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2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans

2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans Nations around the world are expected to have met major international targets set by the world’s heads of state at the 2002 WSSD Applying integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to the governance of oceans and coasts

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2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans

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  1. 2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans • Nations around the world are expected to have met major international targets set by the world’s heads of state at the 2002 WSSD • Applying integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to the governance of oceans and coasts • Halting biodiversity loss by 2010 • 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

  2. 2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans • The international community will be addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging international consensus on a new climate regime (through the UNFCCC, Copenhagen, December 2009). Mitigation, adaptation, and financing issues will profoundly affect oceans, coasts, and Small Island Developing States which are at the front line of climate changes.

  3. 2010 is a year of major importance for the world’s oceans • The international community will be celebrating 50 years of advancement of ocean science and policy through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, also charting the agenda ahead.

  4. The Global Oceans Conferences • The Global Oceans Conferences provide the major opportunity for all sectors of the global oceans community – governments, international agencies, NGOs, industry, and scientific groups – to address the major policy issues affecting the oceans at global, regional, and national levels and to make progress in advancing the global oceans agenda.

  5. 2010 Global Oceans Conference: Major Conference Themes 1. ENSURING SURVIVAL: Oceans, Climate and Security -- Major Issues in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Financing in the Post-Copenhagen Climate Regime 2. PRESERVING LIFE: Marine Biodiversity, Networks of Marine Protected Areas, 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, and Toward CBD COP 10, October 2010, Nagoya 3. IMPROVING GOVERNANCE: Achieving Integrated, Ecosystem-Based Ocean and Coastal Management at National and Regional Levels and in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

  6. See you in Paris in May 2010! www.globaloceans.org

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