Nature-based climate solutions in the fishing sector

How can we apply the knowledge, expertise and skillset of the fishing sector to address climate change?

In the past decade, the term "Nature-Based Solutions" (NBS) began emerging in literature with contributions such as Nature-based solutions to climate change, and in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. For the World Wildlife Fund, NBS are actions which intentionally work with nature to deliver measurable climate change adaptation and/or mitigation benefits which simultaneously co-benefit human development and biodiversity. As a Sobey Fund for Oceans intern, Jessica Hum worked with WWF-Canada to interview numerous agents of nature-based solutions which illustrate ways that fisheries are mitigating, adapting and become more resilient to climate change. Jessica’s presentation tells the story through case studies and identifies new opportunities for meeting the climate crisis using nature-based solutions within marine ecosystems and fish habitats.

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