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Paris October 12, 2009 – The first Ministerial Round Table on Oceans held at a UNESCO General Conference opened today. The Roundtable on Oceans during the 35th General Conference of UNESCO is expected to elicit an open dialogue and exchange of views among 26 attending Ministers on the subjects of ocean governance, the contribution of UNESCO in monitoring the state of the ocean and its ecological services, and on ocean and climate change and the challenges coastal communities face in adapting to sea-level rise. |
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NewsBan Ki-moon Urges World Leaders to Attend Copenhagen Summit in December
13 November 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the invitation issued today by Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark for Heads of State and Government to attend the closing days of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Read more > Oceans Day at Copenhagen
The Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, the Government of Indonesia, and the European Environment Agency are organizing Oceans Day, to be held during UNFCCC COP-15 on December 14, 2009 at the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark. Oceans Day provides an opportunity for Parties and Observer States, intergovernmental organizations, non-government organizations, and members of civil society to address the implications of the COP-15 outcomes for oceans, coasts, and coastal communities around the globe. Oceans Day will highlight the direct link between climate change, the health of the oceans, and human well-being, as well as the need for sufficient funding to support mitigation and adaptation measures that will minimize climate change impacts on coastal communities and ocean resources. Read more > Blue Carbon
Healthy Oceans New Key to Combating Climate Change
Seagrasses to Salt Marshes Among Most Cost Effective Carbon Capture and Storage Systems on Planet.But Urgent Action Needed to Maintain and Restore ‘Blue Carbon’ Reservoirs Warns Three UN AgenciesCape Town, Nairobi, Rome, Paris, 14 October 2009—A ‘Blue Carbon’ fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change. Read more > |
Upcoming EventsGestion de la zone côtière: les outils d'appui à la décision23 - 27 November 2009Cameroon Third Expert Workshop of WESTPAC on Monsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social & Ecosystem Impacts25 - 27 November 2009Manila, Philippines Second Workshop of WESTPAC on the Fluvial Sediments to the South China Sea26 - 28 November 2009Shanghai, China 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies30 November - 11 December 2009Copenhagen, Denmark OceanTeacher Academy: Training Course on Literature of the marine sciences30 November - 4 December 2009Oostende, Belgium |
December 14, 2009, at the European Environment Agency
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