Joint Plan for Climate Change Adaptation in Mediterranean MPAs: methodological approach & priority actions
| Autor: | Vlachogianni, Thomais, Paliogiannis, Ch., Cerrano, Carlo, Barazzetta, F., Ojea, Elena, Azzurro, Ernesto, Di Franco, Antonio, Garrabou, Joaquim |
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| Přispěvatelé: | European Commission, Vlachogianni, Thomais |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| DOI: | 10.20350/digitalcsic/15260 |
| Popis: | This document is a synthesis report of the results and outcomes of the participatory 5-phase decision-making process run by 7 pilot Mediterranean MPAs with the aim to identify and adopt priority climate change adaptation measures. The report features the climate change adaptation options endorsed or shortlisted by the pilot MPAs and defines the common priority actions that should implemented by all Mediterranean MPAs in response to the lurking effects of climate change. Climate change is dramatically affecting the Mediterranean Sea, which is warming at a rate three times faster (0.41°C per decade) than the world’s average (0.13°C per decade). Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), despite the nature-based solution they offer to support efforts towards climate change adaptation and mitigation, also experience the effects of climate change. In fact, several Mediterranean MPAs are already facing major biodiversity and functional alterations due to climate change, whereas others will likely face them within the next few decades. There is, therefore, an urgency to mitigate these risks and to consider adaptation options, in partnership with local communities, decision-makers, civil society organizations, research bodies, and other socio-economic actors at local, national and regional level. MPA Engage is an Interreg Med funded project that seeks to support Mediterranean MPAs to adapt to and mitigate the ongoing climate change effects in the Mediterranean. Within a period of three years, MPA Engage has provided essential support to managers of marine protected areas to fast-track actions against climate change. During this time, MPA managers and climate change experts from 14 entities and 6 different countries, namely Albania, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy and Spain, have been brought together and have evolved into a taskforce with a joint mission to promote MPAs as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. European Commission |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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