Adapting Coastal Zone Management to Ocean Acidification, 2016

Ocean acidification in concert with climate change and other anthropogenic stressors will lead to unprecedented and profound changes in coastal ecosystems. There is little knowledge of the processes of ocean acidification in Norwegian coastal areas, about the potential consequences, to what extent ocean acidification will interact with other ecosystem stressors, and how society may respond to this situation. Sustainable management of the coastal areas therefore hinge on the ability to address and mitigate ocean acidification and ocean acidification impacts. In order to make ocean acidification a governable issue, this project produced more knowledge about ocean acidification in the coastal zone, and gained new insight into how this knowledge can be co-produced with those who uses it for governance and industry purposes. Ocean acidification and climate change add uncertainties on several levels for coastal zone management, which raises the need for better knowledge on how governance regimes can operate in an effective way given such uncertainties.

Through two case studies and measurements in coastal areas in southern and northern Norway, the project provides new knowledge about ocean acidification and ocean acidification impacts on coastal areas and develop models for how this knowledge can be used for coastal management. A sustainable economic development in Norway depends on well-functioning coastal zone management that are able to effectively respond to ocean acidification and other drivers of change. This project contributed to new and relevant knowledge to ensure such management. The project also assessed the ability of coastal management institutions to adapt to ocean acidification in a situation involving complex uncertainties. The studies in Norway were complemented by a knowledge exchange with Scotland, which allowed for comparisons across different coastal management systems facing similar ocean acidification-challenges. Stakeholder representatives were involved at all stages of the project. It is a transdisciplinary project, including marine scientists, anthropologists and environmental governance scholars.

海洋酸化（Ocean Acidification）与气候变化及其他人为压力因素（Anthropogenic Stressors）共同作用，将给沿海生态系统带来前所未有的深刻变化。目前，人们对挪威沿海地区海洋酸化的过程、潜在后果、其与其他生态系统压力因素的相互作用程度，以及社会如何应对这一局面知之甚少。因此，沿海地区的可持续管理依赖于应对和缓解海洋酸化及其影响的能力。为使海洋酸化成为一个可治理的议题，本项目针对沿海地区的海洋酸化生成了更多知识，并深入了解了如何与将这些知识用于治理和产业用途的各方共同生产此类知识。海洋酸化和气候变化在多个层面增加了沿海地区管理的不确定性，这就需要进一步了解治理体系如何在这些不确定性下有效运作。

通过在挪威南部和北部沿海地区开展的两项案例研究和实地测量，本项目提供了关于海洋酸化及其对沿海地区影响的新知识，并开发了将这些知识应用于沿海管理的模型。挪威的可持续经济发展依赖于运转良好的沿海地区管理体系，该体系需能有效应对海洋酸化及其他变革驱动因素。本项目为获取此类管理所需的新知识和相关知识做出了贡献。项目还评估了沿海管理机构在复杂不确定性情境下适应海洋酸化的能力。挪威的研究通过与苏格兰的知识交流得到补充，这使得面临类似海洋酸化挑战的不同沿海管理体系之间能够进行比较。利益相关方代表（Stakeholder Representatives）参与了项目的各个阶段。这是一个跨学科项目（Transdisciplinary Project），参与者包括海洋科学家、人类学家和环境治理学者。