The effects of climate change, such as ocean warming or the lowering of pH values, could lead to a reduction or migration of fishing stocks during the next 15 to 20 years, due to possible changes in the swarming and spawning behavior of the stocks. The bulk of the deep-freeze raw goods for the German fishing industry currently comes from countries which are not members of the EU. In the future, therefore, a more effective management of available resources and a stock-maintaining management of fish species for the supply of the market will be necessary.
One of the important parts of the final conference of ‘nordwest2050’ has been the scientific exchange sessions in the House of Science and the Industryclub Bremen. Contributions were based upon a call for papers from October 2013. The scientific committee received almost 100 abstracts where 36 were chosen for oral presentations and 15 for poster presentations (see overview tables below).
Four main topics were discussed in parallel workshops:
• Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities
• Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience
• Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Resilient Future
• Resilience for Business: Climate Adaptation Challenge and Strategies of Sectors and Companies
Rather than focusing on climate-protection measures, the Bremen Cargo Distribution Center (GVZ Bremen) has identified measures for adaptation to climate change. In 2011 and 2012 the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), together with the Bremen University of Applied Science, carried out a comprehensive empirical investigation of the effects of climate change on the logistics sector of the Metropolitan Region Bremen-Oldenburg in the Northwest. The results clearly show that the expected impacts of climate change could mean a new challenge, both for the GVZ and for individual companies at the Center.
Der Klimawandel wird voraussichtlich voranschreiten und von den Folgen wird möglicherweise eine Vielzahl an Leistungen der öffentlichen Daseinsvorsorge betroffen sein. Hierzu gehört auch die Energieversorgung. Eine Befragung von deutschen Gemeinden zeigt, dass die negativen Auswirkungen für die lokale Energieversorgung infolge von Klimaveränderungen im Hintergrund stehen. Vielmehr geht ein Großteil der Kommunen davon aus, indirekt vom Klimawandel zu profitieren, zum Beispiel wird der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien klimapolitisch weiter vorangetrieben. Das birgt die Gefahr einer vernachlässigten Anpassungspolitik im Energiebereich. Zudem kann eine räumlich unkoordinierte und zunehmend durch staatliche Akteure geprägte Energieversorgungsstruktur entstehen.