New Report Offers ‘Wake-Up Call’ About Ocean Warming

September 6, 2016

Ocean warming is “one of the greatest hidden challenges of our generation,” says a new report issued this week at the World Conservation Congress.

The report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature was compiled by 80 scientists from 12 countries and describes the potential impacts these changes may have on businesses, society and ecosystems around the globe.

“It is clear that the scale of impacts described in this report underscores the need to review and reconsider the risks associated with the changing state of the ocean,” said Mike Maran, chief science officer at global re/insurer XL Catlin, which funded the report. “It is a powerful wake-up call about the risks posed by ocean warming. There is a lot more the insurance industry needs to do to understand ocean risk, what is happening to the ocean’s health, what risks it poses to our clients across industries and how we can help address these challenges.”

Among the potential risks from ocean warming:

For more information, see the full report: “Explaining ocean warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences.”

Source: XL Catlin