Protecting the world’s oceans: from vision to action.
Asian Development Bank | June 2009
Abstract
Climate change puts the health of the world's oceans at stark risk, while the oceans themselves play a key role in transforming the world's geography as temperatures rise. Speakers at the World Ocean Conference 2009 highlighted this, as well as the impact rising sea levels will have on small island developing states. Governments, their development partners, nongovernment organizations, and the private sector must move quickly to adapt to or mitigate the impacts of climate change, speakers said. They must also, for the benefit of humanity, agree on ways to use marine resources sustainably. This conference report goes beyond simply listing the proceedings and instead highlights key issues raised and solutions put forward by some of the more than 3,000 researchers, scientists, educators, and ocean experts from 74 countries who attended. The report on the talks, held in Manado, Indonesia, is an important part of official preparations for the 15th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of the Parties, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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Asian Development Bank. 2009. Protecting the world’s oceans: from vision to action.. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2390. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-971-561-867-0
Keywords
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Rural Development
Rural Development Projects
Rural Development Research
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatology
Investment bank
Investment policy
Rural areas
Rural economy
Rural planning
Rural poverty
Development potential
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
City planning
Urban climatology
Bank investment
Capital investment
Investment banking
Venture capital
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
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