Center for the Blue Economy

Middlebury cohort participates in global climate solutions at COP30 in Brazil

Megan McKenna and Rachel Christopherson — 2025-11-14T16:38:26-0800

Five delegates from Middlebury Global Climate Policy Network are joining the international climate conference in Belém, Brazil November 10-21, 2025

Sequoias of the Sea: Film Screening & Discussion

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-13T14:14:34-0800

Sequoias of the Sea tells the story of the environmental, cultural and economic destruction impacting a Northern California town that has lost its kelp forest. It’s a deep dive into the lives of fishermen, tribes, scientists, and a community working to restore a habitat devastated by a warming climate.

Live from COP30 with the MIIS Delegation

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-13T10:36:47-0800

COP30 is underway. It is the 30th year. Is it working? In this session, we will explore questions around what climate leadership looks like on the international stage. We will hear from current Middlebury Institute students who are at COP30 on what they are experiencing.

Middlebury cohort participates in global climate solutions at COP30 in Brazil

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-11-13T09:55:46-0800

Meet the delegates from Middlebury Global Climate Policy Network joining the international climate conference in Belém, Brazil November 10-21, 2025!

Sharing the Risk of Climate Impacts: insurance for infrastructure in the State of Maine

Rachel Christopherson; Charles Colgan — 2025-09-26T12:54:26-0700

Investigating the feasibility of a public infrastructure insurance facility is now being undertaken by Dr. Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, following up on the climate vulnerability and infrastructure adaptation studies undertaken by the Center around the U.S. over the past decade.

Enforcing the Coastal Act

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-09-01T17:09:05-0700

This talk will briefly cover the history of the Coastal Act and the Coastal Commission, then dive into what it is like to work to enforce the Coastal Act, with examples of cases big and small from the Central Coast District.

Port of San Diego: Accelerating Sustainability and Ocean Innovation

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-09-01T16:50:48-0700

The Blue Economy is a concept that Jason Giffen and the Port of San Diego are putting into practice: nature-based solutions, coastal resiliency, maritime decarbonization, ocean data, and more.

Designing Marine and Coastal Infrastructure to Enable Healthy Habitats

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-09-01T16:33:05-0700

How do you both protect coastal ports and cities while creating habitat that supports abundant and diverse marine life? Danielle Weerth has some ideas.

High Seas, Hidden Treasures: Protecting the Thermal Dome in the Eastern Tropical Pacific from Maritime Traffic

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-09-01T16:27:28-0700

The Thermal Dome of the Easter Tropical Pacific is one of the ocean’s most precious and vulnerable regions.

Resource management through permitting in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

rchristopherson@middlebury.edu — 2025-09-01T16:22:23-0700

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary covers over 6,000 square miles of water along the coast of California. How to balance all the uses of this rich ecosystem?