The ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate change. A healthy ocean that supports a sustainable ocean economy requi
increase resilience to climate change sustain ecosystem services to humanity Cristina Mittermeier, president of SeaLegacy, says,“The benefits of protecting 30% of the world’s ocean are monumental. A well-connected system of highly protected areas will provide sanctuary for disappearing marine species,...
By potentially lining up with comprehensive, plural valuations of risk and ocean benefits to people, or climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience-building strategies, it may offer essential opportunities to support ocean sustainability transformations needed in, but not restricted to, for instance, ...
UNDP is active in over 170 countries, assisting governments and communities with a focus on sustainable development, good governance, and climate and disaster resilience. UNDP has become an invaluable partner to many organizations around the world. Introducing new technology and intervening to restore ...
there is resilience thinking associated with the international Resilience Alliance and the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Here the focus is on regime shifts and transformations of social-ecological systems to cope with, adapt to, and transform in the face of change30,34,35,36. Secondly, there is th...
2012). Threats to oceans, therefore, have the potential to engender widespread suffering, displacement and unrest. Consequently, the UN was urged to incorporate the ‘Blue Economy’ into discussions. As a result, member states pledged to protect and restore the health, productivity and resilience ...
Welcome to Kingtown(a fictional town used to demonstrate sea-level rise resilience) West Coast Region Land Cover Report West Coast Salmon Fisheries Sustainability Analysis West Hawai’i Habitat Focus Area (HFA) What El Niño Means for Southern California ...
Over the coming decades, a changing climate, growing global population, and increased environmental stressors will have significant yet highly uncertain impacts on food security and human well fare. Adaptation strategies and science-informed policy responses to global change are urgently needed. ...
The coastal species were more diverse and appeared more frequently than expected, dominating in terms of the variety and richness of species present. This discovery challenges the long-held belief that coastal species can't survive in the open ocean. It reveals the resilience and adaptability o...
] [It is important to stress the need for sustainable coastal and marine ecosystems that will increase the resilience to climate change MultiUn 海洋仍然是许多此类国家人民生存的主要食物来源。 Oceans continue to be the primary food source for the subsistence of many of the peoples of these Sta...