had uncoupled from a 5 km long (3.1 miles)...
I’m writing this on my final day at WRI, after nearly nine very happy and productive years. Together, we’ve grown the impact and the size of WRI, we’ve internationalized our reach, and we’ve built a well-functioning global team of 1,500 professionals across more than a dozen international offices. Along the way we’ve helped reshape understanding of the relationship between the natural world and economic development, we’ve introduced important new technologies and tools, and we’ve influenced key decisions in cities, corporations, communities and countries — and in the global co...
Andrew Steer at the Courage to Lead event in 2017 in New York. Photo by Ayano Hisa. I’m writing this on my final day at WRI, after nearly nine very happy and productive years. Together, we’ve grown the impact and the size of WRI, we’ve internationalized our reach, and we’ve built a well-functioning global team of 1,500 professionals across more than a dozen international offices. Along the way we’ve helped reshape understanding of the relationship between the natural world and economic development, we’ve introduced important new technologies and tools, and we’ve influenced key d...
The global economy would not exist without the ocean. Ocean-based industries contribute $1.5 trillion annually and hundreds of millions of jobs in fishing, shipping, marine tourism, and renewable energy. These economic services, however, are at...