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UN Will Include Tourism Employment in Sustainable Development Goals

Dillon Gerrity -
Tourism employment will now be officially integrated into the deliberations of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, including the UN...

European Economic and Social Committee Urges Stronger Efforts toward Regenerative Tourism

Susan Lahey -
Tourism in Europe is surging. The estimated number of nights spent at tourist accommodations in 2024 was nearly three billion, exceeding the previous year...

Balearic Islands Take Steps to Increase Sustainable Tourism

Susan Lahey -
The Balearic Islands, encompassing Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera, have passed new measures to benefit sustainable tourism. Among them, the islands will raise...

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Mitsui O.S.K. Invests in Ocean Carbon Capture Startup Captura, Signs Offtake Agreement for Carbon Credits

Susan Lahey -
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Captura have signed a large-volume offtake agreement for the permanent removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using Captura's Direct...

OWGP Awards £1.4 Million to Five UK Companies to Boost Offshore Wind Manufacturing

Susan Lahey -
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has announced the recipients of its first-ever Manufacturing Facility Support Programme (MFSP), designed to drive investment and increase UK...

Pew Funds Marine Conservation Projects of Scientists in Five Countries

Susan Lahey -
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that six distinguished researchers will receive the 2025 Pew fellowship in marine conservation. The scientists—from China, Curaçao, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South...

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OECD Report Says International Cooperation is Essential to Protecting Value of the Ocean Economy

A new report by the The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that while the ocean economy doubled in real terms, from...

New Study Reports Bottom Trawling in EU Costs Society Up to €11 Billion a Year

A study to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland shows that the fishing practice imposes...

UK Outlines Plans to Achieve Zero Carbon Shipping by 2050

UK Maritime Minister Mike Kane has revealed the government’s new goals for zero carbon shipping by 2050, with the aim that all vessels that...

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