Financing a sustainable ocean economy
Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Teh, L., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., +13 more...Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Issifu, I., Karousakis, K., Lange, G. M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Sack, K., Shahnaz, D., Thiele, T.
, Vestergaard, N., Yagi, N. & Zhang, J.
(2021).
Financing a sustainable ocean economy.
Nature Communications,
12(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23168-y
, Vestergaard, N., Yagi, N. & Zhang, J.
(2021).
Financing a sustainable ocean economy.
Nature Communications,
12(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23168-y
The ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate change. A healthy ocean that supports a sustainable ocean economy requires adequate financing vehicles that generate, invest, align, and account for financial capital to achieve sustained ocean health and governance. However, the current finance gap is large; we identify key barriers to financing a sustainable ocean economy and suggest how to mitigate them, to incentivize the kind of public and private investments needed for topnotch science and management in support of a sustainable ocean economy.
