oceans
publication
by Eliza Northrop, Susan Ruffo, Gwynne Taraska, Lisa Schindler Murray, Emily Pidgeon, Emily Landis, Elizabeth Cerny-Chipman, Anna-Marie Laura, Dorothée Herr, Lisa Suatoni, Gerald Miles, Tim Fitzgerald, Joshua D. McBee, Tamara Thomas, Sarah Cooley, Anne Merwin, Ariane Steinsmeier, Doug Rader and Mario Finch - January 2021This paper outlines the best ways countries can use ocean-based action to curb greenhouse gas emissions and better adapt to the impacts of climate change. The paper focuses on four ocean-based subsectors that have the greatest potential to curb emissions and deliver significant other benefits: marine conservation (coastal and marine ecosystem restoration and protection), oceanic and coastal fisheries, marine transport, and ocean-based renewable energy.