Growing Concern from Many Stakeholders …..

Growing Outreach and Impact …..

Uptake by International and Intergovernmental Organisations …

Growing Interest at UNFCCC COP Climate Discussions … Growing Interest at UNFCCC COP Climate Discussions …. but still a long way to go

Major Ocean Activities at Rio+20, June 2012

Ocean Opportunity at Rio+20 ………..

Socio-Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification….

[Societal] Impacts from Ocean Acidification Depend on:

Socioeconomic development interacts with natural variability and human-caused ocean acidification to influence risk

Socioeconomic development interacts with natural variations and human-caused ocean acidification to influence risk

Increasing vulnerability, exposure, or severity and frequency of acidification events increases risk

Increasing vulnerability, exposure, or severity and frequency of acidification events increases risk

Adaptation ability is likely to be higher in developed countries than developing countries

Are there strategies that can help manage risk from ocean acidification and also help improve people’s livelihoods and well-being?

Policy makers want to know what they can do about OA, how they can adapt We need to renew efforts to address OA at the UNFCCC and UNCLOS policy level Consideration of risk management and adaptation is essential and a considerable future challenge for science, policy and society …. …. science has a large part to play in this