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The policy brief highlights the increasing security, environmental, and geopolitical threats facing marine infrastructure in Europe, particularly in the Baltic Sea region, and emphasizes the need for cross-border cooperation, data-sharing frameworks, and balanced policies to address these challenges sustainably.
Marine infrastructure plays a vital role in European societies, supporting energy production, communication, transport, and emerging sectors such as offshore aquaculture and renewable energy. However, it is increasingly vulnerable to a growing array of security, environmental, and geopolitical challenges.
This policy brief explores these emerging threats and potential mitigation strategies, drawing on discussions from the workshop “Navigating Security Challenges: The Future of Marine Infrastructure in European Seas,” held at the second Mission Arena by BlueMissionBANOS in Riga on 26 April 2024. Organized by SEI under the Mistra Geopolitics programme, the workshop brought together participants from five eastern Baltic Sea countries, representing diverse professional and academic backgrounds.
Project / Mistra Co-Creating Better Blue (C2B2) is a collaborative project for a more sustainable blue economy in Sweden.
Project / This project aims to critically examine how the dynamics of geopolitics, human security and global environmental change interrelate.
Past event / Join SEI experts for the annual Swedish political forum in Visby, as they share insights across 7 seminars on climate policy, oceans and industry transition.
Media advisory / On 4 February, the Geopolitics of Sustainability conference will explore strategies to tackle sustainability and human security challenges.
Perspective / In this perspective for Climate Home News, Kate Williamson and Magnus Benzie outline how the UK can build public support for climate adaptation policy agendas.
