The ocean and climate change policy |
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Authors: | Grantly Galland Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb Dorothée Herr |
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Institution: | 1. Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego , La Jolla , CA , 92083-0202 , USA ggalland@ucsd.edu;3. Melbourne School of Land and Environment , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia;4. Global Marine and Polar Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature , 1630 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 300, Washington , DC , 20001 , USA |
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Abstract: | The ocean plays a major role in regulating Earth's climate system, and is highly vulnerable to climate change, but continues to receive little attention in the ongoing policymaking designed to mitigate and adapt to global climate change. There are numerous ways to consider the ocean more significantly when developing these policies, several of which offer the co-benefits of biodiversity protection and support of marine-dependent human communities. When developing forward-thinking climate change policy, it is important to understand the ways that the ocean contributes to global climate and to fully inventory the services that the ocean provides to humans. Without more inclusive consideration of the ocean in climate policy, at all levels of governance, policy makers risk weaker than necessary mitigation and adaptation strategies. |
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Keywords: | climate policy marine conservation marine ecosystems ocean–climate interactions oceans UNFCCC |
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