The blue economy are coastal- and ocean-based industries such as aquaculture, biotechnology or blue carbon, where C02 is sequestered from the atmosphere to mitigate climate change.
Chip Fletcher was appointed as special advisor for Climate and Resilience and David Karl was appointed as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Marine Affairs.
Cities with complex networks of buried infrastructure have interaction with shallower and saltier groundwater which exacerbates corrosion and failure of critical systems.
The study summarizes the grave threats facing the planet but rejects a “doom and gloom” philosophy and argues that the threats should motivate swift and substantial actions.
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of cyclones, causing huge potential risks to forests and the people who depend on them.