The Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region
Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, authored two chapters in the newly published Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region.
Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, authored two chapters in the newly published Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region.
Recent graduates Emma Ross (MAIEP OCRM ‘17), Clesi Bennett (MAIEP OCRM ‘17) and Melis Ökter (MAIEP OCRM ‘16) share updates on their professional positions, work and life.
| by Charles Colgan, Shaun Richards, and Rachel Christopherson
The Center for the Blue Economy is committed to providing free, open-access data. Now regional managers along the Mid-Atlantic coast have a new tool: the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Vulnerability Data Portal.
| by Andrew Lachman of the Santa Cruz Sentinel
“We have more than 50 years of practical experience that indicates that when the environment is protected the economy does quite well.” Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research, Center for the Blue Economy.
| by Rachel Christopherson and Co-Authors California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
California is a global leader in using, investing in, and advancing research to set proactive climate change policy, and its Climate Change Assessments provide the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability. Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, is a co-lead author of: “California’s Coast and Ocean Summary Report.”
Each fall, the Center for the Blue Economy hosts a speaker series that brings creative, pragmatic, and practice-based professionals to campus to inform and support the students in the International Environmental Policy program.
One of the consequences of climate change and sea level rise that has not been extensively examined is potential damage to regional economies. Most studies have focused on possible damages to individual properties, but looking at future flood risks in future dollars at the regional economic level is a new approach.