The Role of Blue Economy in Promoting Human Sustainable Development

Background

Organized as part of The 10th International Conference on Economic Management and Green Development (ICEMGD 2026), this session delves into the dual impact of climate mitigation efforts on the blue economy energy sector. Blue economy is covering a significant share of the labor market and its sectors serves numerous local communities, not only coastal ones. Furthermore, the economic output generated by blue economy have a relevant share of the nations’ total. In light of climate change mitigation and the efforts for advancing green transition, the blue economy-related energy sector is affected differently. On one hand the push to phase-out fossil fuels shrink off-shore oil and gas exploitation, while on the other hand off-shore wind farms are a part of the efforts to increase the share of renewable sources of energy and hence, play a significant role of greening the sector.

Goal/Rationale

The outcomes of this workshop is to address the gaps in clarifying the gaps of understanding the concept of blue economy and its role in supporting the green transition as well as creating the premises of advancing the welfare of served communities. By including into the workshop topics such as blue economy sustainability, ocean economy vs blue economy – conceptual differences and approaches, the role of blue economy in advancing green transition, energy sector and blue economy, social and economic challenges for coastal communities, income asymmetries between blue economy sectors, we try to address these gaps and advance the knowledge in the field.

Scope and Information for Participants

The workshop focuses on exploring the role of blue economy in mitigating climate change and advancing the green transition, keeping at the same time the economic activities running and the communities served by it on their developing pathways that will ensure the economic and social welfare.

The workshop will include presentations and debates on several topics, but not limited to: blue economy sustainability, ocean economy vs blue economy – conceptual differences and approaches, the role of blue economy in advancing green transition, energy sector and blue economy, social and economic challenges for coastal communities, income asymmetries between blue economy sectors, etc.

Publication

Accepted papers will be published in Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences (AEMPS)  (Print ISSN: 2754-1169) and will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Google Scholar  and other databases for indexing. The situation may be affected by factors among databases like processing time, workflow, policy, etc.

* The papers will be exported to production and publication on a regular basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published online earlier.

This symposium is organized by ICEMGD 2026 and it will independently proceed the submission and publication process.