Integrating oceans into climate policy: Any green new deal needs a splash of blue

Dundas, S.J., et al., Conservation Letters/ Wiley Periodicals

Integrating oceans into climate policy: Any green new deal needs a splash of blue
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Here, we highlight a policy framework to develop terrestrial and ocean-integrated policies that can complement and enhance terrestrial-focused initiatives focused on four specific sectors: 1) energy; 2) transportation; 3) food security; and 4) habitat restoration. Given political friction and constrained budgets, an integrated policy framework offers greater potential to achieve a portfolio of mitigation and adaptation goals in a cost-effective manner, beyond what could be realized with marine or terrestrial policy solutions alone. 

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