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    Transitioning the blue economy

    Discover solutions in the real ocean economy.

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The range of solutions available to support the development of a more sustainable blue economy has grown.

Using new research, developed in partnership with the Ocean Impact Navigator and The Earthshot Prize, we navigate the expanding world of ocean-focused innovations and technologies.

Most importantly, we highlight that there is a vast array of solutions which are helping support the transition of the real ocean economy towards more nature-positive practices. This has the potential to be a material lever in supporting the Global Biodiversity Framework’s target of halting and reversing nature loss.

What’s in the report

  • Sector deep dives

    Identify existing and emerging solutions with sector deep dives and ten business case studies.

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    Financing solutions

    Learn which financing solution might be best-suited for a given blue economy sector or sub-sector.

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    Key insights

    Discover how improved ocean governance and new technology can help overcome investment barriers.

Why it matters

90 per cent of the markets we operate in are coastal, and we see encouraging signs for growth in the blue economy.

We expect momentum towards investing in the blue economy to continue to grow. Yet more must be done to get capital to where it’s needed most.

80 per cent of global trade is carried across the ocean and more than thirty million people globally rely on the ocean for their livelihood, many of them in our footprint markets.

In this context, marine conservation, research and sustainable development remain alarmingly marginalised and underfunded, with an estimated cumulative funding gap of at least USD900 billion between now and 2030.

By highlighting the solutions that exist within the real ocean economy and offering guidance on the financing mechanisms that can be deployed towards them, we aim to play our part in increasing the amount of capital that is mobilised towards the blue economy.

There is a real opportunity today to deploy capital at scale into the transition of the real economy as a lever for achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework target of halting and reversing biodiversity loss.
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Marisa Drew
Chief Sustainability Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

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