Raimund Bleischwitz

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Raimund Bleischwitz is Scientific Director of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). He has been Chair in Sustainable Global Resources at University College London (UCL) and Director of the UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (UCL BSEER).

Raimund Bleischwitz

Aug 07 2024

Financing the blue carbon wealth of nations

Illuminem Voices

Climate Change · Carbon

Mangroves as ‘blue coast guard and carbon sink’ assets

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Marine social sciences for the ocean we want

Raimund Bleischwitz

Dec 01 2022

Marine social sciences for the ocean we want

Nature

The ocean provides livelihoods for over 3bn people worldwide and is the principal source of protein for an equal number of people. In socio-economic terms, the ‘blue economy’[1] of ocean-related activities worth $2 trillion of value added makes up for the 8th largest economy in the world. Learning to shape human behaviour and relationship with the sea towards sustainability could become a new role for marine sciences. Against the background of an emerging debate (see references below), this contribution aims to push further and strengthen the recognition and integration of the marine social sciences and thus transformative research in general.

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Raimund Bleischwitz

Dec 01 2022