«Milhares de jovens de mais de cem países fazem na sexta-feira uma nova greve estudantil, em protesto pela inação dos governos em relação às alterações climáticas. A iniciativa também se vai realizar em Portugal, ocorrendo em vários concelhos do nosso país e à qual se juntam organizações não-governamentais e sociedade civil»

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«Insights into integrated reporting 3.0: The drive for authenticity»

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«This report examines the reporting practices of organisations in the International Integrated Reporting Council’s <IR> Business Network. It highlights the progress made towards integrated reporting over the past year, discusses the challenges that preparers face, and gives practical recommendations to guide more organisations on the path to integrated reporting».

«Nunca a destruição foi tão grande e rápida»

Grandes PRIMEIRAS PÁGINAS

«Blue Economy»

Veja mais no site do Banco Munidal

Foi este trabalho  da GreenBuzz que nos levou uma vez mais a trazermos a «Blue Economy» para este nosso Blogue, começando pela impressiva imagem do Banco Mundial acima. E temos ainda o Relatório seguinte: 

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O Sumário Executivo começa assim:

«This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation. Although the term “blue economy” has been used in different ways, it is understood here as comprising the range of economic sectors and related policies that together determine whether the use of oceanic resources is sustainable. An important challenge of the blue economy is thus to understand and better manage the many aspects of oceanic sustainability, ranging from sustainable fisheries to ecosystem health to pollution. A second significant issue is the realization that the sustainable management of ocean resources requires collaboration across nation-states and across the public-private sectors, and on a scale that has not been previously achieved. This realization underscores the challenge facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as they turn to better managing their blue economies. The “blue economy” concept seeks to promote economic growth, social inclusion, and the preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability of the oceans and coastal areas. At its core it refers to the decoupling of socioeconomic development through oceans-related sectors and activities from environmental and ecosystems degradation. It draws from scientific findings that ocean resources are limited and that the health of the oceans has drastically declined due to anthropogenic activities. These changes are already being profoundly felt, affecting human well-being and societies, and the impacts are likely to be amplified in the future, especially in view of projected population growth. The blue economy has diverse components, including established traditional ocean industries such as fisheries, tourism, and maritime transport, but also new and emerging activities, such as offshore renewable energy, aquaculture, seabed extractive activities, and marine biotechnology and bioprospecting. A number of services provided by ocean ecosystems, and for which markets do not exist, also contribute significantly to economic and other human activity such as carbon sequestration, coastal protection, waste disposal and the existence of biodiversity. (...)». 

Em suma, fontes suficientes para ficarmos com uma ideia das problemáticas em presença. Este também um bom pretexto para lembrarmos a iniciativa da Gulbenkian seguinte:

«Bioeconomia Azul | Programa de aceleração de projetos e startups do setor da bioeconomia azul».