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Accounting for risk transitions of ocean ecosystems under climate change: an economic justification for more ambitious policy responses.
- Source :
- Climatic Change; Sep2020, Vol. 162 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Despite the ocean's role in regulating the climate and providing ecosystem services, the importance of the ocean has only recently gained appropriate attention in the context of international climate change policies. This concerns the impacts of climate change on ocean ecosystems and the role of the ocean in climate change mitigation. Since impacts can be cumulative, future climate risks for the ocean and dependent human communities emphasize the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we make the case that assessing these impacts and their consequences for human welfare would provide not only an ethical but also an economic justification for strengthening policy responses to a substantial degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLIMATE change
CLIMATE change mitigation
ECONOMIC change
OCEAN
HUMANITARIANISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01650009
- Volume :
- 162
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Climatic Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145626080
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02763-w