This chapter provides a critical reading of the current efforts to conserve marine biodiversity in a changing climate. The relationship between conservation and climate change is a complicated one due to the multiple entanglements between human and more-than human elements. This chapter discusses the extent to which the existing legal framework, presented in Chapter 2, promotes adaptative governance to conserve biodiversity in a changing climate and whether management practice follows suit. The doctrinal reading of the law is complemented by empirical insights gained through interviews with SNCBs and environmental NGOs as well as documentary analysis of key policies on implementation measures. It is argued that if the law provides for adaptive governance, its implementation in practice, that is adaptive management, is more problematic.