Thinking outside the ocean-climate nexus : Towards systems-informed decision making in a rapidly changing world

Germond-Duret, Celine and Germond, Basil and Katsanevakis, S and Kelly, M and Mazaris, Antonios D. and McKinley, E (2024) Thinking outside the ocean-climate nexus : Towards systems-informed decision making in a rapidly changing world. Science of the Total Environment, 910: 168228. ISSN 0048-9697

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Abstract

Despite repeated calls for more inclusive practices, approaches used to address current challenges within the ocean-climate nexus do not sufficiently account for the complexity of the human-social-ecological system. So far, this has prevented efficient and just decision-making and policies. We propose to shift towards systems-informed decision making, which values transdisciplinary system-thinking and cumulative impact assessments, and encourages multi-system collaboration among decision-makers in order to address the recurring technicality of policies and to foster just solutions that account for the needs of varied actors across the sustainable development spectrum. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.]