Interview: Why Europe needs the best ocean data

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Interview: Why Europe needs the best ocean data  Europe's blue economy employs 4-5 million people and it's growing. Dr. Jann Martinsohn from the EU's Joint Research Centre explains why policymakers and investors need the best ocean data available.  In partnership with the European Commission  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/28/interview-why-europe-needs-the-best-ocean-data  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The blue economy affects all of us.

00:02We as human beings, we are depending on a sustainable and also competitive economy,

00:09particularly also here in Europe.

00:11The ocean, coastal regions, the marine realm provide a huge opportunity,

00:16has a lot to offer, but of course we are also very aware

00:19that we are talking about a very fragile, very valuable

00:23and also vastly unknown realm and ecosystem, the ocean ecosystem.

00:30Globally, there's a very recent OECD report on the blue economy

00:36and this report actually states that if we were thinking about the ocean as a country,

00:42it would be the fifth largest economy on Earth.

00:46Altogether, it provides about like 3% to the gross value added of the economy

00:54and this figure is roughly speaking similar for the European Union.

00:59Of course, then it depends a lot on which sector you are looking at.

01:03We are also talking about so-called established sectors, that is fisheries,

01:08that is maritime transport, offshore wind energy, for example,

01:13and then really new emerging sectors like, for example, biotechnology, robotics.

01:19And there's a big effort to take saltwater, seawater and transform it into freshwater desalination.

01:25And that is very interesting not only because it is really an alternative source of freshwater for irrigation purposes,

01:32for example, for agriculture which is very water dependent,

01:35but also it is linked actually to the need of energy.

01:38It's very energy hungry.

01:40So we are also analyzing, looking to what extent can this be coupled to photovoltaic energy, renewable energy basically.

01:47We have about 4 to 5 million people working for the blue economy in Europe.

01:57It has a substantial contribution also to the GDA, but what is also very interesting,

02:02we have seen a growth overall in the blue economy.

02:06And that is of course in the current economic situation very important.

02:10It also shows that we have really the opportunity to help Europe taking advantage of blue economy opportunities

02:18to become more competitive and to grow.

02:21from the around the world.

02:27For the local population of the world.

02:29As I was concerned at the local population of the world.

02:31We were able to be able to improve it in the world.

02:33We were able to achieve an energy with the present and of the future.

02:39We were able to express that as a notion of the future of Europe and the past.

02:42And if you would realize that in this region,

02:45the best of Europe has been able to improve it in the future.

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