The launch on Friday of the report on oceans by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an opportunity to challenge the ecological credentials of the ‘blue growth’ concept. This dangerously claims that economic growth in ocean industries can be done in a sustainable way. However it is now urgent that this unproven claim is scrutinised, and alternatives to economic growth for ocean economies are given more serious attention.

BP gained permission to start drilling through the world’s largest cold coral reef, situated in the sea off Mauritania. This is despite a campaign by some of the world’s leading marine biologists, who describe BP’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment as a sham.

With an alarming growth in investments for offshore oil and gas in Africa, it is time that the EU agrees to reform its Africa-EU Energy Partnership and commit to ending all public financing for fossil fuels in Africa.

Our new report that provides a critical assessment of the blue growth agenda and sets out the beginnings of an alternative, based on the concept of the ‘blue commons’.

A CFFA report assessing whether the European Commission's Blue Growth Strategy is an attractive model for Africa's small-scale fisheries. 

Amid an offshore mining boom for oil and gas in East Africa, Kenya based NGO CANCO is working to promote the rights of small-scale fishing communities. Here we discuss some of the concerns about the impact and management of mining companies for coastal communities and fishers.