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Is sustainability unsustainable?

We are increasingly surrounded by claims of "sustainability", from academics and regulators to investors and data providers. But what if our current ideas of what is "sustainable" actually are not? Global economic activity is already breaching four of nine critical planetary boundaries.

Blue bonds: Oceans are an emerging opportunity for socially responsible investors

If we are to reduce poverty and boost shared prosperity, we cannot ignore the wealth of oceans or the hundreds of millions of people who depend on them to survive.

Fish stocks should be managed in the public interest

European fisheries policy has the unfortunate habit of accepting the industry as it has operated rather than how it could operate

Revisiting the Wealth of Nations: The Seas

Today an estimated 61% of the world’s population lives within 10km of the ocean. A similar proportion of global GDP comes from coastal areas within 100km of the seashore. However, 95% of the world’s oceans remain uncharted territory.

Local water

Cities sit atop the answer to their water woes, argue Brian Young, Sustainable Infrastructure product manager, and Emma Stewart, head of Sustainability Solutions at Autodesk.

Is blue growth the beginning or end of a healthier ocean?

The blue economy needs to aim higher than merely to do no harm.

UK Budget 2015: a springboard for the environment?

With the UK General Election shortly coming up and increasing evidence that ambitious environmental policies can have positive long-lasting impacts on the economy, the 2015 budget is an opportunity to put the environment above party politics and at the centre of the UK’s economic policy, argues Nick Molho, executive director at the Aldersgate Group.

The Meat We Eat, the Lives We Lift

Talk of livestock these days is tinged with foreboding. We hear that livestock are bad for the environment, that they are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, that red meat is a factor in the global obesity epidemic, leading to public health crises, by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Feeding the World 2015: Four Themes to Frame an Important Year for Food Security

A blog contribution on Feeding the World 2015 by Farming First

Secure land rights are crucial for feeding nine billion people by 2050

Clear property rights for farmers are important to ensure they invest in improving the land and raise farm productivity. This was one of the key conclusions of the fourth Feeding the World summit in Amsterdam on February 12th, organised by The Economist Events.

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