Nations around the world are facing unprecedented challenges from climate impacts on the world’s ocean and must work to create greater ocean resilience, said panelists at an official side event at the Our Ocean Conference in Oslo, Norway today.
The event, Climate Change & the Ocean: Charting a Resilient Path Forward, brought together leading experts on ocean health, resilience and fisheries management, and was sponsored by the government of Chile, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Walton Family Foundation, the Nippon Foundation and Environmental Defense Fund.
This is a time of enormous change for the world’s ocean and with that change comes meaningful opportunities and a responsibility to create a healthier and more resilient future, said Jane Lubchenco, distinguished professor at Oregon State University and co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy’s Expert Group.
Nowhere is this more true than in our response to the climate impacts on the world’s fisheries. Billions of people will be affected through loss of nutrition and income if we don’t act now to put in place solutions for resilience coupled with emissions reduction.
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