The opportunity for climate action through climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning

Queirós, Ana M; Ten Brink, Talya; Bas, Maria; Sweeting, Christopher J; Mcguinness, Sian; Edwards, Hugh; Talbot, Elizabeth; Berg Sørdahl, Patrick; Lønborg, Christian; Deecker- Simon, Shayna R; Elliott, Michael; Sardá, Rafael; Fernades-Salvador, Jose A; Pretty, Christina; Varjopuro, Riku; Virtanen, Elina A; Gissi, Elena; Yates, Katherine; Morf, Andrea; Frazão-Santos, Catarina; Withouck, Inne; Frost, Matthew; Coll, Marta; Gee, Kira; Nic Aonghusa, Caitriona

doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00129-2

The opportunity for climate action through climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning

Queirós, Ana M; Ten Brink, Talya; Bas, Maria; Sweeting, Christopher J; Mcguinness, Sian; Edwards, Hugh; Talbot, Elizabeth; Berg Sørdahl, Patrick; Lønborg, Christian; Deecker- Simon, Shayna R; Elliott, Michael; Sardá, Rafael; Fernades-Salvador, Jose A; Pretty, Christina; Varjopuro, Riku; Virtanen, Elina A; Gissi, Elena; Yates, Katherine; Morf, Andrea; Frazão-Santos, Catarina; Withouck, Inne; Frost, Matthew; Coll, Marta; Gee, Kira; Nic Aonghusa, Caitriona

Authors

Ana M Queirós

Talya Ten Brink

Maria Bas

Christopher J Sweeting

Sian Mcguinness

Hugh Edwards

Elizabeth Talbot

Patrick Berg Sørdahl

Christian Lønborg

Shayna R Deecker- Simon

Michael Elliott

Rafael Sardá

Jose A Fernades-Salvador

Christina Pretty

Riku Varjopuro

Elina A Virtanen

Elena Gissi

Prof Katherine Yates K.L.Yates@salford.ac.uk
Professor

Andrea Morf

Catarina Frazão-Santos

Inne Withouck

Matthew Frost

Marta Coll

Kira Gee

Caitriona Nic Aonghusa

Abstract

Despite global climate-driven change in marine ecosystems and associated economic sectors, climate-smart marine spatial planning (CSMSP) implementation remains limited. This joint perspective from across the climate science and marine spatial planning policy interface discusses reasons for CSMSP’s slow pace (blockers) and shares operational examples about how CSMSP is working around the world (enablers). Learning from national CSMSP contexts can help deliver needed and faster international collaboration on climate action.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 6, 2025
Online Publication Date	May 21, 2025
Publication Date	May 21, 2025
Deposit Date	May 22, 2025
Publicly Available Date	May 22, 2025
Journal	npj ocean sustainability
Electronic ISSN	2731-426X
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	4
Article Number	26
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00129-2