Overview
- Proposes analytical framework accelerating transition to sustainable management of our seas and oceans
- Offers science-driven concrete management solutions
- Turns challenges presented by oceans and seas into opportunities for sustainable economic growth
- Proposes measures to improve the efficiency of maritime research
- Aims to improve our understanding of marine ecosystems’ response to natural and anthropogenic factors
Part of the book series: Environment & Policy (ENPO, volume 57)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
As a response to the climate crisis and its effect on marine ecosystems and coastal populations, this book proposes concrete science driven solutions at establishing transformation pathways towards Sustainable Blue Growth, that are supported by technically and socially innovative innovations.
This book proposes investment options and management solutions that have the potential of making our seas and oceans resilient to crises- climate, financial, health- by laying the foundations for a green/blue, circular economy that is anchored in science driven solutions and geared toward public well-being. Now is the time to usher in systemic economic change and the good news is that we have our blueprint: it’s the combination of UN Agenda 2030 (17 SDG) and European Commission’s European Green Deal!
There is no doubt that the Earth’s survival will depend on the protection and sustainable management of our seas and oceans and the resources they provide. This is recognized by the Joint Communication on International Ocean Governance, which is an integral part of the EU’s response to the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to the targets set out by Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources”.
The analytical framework and science-driven concrete management solutions proposed in this book can accelerate the transition to a sustainable management of our seas and oceans, by turning the current challenges into opportunities for sustainable economic growth which is both environmentally resilient and leaves no one behind.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
The Volume Editor, Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Professor (Chair) of Sustainable Development (Economics and Econometrics) at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece) and she is the elected President of the European Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (EAERE) (with more than 1200 scientific member institutions, from more than 75 different countries). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the 1% of most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than 250 published scientific papers. She also edited volume 1 of "The Ocean of Tomorrow" with subtitle "Investment Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Methodology and Applications" (ISBN 978-3-319-55770-0) which was published by Springer in 2017.
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES) at the Athens University of Economics and Business and an affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center (Greece) where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. She is also the co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network Greece (UN SDSN Greece), chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy (ICRE8) and chair of the scientific advisory board of the European Forest Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Ocean of Tomorrow
Book Subtitle: The Transition to Sustainability – Volume 2
Editors: Phoebe Koundouri
Series Title: Environment & Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56847-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56845-0Published: 31 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56847-4Published: 30 December 2020
Series ISSN: 1383-5130
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0110
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 257
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment, general, Oceanography, Offshore Engineering, Education, general, Biological Techniques