Sustainability
From plastic bags to power bills: Monaco businesses mark a decade of greener trade
A 20-cent charge here, an ingredient swap there: ten years on, Monaco’s Commerce Engagé label has all but banished the plastic bag from member shops — and even trimmed restaurants’ energy bills.
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Did you know that whales absorb 33 tons of C02?
As part of Monaco Ocean Week, the MERI Foundation has highlighted the role that whales play in mitigating climate change and why their conservation should be a top priority.
Monaco Blue Initiative secures €20 million ocean mandate
Future Planet Capital, an international venture capital and impact investor, has closed a new €20 million Blue Ocean mandate aimed at tackling key issues affecting the world’s oceans.
Poles experience extreme temps upto 40°C above normal
Record highs at both the Arctic and the Antarctic over the weekend have shocked researchers. It comes just weeks after Monaco held the world's first polar summit and call to action.
“We cannot solve the climate crisis without saving the ocean”
"The climate crisis is an existential threat that requires a revolutionary response," said John Kerry at the Monaco Blue Initiative, adding that the "status quo is our enemy”.
Seaweed: the world’s next big cash crop?
As part of Monaco Ocean Week, the Oceanographic Museum is hosting a special event on Tuesday focusing on the benefits and applications of that most humble of sea dwellers, seaweed.
Lethal combination: warming seas and plastics
The CSM has just published a report on the threat of plastic waste dumped in the seas and warming ocean temperatures, which they say is creating a witch’s brew of pathogenic bacteria that can cause...
