A model for ocean governance

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These are one of many pressures oceans and coastal communities face — from pollution and overfishing to coastal development and climate change.

Coastal cities might look to others driving ocean-sustainability innovations.

Along Germany’s Baltic coast, the councils of Kiel and Flensburg have adopted formal resolutions to become ‘marine conservation cities’ (in 2020 and 2022, respectively).

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