The blue economy is worth $2.5 trillion a year. But what is it?

The Eastern Caribbean is leading efforts to develop the "blue economy". Image: Unsplash/Tomasz Tomal
Anna Wellenstein
Director for Sustainable Development, Latin America and Caribbean Region at World Bank Group
Genevieve Connors
Environment Practice Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean region

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:
The Ocean
What's the World Economic Forum doing about the ocean?
License and Republishing
World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.
Related topics:
The Agenda Weekly
A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda
Subscribe
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.