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Ocean are the ones that are causing a catastrofic change in the climate, because they control the climate as they capture the heat and the green house(global warming) effects” said Patricio Bernal, Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO. He also said that the citizens don’t know the important task that Develope this big amounts of water to prevent a change in the climate.
This problem is being caused by the contamination we have done to the environment by using fuel transportations, trash that we throw into the water and the constant spillover of petroleum into the oceans. It seems to be that the citizens only know about what happened to the oceans when there is a oil spill in the oceans or conflicts about fishing. This should be a problem that everybody cares about because it is affecting the fishing, the weather, and crops which in turn affects all of us. However the millions of gallons of carbon dioxide that every year are absorbed by the oceans are making them are become “acidified.”
At the UNESCO General Conference in January is expected to elicit an open dialogue and exchange of views on the subjects of ocean governance, the contribution of UNESCO in monitoring the state of the ocean and its ecological services, and on ocean and climate change and the challenges coastal communities face in adapting to sea-level rise.
The ocean is the ultimate global commons. The ocean, and in particular the high seas is a unique international space where the International Community and the United Nations bear special responsibilities under the authority of the General Assembly and in particular within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS). There are alarming signs for the ocean. Fishing is in a critical condition in many regions of the world, special natural habitats are being altered in an irreversible way, the current rate of biodiversity loss in not being abated, and piracy and other types of organized crime, like the illegal shipping of drugs, arms and people, are increasing. Delegates to UNESCO must attempt to focus the attention on this new effort by the United Nations towards a responsable ocean governance and to rally the support of UNESCO’s Member State, many of whom have a high level of engagement in UNESCO’s programmes related to oceans.
Expected outcome:
Role of Science in supporting and legitimizing management of the Ocean and its resources better appraised and explained;
The existing mandates and the division of labour within the United Nations acknowledged;
The need for integrated assessments, at the regional and global levels exposed;
Knowledge gaps and institutional limitations explored: the new challenges identified;
The role of Ocean in Climate Change explained and examples to adaptation to the impacts of climate change demonstrated; Rally support for the establishment of the Regular Process and engage in promoting responsible ocean governance.
Mission:
People, all around the World, need to know what is happening to the planet and why as delegates in this committee you must come to an agreement on how to let people know, how to get them and governments to realize that action needs to be taken now. Your goal is also to come to an agreement with the other countries on how regulate the ocean, who should clean it up, make rule sthat all can agree to that govern the use of the ocean and if someone or some company doesn’t follow the rules.
Questions:
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