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Climate Change and the Blue Economy in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-26T14:35:22Z
dc.date.available2025-03-26T14:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-26
dc.description.abstractClimate change impacts the planet overall, and the Blue Economy is not exempt from these effects. On the contrary, the ocean is a major regulator of global and regional weather, and ocean acidification is a fundamental influencer of coastal and marine ecosystems. Climate change is already affecting the Blue Economy in various ways. Sea-level rise is causing havoc on shorelines due to geomorphological processes. Changes in precipitation are causing floods and droughts in unpredictable patterns. Rising sea temperatures are starting to change patterns of ecosystem productivity, which will, in turn, reduce the availability of fish for human consumption. If climate change continues unchecked, extreme weather, such as storm surges, could conceivably combine with normal lunar tides to overwhelm the ability of coastal countries to safeguard their residents and infrastructure. Preparing for these outcomes by developing Africa’s Blue Economy could help reduce the potential impacts of climate change while improving the resilience and adaptation of the continent’s coastal communities.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031725153023095
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42999
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42999
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBlue Economy for Resilient Africa Program
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCLIMATE ACTION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectOCEAN ACIDIFICATION
dc.subjectSEA-LEVEL RISE
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleClimate Change and the Blue Economy in Africaen
dc.typeBrief
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okr.date.disclosure2025-03-26
okr.date.lastmodified2025-03-21T05:03:34Zen
okr.doctypeBrief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031725153023095
okr.guid099031725153023095
okr.identifier.docmidP180103-09e4c9f7-67de-461b-8faa-0281f4b5a60b
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum40001353
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum40001353
okr.identifier.report197910
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031725153023095/pdf/P180103-09e4c9f7-67de-461b-8faa-0281f4b5a60b.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalCentral Africa
okr.region.geographicalWest Africa
okr.sectorFY17 - Other Public Administration,FY17 - Fisheries
okr.sectorPublic Administration,Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.themeFY17 - Infrastructure Finance,FY17 - Climate change,FY17 - Adaptation,FY17 - Biodiversity,FY17 - Coastal Zone Management,FY17 - Mitigation,FY17 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management,FY17 - Fisheries Policies and institutions,FY17 - Finance for Development,FY17 - Oceans
okr.themeFY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management,FY17 - Finance
okr.topicEnvironment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topicEnvironment::Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Ecosystems and Natural Habitats
okr.unitMNA ENR PM (SMNEN)
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