Oceans absorb 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from human activities per day, removing 30 percent emitted to the atmosphere each year and mitigating the harmful impact of greenhouse gas, according to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
In 2010, two agencies - the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - will step aside in favour of InaTEWS as the regional warning system for the Indian Ocean, according to Jan Sopaheluwakan, chairman of the Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
2 The Accreditation Committee informed that there were 49 participants from 21 delegations, including an observer of the United Nations Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea/Office of Legal Affairs (DOALOS/OLA), a representative from the Organization of American States (OAS), a representative from the Association of Caribbean Sates (ACS), a representative from the Community of the States of the Caribbean (CARICOM), and a consultant from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO).
The study was conducted at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, with the results presented at a recent symposium of the UN's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Council for Science.
We will draw from the example of oceans, where a unique intergovernmental body, known as the Joint Commission for Oceanography Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), was established by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and WMO.
My research reveals that several university departments are actively involved in the International Hydrological Programme and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
Unfortunately, over 30% of seagrass meadows have been lost since the 1940s and the rate is accelerating according to the report, sponsored by UNEP, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
