Emma, Gibbin and Chloe, Hill and Josephine, Langley and Jennifer, Ross-Jones and Romain, Savary and Francis, Vorhies (2021) Acting on ocean risk : Documenting economic, social and environmental impacts on coastal communities. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
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In 2018 IUCN, in partnership with AXA XL, produced a landmark report on ocean risk. Not only did this report define, for the first time, what ocean risk is in terminology that resonates with the global insurance industry, but it also tracked major changes already happening in the ocean and how their effects ripple out into society. This report is a follow on and update from the 2018 report and explores whether there is a case to answer for better analysis and understanding of ocean risk, leading to a more accurate assessment of costs and impacts. The report updates information around the five original focal areas: extreme weather events, coral bleaching, harmful algal blooms, food security via fisheries and aquaculture, and human health and disease. It also analyses this from the national perspective using the case examples from three Western Indian Ocean countries: Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania. These case studies show that sea-level rise is an increasing threat on some densely populated areas and extreme weather events are likely to increase with ever greater unpredictable consequences. Mass coral bleaching events are occurring with increasing regularity and are potentially of major concern. The full extent of the impact of climate change on artisanal fisheries is as yet unquantified. Harmful algal blooms are having an increasing impact on human health especially those working in the marine environment. The work concludes, from the global and regional observations in this report, that ocean risk is material. For many hazards, impacts are both already significant and increasing. It recommends that more in-depth assessment is urgently needed to inform policy makers, investors, insurers, and communities about the substantive and rising costs of these impacts on developing countries, and the extent to which ocean risks impact economic and subsistence activities.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Coastal Communities, Food Security, Aquaculture, Fisheries, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Climate Change, Artisanal Fisheries, IUCN |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 05:10 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 05:10 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20847 |
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