As a response to the climate crisis and its effect on marine ecosystems and coastal populations, this book proposes concrete science driven solutions at establishing transformation pathways towards Sustainable Blue Growth, that are supported by technically and socially innovative innovations....

[...] Um diesem Fernziel für die Meeres-Governance näher zu kommen stellt der WBGU zusätzlich Handlungsempfehlungen vor, die an laufende Politikprozesse anschließen. Dafür betrachtet er beispielhaft die beiden Schwerpunkte Nahrung – nachhaltige Fischerei und Aquakultur – sowie Energie...

The growing challenge for marine governance : global environmental change / Paul G. Harris -- The global oceans regime : the law of the sea and beyond / Erik van Doorn -- The climate-oceans nexus : oceans in the climate regime, climate in the oceans regime / Rozemarijn J. Roland Holst -- The...

Plastic pollution has now become the most urgent issue harming the marine environment, not only in developing countries where waste management infrastructure is insufficient, but also in the world’s oceans as a whole, because macro-plastic items degrade slowly and produce micro-plastic. The...

Comparative Ocean Governance examines how the drive to improve governance of the oceans through place-based management - such as marine protected areas, ecosystem-based management, and ocean zoning - can be adapted to a world already experiencing the impacts of climate change. The author...