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One Ocean Science Congress

Published 4 September 2024 Events Closed

The One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC), organized by CNRS and IFREMER, will be held in Nice, France, 4 to 6 June 2025. It is a UN Special Event serving as the scientific foundation of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3).

This three-day congress will generate science-based outcomes and recommendations to support the global discussions at UNOC3.

We welcome contributions from the international scientific community on 10 key themes, which are aligned with the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and intended to inform the Ocean Action Panels of UNOC3. These themes are action- and solution-oriented, and designed to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries:

  • Theme 1: Integrating knowledge systems, with a focus on responsibility and respect for the ocean
  • Theme 2: Effectiveness, equitability and safety of ocean-based approaches to reach the mitigation and adaptation goals of the Paris Climate Agreement
  • Theme 3: Protection and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems to ensure sustainable and equitable management
  • Theme 4: Knowledge of the deep ocean and ways to enable its sustainable use
  • Theme 5: Marine genetic resources: from discovery to equitable access and sharing of associated benefits
  • Theme 6: Transparency in the fisheries sector, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
  • Theme 7: Sustainability, equitability, and safety of ocean-based food systems
  • Theme 8: Marine plastic pollution
  • Theme 9: Environmental footprint of maritime transport and decarbonization of shipping
  • Theme 10: Vibrant science to inform and support ocean action

The congress will include a combination of plenary sessions featuring keynote lectures, as well as oral and poster presentations. To foster greater interaction between science, society, action, and policy, and to involve civil society more broadly, ‘town hall’ meetings will also be organized.

Enquiries: enquiries@one-ocean-science-2025.org

One Ocean Science Congress, 4 September 2024. More information.

Webinar to offer guide to atlas for Chesapeake Bay conditions

Published 26 August 2024 Events Closed
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Date: 5 September 2024

Time: 1:00 pm ET

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Next up in MACAN’s webinar series, Pierre St-Laurent and Marjy Friedrichs from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will guide you through the new “Digital Atlas for Physical and Biogeochemical Conditions in the Chesapeake Bay.” Join us Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. to learn how local stakeholders, managers, students and researchers can effectively use four decades of information about the carbonate chemistry, biogeochemistry and hydrodynamics of the Chesapeake Bay with different software programs. This tutorial will cover the creation of new visualizations as well as a few real-life applications.

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Ocean commotion

Published 12 June 2024 Events Closed
  • Where: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
  • When: Saturday, June 15, 2024
  • Time: 10:30am–11:30am
  • Admission: Free
  • Open to adults & children ages 8+; Family groups encouraged.
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Climate change is not just warming the atmosphere, it is also making oceans more acidic. Learn what ocean acidification means for creatures like clams and oysters that use calcium carbonate to build their shells, and for the development of young horseshoe crabs and lobsters. Bring out your inner scientist as you do hands-on activities to explore the problem of rising ocean acidity. Each of the four sessions will feature different activities and video presentations. You may register for one or more sessions.

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Pater Noster aims to save our oceans: Green Cubes and world-famous artists on display this summer

Published 10 June 2024 Art , Events Closed
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Pater Noster, a renowned boutique hotel, is proud to announce its pioneering sponsorship of Green Cubes, a greentech initiative in collaboration with Hexagon’s R-evolution, aimed at combating ocean acidification. This summer, the hotel will host the “Art & Science of Water” exhibition, featuring celebrated artists who fuse science and photography, including a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy.

Since its opening in the summer of 2020, Pater Noster has become a standout destination in West Sweden. Nestled on one of Sweden’s most rugged coastlines, the hotel offers nine exclusive rooms and a unique atmosphere that has garnered numerous accolades, including the Grand Tourism Award and recognition as the world’s best hotel concept by The Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design (AHEAD). Attracting Hollywood stars, international travelers, and global corporations, Pater Noster is now extending its vision to ocean preservation through a series of dedicated initiatives.

“Our oceans are in crisis. Pater Noster is a tribute to the sea, and we are committed to protecting it on every level—local, national, and global. The connection between deforestation and ocean acidification is undeniable; as CO2 levels rise, our marine life suffers. Without action, the high acidity will prevent lobsters and shrimp from forming shells. Protecting our forests is essential to safeguarding our oceans,” said Mirja Lilja Hagsjö, CEO of Pater Noster.

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Art & Science of Water with World-Famous Artists

This summer, the “Art & Science of Water” exhibition will take place at Pater Noster as part of Tjörn Island of Art. The exhibition will showcase works by renowned photographers, including:

– Christy Lee Rogers: Known for her underwater photography that has been compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio.

– Lara Zankoul: A Lebanese fashion photographer who’s socially committed work, created in her studio’s large aquarium, evokes strong emotions and debate.

– Ulrika and Lukasz: An award-winning duo whose “Stories Trapped in Ice” series documents scientific research using ice cores from the Niels Bohr Institute.

The artworks, printed on large aluminum plates, will be displayed outdoors on the cliffs and within the island’s various buildings. The exhibition will also feature information about Green Cubes and its first rainforest project at La Gamba Tropical Station in Costa Rica. The exhibition is accompanied by music from Mattias Tell, a songwriter and producer at Kode Records from Gothenburg, whose music gives space to the sea and its sounds.

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World Oceans Day 2024

Published 8 June 2024 Events , Presentations , Science Closed
We don’t have time for “out of sight, out of mind.” Our relationship to the ocean needs to urgently change, and our efforts have only skimmed the surface to date. To motivate widespread momentum for the ocean, we need to awaken new depths.

UN World Oceans Day 2024 will take us on a journey of discovery through the ocean’s vastness, tapping into the wisdom and expertise of global policy-makers, scientists, thought leaders, and artists to expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action towards necessary change.

Tune in virtually on 7 June 2024 , as we dive beneath the surface and explore new depths of understanding, compassion, collaboration and commitment to protect the ocean and all it sustains. Tune in for the live broadcasted event from 10AM – 1:30PM EDT on Friday, 7 June. 🌊

UN World Oceans Day 2024 is hosted by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs in partnership with Oceanic Global.

UN World Oceans Day website: https://unworldoceansday.org/un-world-oceans-day-2024/

United Nations, YouTube, 7 June 2024. Video.
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Wepal-Quasimeme Workshop on Quality Assurance for inorganic carbon system measurements in context of ocean acidification monitoring (new dates to be confirmed)

Published 7 June 2024 Events Closed

Please note this workshop has been postponed to 2025.

Dates to de confirmed. In order to best define the dates and make it accessible as possible, kindly fill this survey before 1 July 2024.

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8 years after the first Wepal-Quasimeme Ocean Acidification (OA) workshop in Southampton and after 3 years of the AQ15 Wepal-Quasimeme intercalibration exercise, it’s time to bring the Ocean Acidification community back together. 

The first OSPAR QSR on OA was published in 2023 but there is still, more than ever before, a need for high quality data (TA, DIC, pH, pCO2) to strengthen all scientific output on OA. OSPAR, as well as other international initiatives such as ICOS, GOA-ON and AMAP, indicate that strong international collaborative monitoring programmes on OA need to continue, to facilitate meaningful data gathering, collation and assessment. 

A consistent approach to sampling, sample pre-treatment, analysis, quality control, validation of methods, calculation of derived variables and an understanding of methodological limitations is required; methods should be fit for purpose. Many monitoring agencies, with varying levels of experience are analysing samples for carbonate chemistry parameter on different types of instruments but also using new techniques, as more sensors are installed on buoys or ships, or more automated analysers are set up.    

 There’s still a gap in availability of CRMs, standards, buffers for quality control and calibrations when analysing marine samples. Worldwide, Scripps reference materials are used for QC or calibration for total alkalinity (TA), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and pH analysis without having a separate way of ensuring that their measurement system is in control and has a calibration with known linearity. Thus, even when reference materials are used there are likely to be unidentified uncertainties  showing up on a well-designed proficiency study like the QUASIMEME AQ15.

Aims of the Workshop
  1. To obtain a consistent approach to sampling, sample pre-treatment sample storage across the OSPAR contracting parties and AMAP countries for all four carbonate parameters (TA / DIC / pCO2 / pH) and discuss sample preservation  alternatives for HgCl2.
  2. Discuss the key analytical techniques for all four carbonate chemistry parameter measurements; challenges, limitations and misconceptions affecting quality of results. The emphasis of the workshop will be on the parameters of TA/DIC/pH since these are likely to progress to the OSPAR CEMP but considerations will also be given to pCO2. Discuss new more automated analytical techniques and measurements with sensors. Can these instruments provide data that obtain the weather or climate goals? Are the methods fit for purpose?
  3.  To obtain a consistent approach to the analysis of TA/DIC/pH, and correct use of reference materials/standards across the OSPAR and AMAP regions.
  4. The role of Quasimeme exercises in Quality assurance and Quality assessment. What are the results after 3 years AQ15 intercalibration exercises and what is the way forward? 
  5. Consider the limitations of reference materials across the OSPAR and AMAP regions i.e. salinity ranges, open oceans and coastal waters. New initiatives?
  6. Address data quality objectives needed for various assessment purposes. GOA-ON identified the need for two different levels of data quality to ensure the availability of data and permit assessment of short-term variability as well as longer term trends. To be inline with recent years Accreditation Bodies.

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Join us at the immersed in change conference!

Published 31 May 2024 Events Closed

EVENT AGENDA

The world is waking up to the threat that ocean acidification (OA) poses to marine ecosystems and to the coastal economies that depend on them. OA is a rise in the acidity of seawater caused by an excess of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) being absorbed by the ocean.

 To implement SDG 14.3 “to minimize and address ocean acidification”, OA must become a cross cutting issue embedded across climate, ocean, and marine policies.

 Advancing national OA actions will inform better decision making for achieving domestic mitigation, adaptation, and resilience goals.

 Come learn about the National OA Action Planning Leadership Circle, where invited governments are finding their unique approach to OA Actions across 2024-2025, leading to national implementation of UN SDG 14.3 “to minimize and address OA” by the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in 2025.

Click to access OAInformationforDecisionMaking_FINAL.pdf

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Ocean commotion

Published 27 May 2024 Events Closed

Climate change is not just warming the atmosphere, it is also making oceans more acidic. Learn what ocean acidification means for creatures like clams and oysters that use calcium carbonate to build their shells, and for the development of young horseshoe crabs and lobsters. Bring out your inner scientist as you do hands-on activities to explore the problem of rising ocean acidity. Each of the four sessions will feature different activities and video presentations. You may register for one or more sessions.

Where: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

When: Saturday, 1 June 2024 – 10:30am-11:30am

Admission: free w/admission

Registration required: 508.896.3867 x133

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Moving from science to action on ocean acidification: Why does it matter? How is it being achieved?

Published 25 March 2024 Events Closed

Date: Thursday 11 April 2024
Time: 7:30am-8:30am coffee gathering I 8:30am-9:45am event starts
Location: Barcelona International Convention Centre

You are invited to join us for an ocean acidification event at the 2024 UN Decade of Ocean Science Conference taking place in Barcelona.

“Moving from Science to Action on Ocean Acidification: Why Does It Matter?  How Is It Being Achieved?” will occur on April 11 between 8:30am-9:45am (with 7:30am coffee) at the Barcelona International Convention Center.

The event is co-hosted by the IAEA, OA Alliance, and NOAA in partnership with GOA-ON and OARS.

This event is open to all conference participants, and will feature discussion focused on the need for OA awareness, the importance of capacity building programs in increasing regional science and policy response, pathways forward for OA Action and commitments to OA Actions under the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

Please use this registration link to express your interest in attending.

OA Alliance, 22 March 2024. More information.

Marine carbon dioxide removal: from blue carbon to ocean alkalinity enhancement (text & video)

Published 20 March 2024 Events , Presentations Closed
The Ocean is a victim of ocean acidification, ocean warming and oxygen loss, resulting in severe consequences for marine ecosystems and the communities and societies who depend on them. But the Ocean, covering 70% of Earth’s surface, can also be a vital part of the solution and our ally to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This half day event will delve into the latest research on climate change impacts on the ocean and discuss potential ocean-based approaches to help address them, alongside imperative efforts to reduce emissions. Moderated panel discussions with experts from science, economy, conservation, policy and business will debate the potential benefits and disadvantages of such measures, with a special focus on protecting and restoring blue carbon ecosystems (a nature-based approach) and on “ocean alkalinity enhancement”, the addition of alkaline materials to the sea with the goal to increase the ocean’s potential to absorb carbon (a technological approach).
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Monaco ocean week 2024

Published 18 March 2024 Events , Web sites and blogs Closed

“The Monaco Ocean Week provides a unique forum for discussions, meetings, experimentation and opportunity” (HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco)

Monaco’s historical commitment to the ocean

Marine ecosystem awareness and conservation have been an integral part of the Principality of Monaco’s history since the end of the 19th century. Passionate explorer and dedicated scientist, Prince Albert I, was one of the founders of modern oceanography.

Commitment to the oceans has continued throughout the 20th century; a perfect example being when France, Monaco and Italy signed the RAMOGE Agreement in 1976 to protect Mediterranean coastal waters. The Principality of Monaco was one of the very first States to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.

When the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation was created in June 2006, Monaco immediately adopted solid commitments such as the 2008 appeal to stop Mediterranean bluefin tuna consumption (at the time in danger of becoming extinct) and the 2009 Monaco declaration on ocean acidification, in cooperation with 150 scientists from 26 countries. The Foundation also created the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI) in 2010: a thinktank where members focus on current and future global ocean management and conservation issues. In 2013 we created an Environmental Fund to manage Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean. The BeMed project was launched in 2015 to combat plastic pollution in the Mediterranean; during the Paris COP21 we played a key role in the edition of the Because the Ocean climate regulation declaration by highlighting the importance of the ocean in climate regulation – the declaration has now been signed by 33 countries; and in 2016, the Principality of Monaco initiated the IPCC Special Report on oceans and cryosphere which was officially launched in Monaco in past September 2019.

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Ocean conservation takes centre stage at the Monaco ocean week

The need for a week of meetings, debates and mobilisation for the ocean was blatantly obvious: leading marine sector stakeholders need to share their key marine environment conversation findings and take action to preserve the oceans. During the next edition of the Monaco Ocean Week, from 18 to 22 March 2024, local and international experts, the scientific community, voluntary sector, and public authorities will once again unite in the Principality of Monaco.

Over the past editions, many ocean initiatives were presented and key commitments were sealed, such as the Monaco Manifesto for the Ocean published and signed by HSH the Sovereign Prince with the French and Italian ministers in charge of the marine environment. Furthermore with the signature of the Sanctuary Pelagos headquarters’ agreement and the Natural Marine World Heritage in the Arctic Ocean publication’s launch highlighting seven sites in the Arctic region that might be of outstanding universal value and potentially eligible for World Heritage status.

Programme

Monaco Ocean Week, 18 March 2024. More information.

Unraveling the potential of seagrass and macroalgal ecosystems as climate change refugia (presentation)

Published 4 March 2024 Events , Presentations Closed

The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is essential to slow down the velocity of climate change. Likewise, the complementary implementation of other mitigation and adaptation strategies is equally important to increase environmental, social, and economic resilience. In coastal areas, one strategy is to focus conservation and management actions on foundation species of marine macrophytes, such as seagrasses and macroalgae. First, the capacity of these ecosystems to store carbon in the long term (blue carbon) makes them important carbon sinks at global scales. Second, their capacity to enhance organisms’ resilience, by minimizing environmental stress through the generation of chemical habitats, makes them important ecosystems to consider as local ocean acidification refugia. However, the complexity and high dynamism of biogeochemistry in coastal seawater, and the scarcity of comprehensive studies, have created uncertainty regarding the generality of potential benefits. Thus, the role of seagrass and macroalgal ecosystems as climate change refugia or hotspots of carbon sequestration is largely unresolved. This talk will show a synthesis of the latter research on these topics and will give a glance at how these concepts can also be applied to seaweed aquaculture as an effective measure to fight climate change in coastal areas.

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Exploring our changing ocean: impacts and response to ocean acidification in the US. A roundtable discussion about the newly launched OA communications project, 29 February 2024

Published 27 February 2024 Events Closed

Date & Time: 29 February 2024, 08:00 PM CET

Location: ZOOM (virtual event)

Description

Join us for a discussion about “Exploring Our Changing Ocean: Impacts and Response to Ocean Acidification in the US,” a collaborative project supporting aquaria in place-based storytelling about the importance of addressing climate change in communities they serve.

Who:

  • Juliana Corrales, Communications Lead and Creative Consultant for the OA Alliance
  • Edith Mari, Project Co-Creator and Consultant for the OA Alliance
  • Dr. Liz Perotti, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Education and Outreach Coordinator
  • Leaders representing U.S. aquarium within the Aquarium Conservation Partnership
  • Kirstin Wakefield, Co-Coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Acidification Network
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Ocean acidification linking science with society

Published 19 January 2024 Events Closed

The GOA-ON SAROA hub will be hosting an international meeting on Feburary 1-2 2024 in Kolkata, India focusing on ocean acidification and linking science with society. Several international experts are invited to give their perspectives on this critical topic, including Dr. Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Prof. Steve Widdicombe, and Prof. Jan Newton. 

The link to the event: https://forms.gle/Cn1bMS2Q85A3XsUw6

For more information, please contact itmerg.ngs@gmail.com. Register for the event here:  Ocean Acidification- Linking Science with Society (google.com)

You can access more information about the SAROA hub and GOA-ON via this link SAROA : About (goa-on.org)

Ocean acidification linking science with society

Published 18 January 2024 Events Closed

The GOA-ON SAROA hub will be hosting an international meeting on Feburary 1-2 2024 in Kolkata, India focusing on ocean acidification and linking science with society. Several international experts are invited to give their perspectives on this critical topic, including Dr. Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Prof. Steve Widdicombe, and Prof. Jan Newton. 

The link to the event: https://forms.gle/Cn1bMS2Q85A3XsUw6

For more information, please contact itmerg.ngs@gmail.com. Register for the event here:  Ocean Acidification- Linking Science with Society (google.com)

You can access more information about the SAROA hub and GOA-ON via this link SAROA : About (goa-on.org)

Ocean acidification linking science with society

Published 17 January 2024 Events Closed

The GOA-ON SAROA hub will be hosting an international meeting on Feburary 1-2 2024 in Kolkata, India focusing on ocean acidification and linking science with society. Several international experts are invited to give their perspectives on this critical topic, including Dr. Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Prof. Steve Widdicombe, and Prof. Jan Newton. 

The link to the event: https://forms.gle/Cn1bMS2Q85A3XsUw6

For more information, please contact itmerg.ngs@gmail.com. Register for the event here:  Ocean Acidification- Linking Science with Society (google.com)

You can access more information about the SAROA hub and GOA-ON via this link SAROA : About (goa-on.org)

Ocean acidification linking science with society

Published 16 January 2024 Events Closed

The GOA-ON SAROA hub will be hosting an international meeting on Feburary 1-2 2024 in Kolkata, India focusing on ocean acidification and linking science with society. Several international experts are invited to give their perspectives on this critical topic, including Dr. Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Prof. Steve Widdicombe, and Prof. Jan Newton. 

The link to the event: https://forms.gle/Cn1bMS2Q85A3XsUw6

For more information, please contact itmerg.ngs@gmail.com. Register for the event here:  Ocean Acidification- Linking Science with Society (google.com)

You can access more information about the SAROA hub and GOA-ON via this link SAROA : About (goa-on.org)

COP28 session – Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal: Science, Governance and Policy for safe and transparent implementation

Published 14 December 2023 Events , Presentations Closed

The ocean is the planets’ largest carbon reservoir. Interest in using marine spaces to facilitate CDR for climate change mitigation must be based on solid science and address environmental impacts, risks, co-benefits, technical feasibility, cost effectiveness and political/societal acceptance.

Speakers: Christopher Pearce (NOC, UK); Shaun Fitzgerald (Cambridge, UK); Ken Buesseler (WHOI, USA); David Koweek (Ocean Visions, USA); Margret Leinen (Scripps, USA); Paul Holtus (WOC, USA); Sarah Cooley (Ocean Conservancy, USA); Nianzhi Jiao (Xiamen, China); Miranda Böttcher (SWP, Germany)

UN Climate Change – Events, YouTube, 11 December 2023. Video & text.

Recording available: IAEA/OA-ICC side event at COP28, “Ocean Acidification in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean: Scaling Down Risks and Scaling Up Solutions, 3 December 2023, Dubai, UAE

Published 4 December 2023 Events Closed

The IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) held an engaging event addressing ocean acidification impacts and solutions on the sidelines of this year’s UNFCCC climate conference (COP28) at Expo City Dubai, UAE. The side event highlighted the success stories and lessons learned, emphasized current and projected challenges to marine food chains, human sustenance, economic activities and seafood security, and discussed sustainable pathways for effective adaptation and mitigation solutions.

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IAEA/OA-ICC side event at COP28: Ocean Acidification in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean: Scaling Down Risks and Scaling Up Solutions, 3 December 2023, Expo City Dubai, UAE

Published 1 December 2023 Events Closed

Date and time: 3 December 2023, 14:00-15:45 (GMT +4)  

Location: Blue Zone, IAEA “Atoms4Climate” Pavilion, Zone B7, Building 88 (watch online streamed via YouTube here)

Event description:

The abundant coral reefs found in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which provide countless ecosystem services for millions of inhabitants of coastal areas, are some of the most climate change-vulnerable ecosystems in the global ocean. Since 2012, the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) has successfully collaborated with scientific communities and governance structures in the region to address ocean acidification. The side event will highlight the success stories and lessons learned, emphasize current and projected challenges to marine food chains, human sustenance, economic activities and seafood security, and discuss sustainable pathways for effective adaptation and mitigation solutions.

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