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The Global Seaweed Coalition is hiring a fundraising manager
The Global Seaweed Coalition (GSC) is looking for its new fundraising manager ! The fundraising manager will work under the supervision of the GSC co-founders to raise funds to support GSC’s operations, including funds to seed innovative seaweed projects through...
Financing Regenerative Seaweed & Bivalves Aquaculture: Launch Event
🗓️ Monday 1st December; 13.00 – 14.00 GMT Watch the replay here Join Systemiq, the Global Seaweed Coalition and Planet Ocean Capital to launch a new whitepaper: "Financing Regenerative Seaweed and Aquaculture: The Investment Need and Opportunity" ! 🔗 Register here...
COP30 side event: Seaweed and aquatic foods – blue solutions for climate resilience
19 November 2025 09:30 - 10:30 hrs. Blue Zone, Thematic Room Location Belem, Brazil Seaweed and aquatic foods are emerging as powerful nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis, enhance food security, and support sustainable livelihoods. This event explores...
COP30 roundtable: Trade, climate, food security and development potential of seaweed aquaculture
18 November 2025 11:20 - 12:35 hrs. Auditorium A3, Agriculture and Science (Agrizone), Embrapa Amazônia Oriental Location Belém, Brazil Seaweed serves as a sustainable and nutritious food source, offering substantial environmental benefits such as carbon capture and...
Global Seaweed Coalition secures critical funding to continue its operations
The Global Seaweed Coalition (GSC) is proud to announce it has secured two years of funding to continue its operations, enabling GSC to maintain its role in promoting the safe and sustainable development of the global seaweed sector. This crucial support is provided...
A Seaweed Revolution Begins: United Nations Global Seaweed Initiative Officially Launched
 New global platform unites countries and UN agencies to unlock seaweed’s potential for climate action, food security, and ocean sustainability A bold new chapter in ocean sustainability and climate action was written in New York on 23 September 2025, as the United...
Launch of the United Nations Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI)
 UNGA 80 side event 6:15-7:30 pm EDT September 23, Conference Room 7, UN HQ, New York Background: Seaweed offers an array of benefits for people and the planet, including contributing to food and nutrition security in diverse ways, providing significant opportunities...
Seaweeds and Climate: Why do we need a UN Global Seaweed Initiative?
GSC Climate Week event 3:30-5:30 pm EDT, September 22, UNGC Boardroom, New-York Background: Seaweeds help mitigate climate change by absorbing CO2 and nutrients from the ocean, serving as a source material for bioplastics and potentially biofuels that reduce reliance...
Supporting seaweeds and their myriad contributions to advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and beyond
Madagascar, Indonesia, France, UN entities & Global Seaweed Coalition announce support for the creation of a UN Global Seaweed Initiative at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, Nice, France
A coalition of governments, UN entities, and partners has announced the development of a United Nations Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI) — a collaborative platform to promote global efforts for safe and sustainable development of the seaweed sector supported by...
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African Breakthroughs in Bio-Materials and Carbon-Capturing Dyes Reach Global Finals
Two African innovators have secured places among the Top 20 global finalists of the 2026 Global Change Award, one of the fashion industry’s most influential sustainability challenges, signalling the continent’s growing role in reshaping the future of materials, climate technology and circular manufacturing.
Source : The Next Africa
Greenwave Opens Kelp Nursery in Kodiak to Reduce Cost for Farmers and Increase Production
Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.
Source : KMXT
Notpla and Kwalitaria Launch Plastic-Free Seaweed Packaging Across…
In the race to become single-use-plastic-free, ambition scale seems to be the biggest hurdle. It is one thing to trial compostable packaging at a boutique café; quite another to deploy it across a national fast-food chain. That is why the new partnership between Notpla and Kwalitaria deserves attention far beyond the Netherlands.
Source : Smiley Movement
Novel Saltwater Fermentation Process Yields Seaweed-Based Bioplastics
A new production method for PHAs is being scaled up by Uluu (Perth, Western Australia; www.uluu.com.au) using seaweed, microbes and saltwater. “First, we hydrolyze the seaweed, breaking it down into fermentable sugars before separating the sugar-rich liquid from the remaining solids.
Source : Chemical Engineering
Oman Advances Toward Scalable Seaweed Farming with Pilot Project
Researchers from the Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), in collaboration with Macro Algae Industries, have launched a pilot seaweed farm near the Al Sawadi Islands in Barka to evaluate the commercial feasibility of cultivating native seaweed species in Omani waters.
Source : Ocean News & Technology
Aqua Theon Nets $13M to Scale OoMee's Seaweed Drinks for GLP-1 Users
Californian seaweed tech startup Aqua Theon has secured $13M in a seed funding round, $5M of which is earmarked for the expansion of its OoMee line of functional marine beverages.
Source : Green Queen
Seaweed as a Low-Risk Step Towards More Resilient Crops
Holdfast & Stipe, founded by Nikki Spil, helps growers make their plants and cut flowers healthier and stronger using the natural power of seaweed, reducing the need for artificial inputs.
Source : Floral Daily
Seaweed Farming: A Key to COâ‚‚ Removal and Climate Resilience
Seaweed farming is a key strategy for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), offering both climate mitigation and ecological benefits. A recent study published in Communications Sustainability examined how seaweed aquaculture contributes to carbon sequestration by increasing sedimentary alkalinity production.
Source : AZoCleantech
Antibacterial, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Ageing: The Healing Power of Seaweed - UOW Scientists Making 2026 the Year of Australian Seaweed
Researchers are using a unique Australian seaweed that mimics the biological functions of human skin to develop sustainable, regenerative wound-healing solutions for complex skin injuries and burns.
Source : uow.edu.au
Sri Lanka Positions for Indian Ocean Seaweed Leadership at India Expo 2026
Representing Sri Lanka and the Maldives as an international panellist, seaweed development consultant Sivaram Kulendran highlighted the region’s growing potential to transition from small-scale cultivation to an integrated, value-added blue economy sector.
Source : The Fish Site