The ocean and coasts are largely absent from the ‘Green New Deal’ proposal. In response to the limited attention paid to the sustainability and equitable governance approaches of the blue economy, a US ‘Blue New Deal’ has been proposed aiming to protect the health of the ocean and support coastal communities' adaptation to climate change. The Blue New Deal emerged as a central policy proposal from 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to enhance the role of the blue economy while simultaneously addressing the climate crisis. Through a just transitions analysis, this article evaluates the proposal for a US Blue New Deal — as designed by Senator Elizabeth Warren — that would be applied towards enhancing socioeconomic resiliency, environmental justice, and addressing social inequities. As part of a critical policy analysis evaluating the areas of focus Warren's Blue New Deal presents, environmental justice and sustainability are central to the success of managing, and enhancing the role of, the blue economy. The challenges facing the Blue New Deal reflect a ‘one size fits all’ federal approach that has implications for addressing multifaceted obstacles in key sectors of the blue economy, its governance, and tackling interconnected crises that exacerbate socioeconomic inequities and vulnerabilities of marginalised coastal communities. This article proposes a blue justice framework for the Blue New Deal that seeks to address the tensions and contradictions that exist in its current form and indicates how a comprehensive policy framework can enhance the sustainability and equitable involvement of the blue economy.

中文翻译：

---

美国蓝色新政：这对蓝色经济的公正转型、可持续性和弹性意味着什么？

“绿色新政”提议中基本上没有海洋和海岸。针对蓝色经济的可持续性和公平治理方法受到的关注有限，美国提出了一项旨在保护海洋健康和支持沿海社区适应气候变化的“蓝色新政”。蓝色新政是 2020 年民主党总统候选人伊丽莎白沃伦提出的一项核心政策提案，旨在加强蓝色经济的作用，同时应对气候危机。通过公正的过渡分析，本文评估了由参议员伊丽莎白沃伦设计的美国蓝色新政提案，该提案将用于增强社会经济弹性、环境正义和解决社会不平等问题。作为评估沃伦蓝色新政提出的重点领域的关键政策分析的一部分，环境正义和可持续性是成功管理和加强蓝色经济作用的核心。蓝色新政面临的挑战反映了一种“放之四海而皆准”的联邦方法，这种方法对于解决蓝色经济关键部门的多方面障碍、其治理以及应对加剧社会经济不平等和边缘化沿海社区脆弱性的相互关联的危机具有重要意义。本文为蓝色新政提出了一个蓝色正义框架，旨在解决当前形式中存在的紧张局势和矛盾，并指出综合政策框架如何增强蓝色经济的可持续性和公平参与。