It is difficult to say at this stage how much weight issues relating to the oceans and climate change will carry during the next parliamentary term, but three parties with climate and environmental policies have seen their support grow: the Green Party, the Left Party and the Centre Party.
Various climate models show what the future may hold for us on this planet. An important factor is how much carbon dioxide the ocean can absorb without having too great an impact on the climate. New research now shows that if fish and plankton are included in the models, the results will be completely different from previous calculations. Quite simply, the impact of marine animals on the ocean has been excluded in the past. And since we are currently fishing our oceans to extinction, this fact could have devastating consequences – on the climate.
