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Kristine Camille V Buenafe^1,2,3,4, Daniel C Dunn^1,5, Jason D Everett^2,6,7

¹School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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A new climate-smart framework helps conservation planning by identifying climate refugia. This approach ensures protected areas effectively safeguard biodiversity against climate change impacts.

Keywords:

MPAs Marxan climate resilience environmental decision making prioritizr spatial prioritization systematic conservation planning

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Conservation Biology
Climate Change Science

Background:

Climate change significantly impacts biodiversity, yet adaptation strategies are not fully integrated into conservation planning tools like protected areas.
A key challenge is the lack of consensus on incorporating climate change impacts into spatial conservation plans.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a climate-smart framework for conservation planning that prioritizes climate refugia.
To explore the influence of climate model ensembles, emission scenarios, climate metrics, and refugia identification methods on spatial plans.

Main Methods:

Developed a climate-smart framework using climate metrics to identify climate refugia (areas with low climate exposure and high biodiversity retention).
Evaluated four key aspects: climate model ensembles, multiple emission scenarios, climate metrics, and refugia identification approaches.
Applied the framework to the Western Pacific Ocean, with applicability to terrestrial systems.

Main Results:

All explored aspects of climate-smart planning influenced the configuration of spatial conservation plans.
The choice of climate metrics and refugia identification methods had a substantial impact on plan outcomes.
Climate model ensembles and emission scenarios had a lesser effect on spatial plan configurations.

Conclusions:

Spatial plans must consider multiple climate metrics to ensure robustness against various climate change impacts (e.g., warming, ocean acidification).
Using multiple climate models and emission scenarios is recommended to account for uncertainties in future climate projections.
The selection of refugia identification approaches involves trade-offs between climate-smartness and conservation efficiency, depending on stakeholder priorities.