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April 4, 2024
Legal personhood combined with financial market responses can protect whales - a breakthrough for nature

This news report describes how markets work with the whale legal personhood declaration to provide effective global protection for them.

April 3, 2024
Building markets for a nature-positive world: a triple win strategy
November 17, 2023
Māori and Pacific leaders propose legal personhood for whales at UN

   

November 2, 2023
Hinemoana Halo: Māori-led Ocean Solutions and Nature Positive Carbon++ Investments

   

September 23, 2023
UNGA, NY - September 17 - Maori King and Maori Leaders Support whales as personhood and Ocean Ambassador to the UN

   

August 18, 2023
Maori iwi (New Zealand): “Indigenous-led blue carbon regime secures $4mil”



August 3, 2023
Blue Economy Summit - Carlos Duarte

Carlos Duarte presentation at Blue Economy Summit — An event connecting international leaders from the worlds of science, institutions, entrepreneurship, and finance to discuss the current status of the ocean and […]

August 3, 2023
Blue Economy Summit - Ralph Chami

CEO Ralph Chami presentation at Blue Economy Summit — An event connecting international leaders from the worlds of science, institutions, entrepreneurship, and finance to discuss the current status of the ocean and […]

May 25, 2023
The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World -- WIRED

Ocean creatures soak up huge amounts of humanity’s carbon mess. Should we value them like financial assets?

May 20, 2023
TED Radio Hour - What a Living Whale is Worth in Fighting Climate Change
January 27, 2023
Climate One Podcast - Blue Carbon Sinking it in the Sea

Listen here starting 15:00 to hear Ralph Chami

December 15, 2022
Beyond Trophy Hunting - Born Free
November 17, 2022
TED Talk - What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature
November 12, 2022
The true wealth of the open ocean: a global trust -- The Economist

  The greatest economic and social value of our ocean lies not in the short-sighted goal of dividing up the rights to extract its resources, but in protecting the ocean’s […]

November 11, 2022
COP27 - Ocean X Climate Summit - Ralph Chami: The Value of a Living Ocean to Our Health & Economic Well Being w/ Sophia Li COP27
November 10, 2022
COP27 - Towards an innovative integrated transformative action to tackle climate change
November 8, 2022
COP27 - Nature as an Asset
October 18, 2022
Valuing Natural Capital Conference - Gem Labs - Geneva September 2022

Listen here to keynote address "Towards an Equitable and Nature-Positive Economy"

September 27, 2022
TEDx Fiesole - If Nature Could Speak, If Humans Could Listen
August 10, 2022
Podcast for the Planet: Money talks: global capitalism, ecocide law & financing a liveable future
April 6, 2022
Financial Times - March 31, - Champion the whales

 

February 2, 2022
Special Event on Saving the Forest Elephant, hosted by EPI Foundation

Listen here to a panel discussion with Ministers from Nigeria, Liberia, Cameroon and Gabon discuss the problems of human-elephant conflict and engaging around a new paradigm presented by Ralph Chami […]

November 23, 2021
An EcoFlix Change-Maker Interview with Niall McCann and Ralph Chami

Listen here to an interview renowned British biologist, activist, and adventurer, Niall McCann and financial economist, musician and humanist, Ralph Chami talking about the wonders of nature and how to […]

November 18, 2021
OECD - DevTalks

Listen here starting at minute 6:10

October 27, 2021
Save the Whales, Save the World

Listen here to an expert panel webinar hosted by WDC in advance of COP26.

October 14, 2021
The role of markets in mitigating climate change - Monaco Scientific Center Workshop

Listen here to a presentation from the Fifth International Workshop On Ocean Acidification Impacts and Economic Valuation, Monaco Scientific Center, October 12-14, 2021

October 6, 2021
Climate 21 Podcast - Using Finance to Protect and Enhance Biodiversity While Simultaneously Sequestering Carbon

Listen here to Tom Raftery's podcast Climate 21 - a Chat with Ralph Chami

August 31, 2021
Geneva Impacts Lab - Protecting Whales for our Planet

Listen here to podcast

June 30, 2021
A new nature-based economic paradigm

Listen here to a new nature-based economic paradigm developed by Blue Green Future, launched at Davos 2019, and is now being brought to life through Rebalance Earth, working with the […]

June 30, 2021
Green Horizon Perspectives - City of London

Listen here to Ralph Chami present a three minute message on a new economic paradigm with nature at its core that leads to sustainable, equitable and regenerative future.

May 17, 2021
Financial Times - What if whales could save us?
April 9, 2021
Is Netflix's Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans? BBC News Reality Check

Claim: Micro-organisms absorb four times more CO2 than the Amazon, based on  IMF report. Experts say that the figure is about right, and could even be an under-estimate.  

March 1, 2021
To fight climate change, save the whales, some scientists say - Mongabay
January 28, 2021
How much is an elephant worth? - The Guardian
January 27, 2021
Great whales found to have active role and monetary value in fight against climate change - Oceanographic
January 26, 2021
A Surprise Hero Taking on Global Warming
January 19, 2021
How whales help cool the earth - BBC Future Planet
January 15, 2021
Boris Johnson vows to 'take a stand' against Japanese whale killing - The Telegraph
May 18, 2020
Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion

Mongabay

April 24, 2020
Priceless poo: the global cooling effect of whales
March 6, 2020
Save the whale’s (poop) – Save the Planet! (and $2M per whale)
March 5, 2020
Opinion: Every Breath You Take: The Economic Case for Marine Life
November 12, 2019
An Economist quantifies who valuable whales are to fighting climate change
November 4, 2019
Living Whales are worth an enormous amount of money
September 24, 2019
How Much is a Whale Worth?

National Geographic

September 17, 2019
Whales are a trillion dollar climate change fix
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