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play for offshore wind. those of public perceptions, will help to pave the way for STAY CURRENT community buy-in and long term success of these installa-

Climate Change tions. In the past century and a half, humans have come to

While the telecom industry has been operating for understand a significant amount about our oceans and how quite some time and has made significant advances in our they function. Through the course of hundreds of subsea knowledge of benthic marine environments, climate change cable installations, the telecom industry has been at the is one issue that we will have to face in conjunction with forefront of uncovering benthic knowledge. Our underall offshore maritime industries and the wider world. The standing of seafloor hydrology, shifting sediments, ecologpush for projects concerning environmental monitoring ical interactions, and even earthquakes and tsunamis has and communications is spreading throughout the industry, greatly increased. By taking what we have learned and apwith a current focus on issues relating to marine megafau- plying it to the burgeoning offshore wind industry, we can na and fisheries targets. Initiatives such as SMART cables best position ourselves to reap the rewards of an extensive and similar monitoring systems in offshore wind will go a renewables network while mitigating social, environmental, long way towards narrowing existing knowledge gaps and and ecological impacts. We have extensive local fisheries ensuring that we have lengthy and reliable data records as and communities networks, professional guard vessels and our seas undergo this period of immense change. crews, broad knowledge of the marine environmental and

As mentioned previously, interdisciplinary initiatives applicable requirements and legislation, and, above all, we such as ROSA will be integral in encouraging data sharing have a vision for long-term, sustainable success in harnessand data tracking as some common fisheries and conserva- ing our renewable natural resources for clean energy. To our tion target species exhibit spatial and temporal distribution partners in the offshore wind industry— we are ready and shifts. By working together, industry and local stakeholders willing to help you reach your goals. can broaden our collective knowledge of how the oceans around us will be impacted by climate change related phe- Emma Martin is the Marine Systems nomena. As such, we can hope to mitigate issues to the best Associate at Seagard. She has her BA in Biology from of our abilities and focus on nurturing sustainable growth Boston University, USA and her MSc in Marine Systems of both telecom and offshore wind industries, keeping the and Policies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. world connected and providing reliable sources of clean, She has performed marine field work around the world and renewable wind energy. Similarly, collective knowledge on looks forward to continuing to support maritime infranatural system faults, both for subsea cables and offshore structure developments. wind infrastructure, will contribute to our understanding of how best to shift future engineering and operation innovations to cope with an increase in strength and frequency of inclement weather events and other climatic factors.

Summary Throughout both industries, a common theme is the importance of early and continued stakeholder engageFOLLOW US ON ment. “We stand by the idea that stakeholder engagement and outreach with other maritime users and operators is incredibly important,” Ryan Wopschall, ICPC GM states, “Raising awareness of subsea cables within the offshore renewable energy sector and encouraging developers and SOCIAL MEDIA stakeholders to contact us in regard to new and ongoing projects will further facilitate safe and efficient use of marine resources and long-term protection of seabed infrastructure.” All marine users must be considered throughout project development, and these considerations, alongside

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