Clearly, a first priority will be drastically reducing GHG emissions to slow
the onset of acidification; a more comprehensive set of laws aimed at curbing overfishing, pollution and resource extraction (amongst other human activities) will need to be implemented in a way to ensure that local and regional authorities are sufficiently empowered to act.
The slow
onset processes
of temperature rise, sea level rise, salinization, ocean
acidification, and desertification all pose substantial and ever increasing threats to future food production and the lives and livelihoods
of food producers and fisherfolk.