Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people

The Paris Agreement aims to mitigate the potential impacts of climate change on ecological and social systems. Using an ensemble of climate-marine ecosystem and economic models, we explore the effects of implementing the Agreement on fish, fishers, and seafood consumers worldwide. We find that imple...

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Published in:Science advances 2019-02, Vol.5 (2), p.eaau3855-eaau3855
Main Authors: Sumaila, U Rashid, Tai, Travis C, Lam, Vicky W Y, Cheung, William W L, Bailey, Megan, Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M, Chen, Oai Li, Gulati, Sumeet S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Aquatic Organisms
Climate Change
Conservation of Natural Resources - economics
Ecology
Economics
Ecosystem
Environmental Studies
Humans
Models, Economic
Oceans and Seas
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Summary:The Paris Agreement aims to mitigate the potential impacts of climate change on ecological and social systems. Using an ensemble of climate-marine ecosystem and economic models, we explore the effects of implementing the Agreement on fish, fishers, and seafood consumers worldwide. We find that implementing the Agreement could protect millions of metric tons in annual worldwide catch of top revenue-generating fish species, as well as billions of dollars annually of fishers' revenues, seafood workers' income, and household seafood expenditure. Further, our analysis predicts that 75% of maritime countries would benefit from this protection, and that ~90% of this protected catch would occur within the territorial waters of developing countries. Thus, implementing the Paris Agreement could prove to be crucial for the future of the world's ocean ecosystems and economies.
ISSN:2375-2548
2375-2548
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aau3855