ocean stewardship

Shipping Industry’s Customers Need International Maritime Organization to Adopt 2050 Decarbonization Goal

Strong IMO action would dramatically accelerate a virtuous cycle of investment across the value chain.

November 22, 2021

Companies Aim to Use Only Zero-Carbon Ocean Shipping by 2040

The Energy and Environment’s coZEV initiative releases a new ambition statement.

October 19, 2021
Cargo ship at terminal

Aspen Shipping Decarbonization Initiative: Tackling an Urgent Challenge for #OceanClimateAction

Accelerating shipping decarbonization will need to involve a range of solutions and significant public and private sector investment.

February 24, 2021

Corporate Buying Power Can Be Harnessed to Decarbonize Shipping

Shipping vessels are still powered by fossil fuels, making the oft-forgotten industry a massive emitter of greenhouse gases.

August 12, 2020

A Dive to the Mariana Trench

On June 14, 2020, just days after she became the first woman ever to visit the deepest point of the global ocean, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, former NASA astronaut and NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan spoke with the Aspen High Seas Initiative’s Executive Director, Michael Conathan.

June 29, 2020

Twenty-three Former Foreign Ministers Call on World Leaders to Protect Biodiversity

The statement was released on February 18, 2020 by a group of former foreign ministers from around the world who met recently to discuss one of the most urgent challenges of our time: the deepening global environmental crisis.

February 18, 2020

Protecting Biodiversity Supports Global Stability and Sustainable Development

Combatting climate change and mass biodiversity loss requires a global movement.

February 18, 2020

Saving the High Seas

A tide of threats against the ocean is rising, but pioneering ocean scientist and advocate Dr. Sylvia Earle, co-chair of the Aspen High Seas Initiative, has a solution.

March 28, 2019

As Pressure Mounts on Seabed Mining Regulators, Deep Ocean Science Remains in the Dark

Regulators must take caution as companies push to mine the ocean floor.

March 6, 2019