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World Resources Institute: The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change

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Organizations Involved World Resources Institute
Language English
Resource Topics / SDGs::
Includes Topics/Sustainable Development Goals from the resource and its locations.
Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
Resource Topics:
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Nature-Based Solutions
Resource URL https://oceanpanel.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/HLP_Report_Ocean_Solution_Climate_Change_final.pdf
Year 2019

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This report considers five areas of ocean-based climate action to mitigate GHG emissions. (1) Ocean-based renewable energy. (2) Ocean-based transport. (3) Coastal and marine ecosystems. (4) The ocean-based food system (wild capture fisheries, aquaculture and shifting human diets towards food from the sea). (5) Carbon storage in the seabed.

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