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Bringing Ocean Acidification to the Climate Change Agenda

14 Jan 2015 | by feedproxy.google.com
Monaco — Ocean acidification poses a growing threat to coastal communities and needs to be on the agenda of any global climate deal, said speakers at a conference hosted by the IAEA this week. The three-day workshop, organized by the IAEA’s International Ocean Acidification Coordination Centre and the Scientific Centre of Monaco, aims to determine avenues for bringing ocean acidification forward as a dimension of a future climate deal.

This workshop is unique in that it puts natural scientists, economists and social scientists in one room to explore the many dimensions of ocean acidification,” said David Osborn, Director of the IAEA’s Environment Laboratories.