4 December 2008: The 10th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans convened from 25-27 November 2008, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and addressed issues related to climate change and the Regional Seas Programmes, and adaptation to climate change vulnerability and sea-level rise.
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6 November 2008: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
announced that a conference on Oceans Observation (OceanObs) entitled “Ocean
Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential,”
would take place from 21-25 September 2009, in Venice, Italy.
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4 November 2008: The 10th meeting of the Conference of the
Contracting Parties (COP10) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, held from 28
October-4 November 2008, in Changwon, Republic of Korea, adopted a resolution
addressing the impacts of climate change on wetlands.
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4 November 2008: The 10th meeting of the Conference of the
Contracting Parties (COP10) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, held from 28
October-4 November 2008 in Changwon, Republic of Korea, adopted a resolution
addressing the potential impacts of biofuel production and use on the
conservation and wise use of wetlands.
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4 November 2008: The 13th session of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Hydrology opened on 4 November
2008 at WMO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and will conclude on 12
November. The Commission for Hydrology shapes the water-related activities of
the WMO, and addresses issues related to the basic hydrological observation
network, water resources assessment, flood forecasting and management,
adaptabili
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31 October 2008: The thirtieth meeting of the contracting
parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of
Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the third meeting of the
contracting parties to the London Protocol, which met from 27-31 October 2008,
at International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London, UK,
adopted a resolution on the regulation of ocean fertilization (LC-LP.1(2008)).
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30 October 2008: Over 600 participants representing
governments, regions and other local authorities gathered in Saint Malo,
France, from 29-30 October 2008, for the “First World Summit of Regions,
Climate Change: Regions in Action.”
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29 October 2008: On the sidelines of the 10th Conference of
Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, taking place in
Changwon, Republic of Korea, from 28 October-4 November 2008, the Ramsar
Secretariat, the Danone Group and IUCN have entered into a partnership
targeting climate change.
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28 October 2008: In a video message to the tenth meeting of
the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,
taking place in Changwon, Republic of Korea, from 28 October-4 November 2008,
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the appropriateness of the
conference’s theme, “Healthy wetlands, healthy people.”
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23 October 2008: The UN Human Settlements Programme
(UN-HABITAT) has launched “State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009: Harmonious
Cities,” a flagship report published every two years by the UN agency.
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