2025-02-252025-02-252024Essam Yassin Mohammed. (11/11/2024). The overlooked solution that could transform COP29. URL: https://www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/cop29-baku-sustainable-finance-blue-economy/https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/6396Delivering climate justice remains a challenge at UN climate talks. High-income countries missed their $100 billion climate finance target and are now negotiating a new goal at COP29. However, discussions often overlook the blue economy, which includes sustainable aquatic resource use and can drive climate justice. Investing in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture supports vulnerable coastal communities while fostering sustainable growth. Yet, climate finance for aquatic food systems remains minimal. Policymakers must integrate small-scale fisheries into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), enhance coastal resilience, and ensure climate funds address losses in aquatic food production to create a more equitable, food-secure future.CC-BY-NC-4.0blue economyaquatic food systemBlog