09.04.2024
The event co-organized by MSP projects, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, MSP-Global, the EU MSP platform was led to success by the IEO (CSIC) team. 50 participants from the EU, Brazil, and the Pacific gathered in Barcelona for this exiciting side event on MSP and climate change.
The presentations and the fish bowl sessions sparked a lot of engagement and discussion on how climate change adaptation and mitigation have diverse impacts across sectors, highlighting the significance of a holistic approach like MSP in the marine environment.
Here are highlights of the main outcomes:
- Climate Change(CC) adaptation and mitigation have diverse impacts across sectors, highlighting the significance of a holistic approach like Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP). However, MSP alone cannot address these challenges; further research is essential to tackle the complexities of CC.
- MSP plays a crucial role in identifying blue carbon sinks and sensitive areas, analysing land-sea interactions for CC adaptation, and influencing policies to promote sectoral transition for CC mitigation.
- Projects offer solutions that must be integrated /mainstream at national and regional levels. In this last realm, Regional Sea Conventions are key.
- Climate-smart MSP requires dynamic ocean management across scales and comprehensive data, including ecosystem distribution and socio-economic factors, crucial for just & fair transition and addressing climate change costs.
- The MSP Community is strong and growing. There is a need to engage beyond its boundaries. CC is complex: start simple but start; MSP needs to be empowered to be courageous!
