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Blue Economy: Oceans as the Economic Frontier in Industry 4.0 examines the emerging concepts related to blue economy and climate change, along with their effects on oceans. The bo… Read more
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Section 1: Towards a sustainable blue economy and ocean governance
1.1 Blue Economy: Oceans as a huge, sustainable, and equitable economic system
1.2 Charting a course for a sustainable blue economy.
1.3 Global pathways for a secure and resilient blue economy
1.4 Underpinning blue economy through a sustainable and equitable growth
1.5 Unlocking the commercial value of oceans in blue economy
1.6 Enhancing capacity building for ocean governance in blue economy
1.7 Transitioning to a Blue Economy in Industry 4.0 era through digital technology in ocean management
1.8 Blue economy: the way forward in Industry 4.0 era using digitalization of ocean governance.
Section 2. Promoting a healthy ocean that benefits everyone.
2.1 Life below water: Health challenges and solutions
2.2 Sustainable economic, social, and environmental strategies to achieve healthy oceans.
2.3 Keeping oceans healthy to keep the blue economy running.
2.4 Covid-19 global pandemic: Impacts on Blue Economy and ocean health
2.5 Turning the tide: Promoting a sustainable ocean recovery post-Covid19.
Section 3. Contribution of Blue Economy to UN SDGs
3.1 Uncovering the roles of oceans in promoting sustainable development.
3.2 Blue economy in the UN SDGs: Challenges and opportunities
3.3 Ocean conservation and development to advance the UN SDGs
Section 4. Ocean: A secret weapon against climate change
4.1 Empowering blue economy initiatives as solutions for climate change
4.2 Ocean as nature-based solutions to climate change
4.3 Ocean acidification as a physical indicator of climate change
4.4 Impacts of ocean acidification on climate change and fisheries
4.5 Promoting sustainable, resilient and inclusive blue economies to mitigate climate change.
4.6 How the blue economy could save oceans from climate change?
4.7 Energy from sea waves for climate change mitigation
4.8 Ocean-based CO2 removal: a new frontier in blue economy for climate mitigation
4.9 Blue economy: Opportunities and bottlenecks for green recovery
Section 5. Improving ocean-based economies
5.1 Riding the wave of blue economy: An ocean of opportunity.
5.2 Strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies in coastal cities.
5.3 Shaping the future of the world’s oceans through blue economy.
6. Successful case-studies of blue economy
6.1 How archipelagic countries in global south can harness the blue economy?
6.2 Prioritizing the blue economy to promote North-South global initiatives.
6.3 Role of ocean finance in transitioning to a blue economy in Asia-Pacific
6.4 Shaping a sustainable blue economy in Southeast Asian region.
6.5 Nourishing the blue economy in North America for sustainable development.
6.6 Ocean management in archipelagic countries
7. Concluding remarks
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Mika Sillanpää’s research work centres on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. His recent research focus has been on the resource recovery from waste streams. Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D. Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg. He has supervised over 60 PhDs and been a reviewer in over 250 academic journals. Mika Sillanpää has published more than 1000 articles in peer reviewed international journals. He has served on the editorial boards of several scholarly publications. Having an h-index of 115, his publications have been cited over 65000 times (Google Scholar). Mika Sillanpää has received numerous awards for research and innovation. For example, he is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his “significant contributions, outstanding achievements and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse”. In 2011, he was invited to act as a Principal Scientific Reviewer in the GEO-5 report of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In 2012, he received Tapani Järvinen Environmental Technology Award and Publication Award of the Lappeenranta University of Technology. In 2014, he received the Science Award of the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Pro Mikkeli Award. In 2017 and 2018, he was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. In 2018, he was invited as a Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters and Technology Academy of Finland. He also received Literature award from the Water Association of Finland in 2018. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, he was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters in two different disciplines, among approximately 200 other top researchers (covering all fields of science). In 2021, he was listed as World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University. In 2022, he has been awarded the Provincial Innovative Talent of Zhejiang Province, China.
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