Climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning as an opportunity for climate action for people and nature

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Webinar description:

Climate change adaptation and mitigation are seen as key steps to Sustainable Ocean Planning. Without adaptation considerations, spatial management of marine resources and protected areas will become ineffective. What’s more, ocean-based climate change mitigation actions are needed to help decelerate and offset the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. Many nations around the world, and high-level policy documents, thus now recognise climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning policies as necessary components of sustainable human activities in the ocean, and of a sustainable future for our planet. In this talk, I will discuss a real-life example of collaboration at the science-policy interface in this space: such examples are seen as a key accelerators towards making this ambition a reality. I will also highlight key solutions developed and co-developed in this space, discussing areas where progress has been made, describing successful strategies, and outlining where further gains could be made at regional, national and internation level, to realise the opportunity that Marine Spatial Planning presents to deliver needed and broader climate action, for nature and for people.