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The Ocean and Climate Change: Tools and Guidelines for Action

IUCN - World Conservation Union Climate change is severely and rapidly impacting species, ecosystems and people around the globe. As both international and national mitigation and adaptation strategies are being discussed, the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on the ocean, as well as the ocean’s role in mitigation and adaptation strategies, has largely been overlooked. 70% of our planet consists of ocean. The ocean is the major regulating force in the earth’s climate system and represents the largest carbon sink on the planet. Healthy marine and coastal ecosystems and their services are essential to maintain the earth’s life support system. Climate change and ocean acidification are jeopardizing food security, shoreline protection, the provision of income and livelihood sources and sustainable economic development. Rapid and significant action is needed now! This brochure highlights the most pressing climate change related ocean issues and presents a set of tools and guidelines for the implementation of marine climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

events/conferences/iwc5-2009/presentations

29 okt. 2009

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The Ocean and Climate Change: Tools and Guidelines for Action.pdf