Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Novaglio, Camilla; Bax, Narissa; Boschetti, Fabio; Emad, Gholam Reza; Frusher, Stewart; Fullbrook, Liam; Hemer, Mark; Jennings, Sarah; Putten, Ingrid van; Robinson, Lynn; Spain, Erica; Vince, Joanna; Voyer, Michelle; Wood, Graham; Fulton, Elizabeth A.

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“…A healthy ocean is supported through strong transdisciplinary research and development teams who lead a structured and careful expansion of industry into offshore areas. These careful expansions are facilitated through, for instance, the production of multi-use platforms which provide renewable energy, aquaculture, marine bio-resources and biotechnologies, maritime transport and related services, in the same marine space (Marine South East Ltd 2018 ; Novaglio, 2021 ). These changes in ocean health have knock-on benefits for human health via a number of avenues, from improved food safety to aesthetic benefits of a healthy marine environment.…”

Section: Alternate Futures For Ocean and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health

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Putten

Alexander

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Graphic abstract The concentration of human population along coastlines has far-reaching effects on ocean and societal health. The oceans provide benefits to humans such as food, coastal protection and improved mental well-being, but can also impact negatively via natural disasters. At the same time, humans influence ocean health, for example, via coastal development or through environmental stewardship. Given the strong feedbacks between ocean and human health there is a need to promote desirable interactions, while minimising undesirable interactions. To this end, we articulate two scenarios for 2030. First, Business-as-Usual, named ‘ Command and (out of) Control ’, focuses on the anticipated future based on our current trajectory. Second, a more sustainable scenario called ‘ Living and Connecting ’, emphasises the development of interactions between oceans and society consistent with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We describe a potential pathway to achieving the ‘ Living and Connecting ’ scenario, centred on improving marine citizenship, achieving a more equitable distribution of power among stakeholders, and more equitable access to resources and opportunities. The constituent actions of this pathway can be categorised into four groups: (i) improved approaches to science and health communication that account for society’s diverse values, beliefs and worldviews, (ii) a shift towards more trusted relationships among stakeholders to enable two-way knowledge exchange, (iii) economic incentives that encourage behavioural changes necessary for achieving desired sustainability outcomes, and (iv) stronger regulations that simultaneously focus on ocean and human health. We contend that these changes will provide improved outcomes for both oceans and society over the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-021-09669-5.

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Section: Alternate Futures For Ocean and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health

Nash

Putten

Alexander

et al. 2021

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“…The large-scale deployment of a wide range of carbon dioxide removal technologies, governed by robust national laws and global policies, is starting to improve prospects of staying below the 2 °C threshold of the Paris Agreement. Following successful trials in Europe, the US and Australia, multi-use installations are being developed in many parts of the world that deliver co-benefits for food and energy production and environmental protection, including by relieving pressure on coastal regions (see https://blueeconomycrc.com.au/; Novaglio et al 2021 ). The international community has also agreed to provide funding to support the roll out of a catastrophe insurance scheme for all small island states and developing marine nations (McGee et al 2014 ) and to assist in the relocation of displaced coastal peoples, responding to loss and damage arising from climate impacts that exceed the limits of adaptation.…”

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Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems

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Fleming

Hobday

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Proactive and coordinated action to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be essential for achieving the healthy, resilient, safe, sustainably harvested and biodiverse ocean that the UN Decade of Ocean Science and sustainable development goals (SDGs) seek. Ocean-based mitigation actions could contribute 12% of the emissions reductions required by 2030 to keep warming to less than 1.5 ºC but, because substantial warming is already locked in, extensive adaptation action is also needed. Here, as part of the Future Seas project, we use a “foresighting/hindcasting” technique to describe two scenarios for 2030 in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation for ocean systems. The “business-as-usual” future is expected if current trends continue, while an alternative future could be realised if society were to effectively use available data and knowledge to push as far as possible towards achieving the UN SDGs. We identify three drivers that differentiate between these alternative futures: (i) appetite for climate action, (ii) handling extreme events, and (iii) climate interventions. Actions that could navigate towards the optimistic, sustainable and technically achievable future include: proactive creation and enhancement of economic incentives for mitigation and adaptation; supporting the proliferation of local initiatives to spur a global transformation; enhancing proactive coastal adaptation management; investing in research to support adaptation to emerging risks; deploying marine-based renewable energy; deploying marine-based negative emissions technologies; developing and assessing solar radiation management approaches; and deploying appropriate solar radiation management approaches to help safeguard critical ecosystems. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-021-09678-4.

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Measuring Success of SDG 14: An Australian Perspective

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2021

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Cited by 7 publications

References 72 publications

Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health

Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health

Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems

Measuring Success of SDG 14: An Australian Perspective

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