“Climate-Smart” Marine Protected Areas for Mitigation and Adaptation Policy

News 26.11.20

Posted by Reena Chadee
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(Merwin et al. 2020)

This brief reviews the potential climate benefits of marine protected areas (MPAs), discusses how policymakers and practitioners can help ensure that MPAs are “climate-smart,” and underscores that, because a suite of mitigation and adaptation policies is necessary to address the climate challenge, climate-smart MPAs merit a place in the climate policy toolbox.

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