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Building the Resilience of the Ocean Economy

Taholo Kami, Ocean Panel Sherpa for Fiji and Elena Ojea, Willow Battista and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Blue Paper contributing authors, discuss the impact of climate change across three key ocean sectors – reef tourism, wild capture fisheries, mariculture – and offer a set of solutions for decision-makers, featuring insights from the Blue Paper ‘The Expected Impacts […]

Climate Change Set to Devastate Regional Fisheries and Cause Reef Tourism Revenue Losses of Over 90%. Adaptive Management Processes Must Be Fast Tracked by World Leaders

PRESS RELEASE Madrid, December 6th, 2019: Unabated climate change could cause coral reef tourism revenue losses of over 90%, while some West African countries are forecast to see fish stocks decline by 85% (1), according to a first-of-its-kind analysis2 into country-by-country climate impacts on key ocean sectors, published today as world leaders gather at the […]

The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: 5 Opportunities for Action

Steve Gaines, Peter Haugan, and Manaswita Konar, authors of the Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’ discuss key findings and explore policies and innovations that could advance ocean-based strategies for climate change in this event, co-hosted by WRI and the Embassies of Chile, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, […]

Turning the Tide: Ocean-Based Solutions Could Close Emission Gap by 21%

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Eliza Northrop, Joyashree Roy, Mansi Konar and Jane Lubchenco discuss ocean-based solutions to climate change, featuring insights from Special Report ‘The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action’ in this WRI Insights blog.

A New Narrative for the Ocean

Ocean Panel Expert Group co-chair Jane Lubchenco and member Steve Gaines discuss a new narrative for the ocean in this Science article.

Developing a Global Action Plan for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

On the eve of the Science for Ocean Actions Conference, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Expert Group met for the first time to review, and discuss relevant research, provide scientific input, and explore solutions to the key questions and issues currently being addressed by the High Level Panel. The newly formed […]

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