The opportunity for climate action through climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning
Ana M. Queirós, Talya ten Brink, María Bas, Christopher J. Sweeting, Sean McGuinness, Hugh Edwards, Elizabeth Talbot, Patrick Berg Sørdahl, Christian Lønborg, Shayna R Deecker-Simon, Michael Elliott, Rafael Sardá, Jose A Fernades-Salvador, Christina Pretty, Riku Varjopuro, Elina Virtanen, Elena Gissi, Katherine L. Yates, Andrea Morf, Catarina Frazão Santos, Inne Withouck, Matthew Frost, Marta Coll, Kira Gee, Caitríona Nic Aonghusa
Abstract
Despite global climate-driven change in marine ecosystems and associated economic sectors, climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning (CSMSP) implementation remains limited. This joint perspective from across the climate research and Marine Spatial Planning policy interface discusses reasons for CSMSP's slow pace (blockers) and shares operational examples about how CSMSP is working around the world (enablers). Learning from national CSMSP contexts can help deliver needed and faster international collaboration on climate action.