Blue Economy: a sustainable ocean economic paradigm

As the single largest natural asset on the planet which represents some 99% of the earth’s living volume, the ocean delivers numerous benefits to humanity, including the fact the ocean is responsible for the oxygen in every other breath we take. It supplies 15 percent of humanity’s protein needs. It helps to slow climate change by absorbing 30 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. UNDP's Head of Water and Ocean Governance Programme, Andrew Hudson, on the 'Blue Economy'.