U.N. delegates, shipping representatives, scholars and NGOs gathered in Lisbon for the Economist Impact World Ocean Summit 2023 to convene and discuss the blue economy, marine ecosystems preservation, and pathways forward for climate and ocean stewardship. Issues ranging from reef restoration to alternative shipping fuels, to enhancing ocean data collection were debated in an in-person format for the first time since the pandemic in 2020. Claudio Abbate, Vice President of Maritime Policy and Government Affairs at MSC Group, provided industry input from the world’s largest shipping company on a panel discussion examining the wider adoption of decarbonized shipping trade routes, also known as green corridors. (....)