September 2008: The Tenth Global Meeting of the Regional
Seas Conventions and Action Plans will take place in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from
25-27 November 2008.

The objectives of the meeting include discussing key
global challenges related to climate change and its relationship with the
on-going and future work of the Regional Seas Programmes. In this context,
participants will address: climate change and oceans; large marine ecosystems
and climate change; and climate change vulnerability and adaptation – adapting
to the impacts of climate change on the marine and coastal environment,
including sea-level rise. [Meeting’s
first announcement]