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Project title

C�IR � Changing Ocean IReland: Forecasting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Response

Primary Funding Agency

Marine Institute

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)

Lead Applicant

n/a

Project Abstract

The C�IR (Changing Ocean IReland: Forecasting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Response) project brings together an interdisciplinary group of marine scientists based at NUI Galway to work on an integrative national project with colleagues at the Marine Institute and throughout Ireland via existing networks of marine researchers within the SFI centres iCRAG and MAREI. The proposed work will utilize the experience of the PI�s in marine and climate related aspects of the physical and social sciences to develop an integrative program for assessing climate change in the marine environment in Ireland and the impacts this has on Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Food Webs. This project is designed to provide the link between current climate change research, on international and national scales, with the need to provide operational advice and support to stakeholders including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Irish Government, European Commission and international organisations (e.g. EuroGOOS, ICES, OSPAR). These goals will be achieved through Stakeholder engagement and cooperation leading to the development of decision support tools to provide the critical relevant information for assessing sustainability in the marine environment to facilitate blue growth. The work in the project will also form part of Ireland�s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water) and support activities undertaken in the course of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

Grant Approved

�688,970.00

Research Hub

Climate research

Research Theme

Science: Ireland in a changing world

Start Date

01/10/2021

Initial Projected Completion Date

30/09/2026