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Published January 13, 2026 | Version v2
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Policy brief: Bringing climate change into the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) revision

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This document is intended for the European Commissions’s (EC), Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Environment Agency (EEA), Member States, and Regional Seas Conventions experts and policymakers discussing the revision of the MSFD, and any successive developments in the EU Marine Strategy, to include climate change (CC) into the good environmental status (GES) assessment, based upon the findings of GES4SEAS project and experience. 

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European Commission
GES4SEAS - Achieving Good Environmental Status for maintaining ecosystem SErvices, by ASsessing integrated impacts of cumulative pressures 101059877
UK Research and Innovation
GES4SEAS - Achieving Good Environmental Status for maintaining ecosystem SErvices, by ASsessing integrated impacts of cumulative pressures 10050522