Indicator-based tools for assessing ocean risks and vulnerabilities

This briefing provides an overview of indicator-based tools used to assess ocean risks and vulnerabilities, based on a systematic review of grey literature and peer-reviewed articles. It highlights a tendency to focus on climate change over other risks and notes significant data gaps in specific developing regions.

• The systematic review of indicator-based tools revealed that there is an uneven focus on specific risks, with climate change being disproportionately emphasized compared to other ocean risks. Furthermore, most studies fail to account for the cumulative impacts and complex interlinkages between different risk types.
• Significant data gaps hinder the assessment of risks in coastal least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS) within Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Future research priorities include developing methods to understand cumulative impacts from multiple stressors, implementing regular socioeconomic and environmental surveys in data-poor areas, and utilizing data-poor assessment methods like fuzzy logic to address data challenges.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2022). Indicator-based tools for assessing ocean risks and vulnerabilities. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/resource/indicator-based-tools-for-assessing-ocean-risks-and-vulnerabilities/

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. Indicator-based tools for assessing ocean risks and vulnerabilities. 2022. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/resource/indicator-based-tools-for-assessing-ocean-risks-and-vulnerabilities/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2022indicatorbased, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{Indicator-based tools for assessing ocean risks and vulnerabilities}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/resource/indicator-based-tools-for-assessing-ocean-risks-and-vulnerabilities/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }