The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving Rural Places". These are the presentations from the Conference parallel session "Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities and the Blue Economy in rural regions". For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.

1. Climate change and
coastal communities
What is really at stake for Nordic
coastal communities?
R a g n h ild u r Fr id r ik s d ó t t ir
Head of sustainability
Icelandic Regional Development Institute

3. Climate change and fisheries
• O c e a n t e m p e r a t u r e a n d o c e a n a c id it y
• O c e a n c u r r e n t s a n d c ir c u la t io n
• Fis h d is t r ib u t io n a n d m ig r a t io n
• C h a n g e s in s t o c k s iz e s
• G r o w t h r a t e s a n d a g e o f m a t u r it y
• M a r in e f o o d w e b s a n d f o o d a v a ila b ilit y
• Dis e a s e s a n d p a r a s it e s
• S e a le v e l r is e
• Ex t r e m e w e a t h e r e v e n t s

4. What about European
fisheries?
• C h a n g e s in c a t c h c o m p o s it io n
• C h a n g e s in s p e c ie s d is t r ib u t io n
• C o m p le x it ie s in q u o t a d is t r ib u t io n s
• Te n s io n r e g a r d in g t h e d is t r ib u t io n o f
s h a r e d s t o c k s
• O v e r f is h in g
• In f r a s t r u c t u r e m a in t e n a n c e
• C h a lle n g in g c o n d it io n s a t s e a

5. Aquaculture
• C h a n g e s in m o r t a lit y r a t e s
• C h a n g e s in g r o w t h r a t e s a n d y ie ld s
• Dis e a s e s a n d p a t h o g e n s
• C h a n g e s in c a r r y in g a n d p r o d u c t io n
c a p a c it ie s
• C h a n g e s in p r o d u c t io n c o s t s
• In f r a s t r u c t u r e d a m a g e a n d m a in t e n a n c e
• H a r m f u l a lg a l b lo o m s
• C h a n g e s t o g r o w in g s e a s o n

6. • Ec o n o m ic c o n s e q u e n c e s
Coastal communities
• S o c ia l c o n s e q u e n c e s
− C h a n g e s in c a t c h e s – c h a n g e s in in c o m e
− In c re a s e d o p e ra t io n a l c o s t s
− Jo b s a n d live lih o o d s
− Mig ra t io n fro m c o a s t a l c it ie s
− F o o d s e c u rit y
P o t e n t ia l o p p o r t u n it ie s

8. INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING
W AS TEW ATER UTILITIES
ENERG Y S YS TEMS
TRANS P O RTATIO N
INS URANCE INDUS TRY
PUBLIC HEALTH

9. Na t io n a l st r a t e g ic
r e g io n a l p la n
Action C.10
“Climate change and Icelandic municipalities”
W HY?
Develop a holistic approach and framework
for local adaptation planning, focusing on
Nordic municipalities
WHAT?
HOW ?
Broad scope – wide scope
1. Risk assessment & vulnerability assessment
2. Selecting adaptation measures
3. Developing climate adaptation plans
4. Good practice guidelines
3 -4 case studies
Responsible ministry :
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate

10. • A w e b o f c o m m u n it ie s
a r o u n d t h e e n t ir e
c o a s t lin e
• P r im a r y r o a d s m o s t ly lie
a lo n g t h e c o a s t lin e
A lo t a t s t a k e !

11. ⓒ Icelandic ocean cluster
• 9 0 % o f t h e fis h
• Liv e r
• M a r in e s u p p le m e n t s
• C o s m e t ic s
• M e d ic a l p r o d u c t s
• Fis h le a t h e r
• R o e
• … . .

12. ⓒ Icelandic ocean cluster
• S t r o n g in n o v a t io n e c o s y s t e m
• S t r o n g r e la t io n s h ip a n d
e f f e c t iv e c o o p e r a t io n b e t w e e n
− F i s h i n g i n d u s t r y
− R e s e a r c h c o m m u n i t y
− G o v e r n m e n t
• C r e a t e s :
− O p p o r t u n i t i e s
− S o l u t i o n s
− C l i m a t e p o s i t i v e b u s i n e s s e s
− J o b s ( w h e n o t h e r s m i g h t g e t l o s t )
− F o o d s e c u r i t y
− M i t i g a t i o n e f f e c t s
C o m p a n i e s c r e a t i n g v a l u e f r o m f i s h i n g
i n d u s t r y s i d e s t r e a m s

13. Thank you!