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DTSTART:20110929T060000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20110929T055900Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, 
SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Climate change impacts and adaptation: a c
 hallenge for global ports
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:With over 80 percent of the volume of world trade carried by se
 a\, international shipping and ports provide crucial linkages in global su
 pply-chains and are essential for the ability of all countries\, including
  those that are landlocked\, to access global markets.\n\nPorts are likely
  to be affected directly and indirectly by climatic changes\, such as risi
 ng sea levels\, extreme weather events and rising temperatures\, with broa
 der implications for international trade and for the development prospects
  of the most vulnerable nations\, in particular LDCs and SIDS.\n\nGiven th
 eir strategic role as part of the globalized trading system\, adapting por
 ts and transport systems in different parts of the world to the impacts of
  climate change is of vital importance. A good understanding of risks and 
 vulnerabilities is a pre-condition to well-designed and effective adaptati
 on response measures that enhance the resilience of systems\, structures a
 nd processes and minimize the adverse effects of climatic factors.\n\nTo h
 elp advance the important debate on how best to move forward\, the Ad Hoc 
 Expert meeting provides policy makers\, key public and private sector stak
 eholders\, international organizations as well as scientists and engineers
  with a platform for discussion and an opportunity to share best practices
 .\n\n \n\n \n&lt\;p&gt\;With over 80 percent of the volume of world trad
 e carried by sea\, international shipping and ports provide crucial linkag
 es in global supply-chains and are essential for the ability of all countr
 ies\, including those that are landlocked\, to access global markets.&lt\;
 /p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Ports are likely to be affected directly and indirec
 tly by climatic changes\, such as rising sea levels\, extreme weather even
 ts and rising temperatures\, with broader implications for international t
 rade and for the development prospects of the most vulnerable nations\, in
  particular LDCs and SIDS.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Given their strategic
  role as part of the globalized trading system\, adapting ports and transp
 ort systems in different parts of the world to the impacts of climate chan
 ge is of vital importance. A good understanding of risks and vulnerabiliti
 es is a pre-condition to well-designed and effective adaptation response m
 easures that enhance the resilience of systems\, structures and processes 
 and minimize the adverse effects of climatic factors.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;To help advance the important debate on how best to move forward\, t
 he Ad Hoc Expert meeting provides policy makers\, key public and private s
 ector stakeholders\, international organizations as well as scientists and
  engineers with a platform for discussion and an opportunity to share best
  practices.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&g
 t\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://uncta
 d.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert-meeting-climate-change-impacts-and-adaptation-
 challenge-global-ports
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DTSTART:20110930T060000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20110930T055900Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, 
SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Climate change impacts and adaptation: a c
 hallenge for global ports
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:With over 80 percent of the volume of world trade carried by se
 a\, international shipping and ports provide crucial linkages in global su
 pply-chains and are essential for the ability of all countries\, including
  those that are landlocked\, to access global markets.\n\nPorts are likely
  to be affected directly and indirectly by climatic changes\, such as risi
 ng sea levels\, extreme weather events and rising temperatures\, with broa
 der implications for international trade and for the development prospects
  of the most vulnerable nations\, in particular LDCs and SIDS.\n\nGiven th
 eir strategic role as part of the globalized trading system\, adapting por
 ts and transport systems in different parts of the world to the impacts of
  climate change is of vital importance. A good understanding of risks and 
 vulnerabilities is a pre-condition to well-designed and effective adaptati
 on response measures that enhance the resilience of systems\, structures a
 nd processes and minimize the adverse effects of climatic factors.\n\nTo h
 elp advance the important debate on how best to move forward\, the Ad Hoc 
 Expert meeting provides policy makers\, key public and private sector stak
 eholders\, international organizations as well as scientists and engineers
  with a platform for discussion and an opportunity to share best practices
 .\n\n \n\n \n&lt\;p&gt\;With over 80 percent of the volume of world trad
 e carried by sea\, international shipping and ports provide crucial linkag
 es in global supply-chains and are essential for the ability of all countr
 ies\, including those that are landlocked\, to access global markets.&lt\;
 /p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Ports are likely to be affected directly and indirec
 tly by climatic changes\, such as rising sea levels\, extreme weather even
 ts and rising temperatures\, with broader implications for international t
 rade and for the development prospects of the most vulnerable nations\, in
  particular LDCs and SIDS.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Given their strategic
  role as part of the globalized trading system\, adapting ports and transp
 ort systems in different parts of the world to the impacts of climate chan
 ge is of vital importance. A good understanding of risks and vulnerabiliti
 es is a pre-condition to well-designed and effective adaptation response m
 easures that enhance the resilience of systems\, structures and processes 
 and minimize the adverse effects of climatic factors.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;To help advance the important debate on how best to move forward\, t
 he Ad Hoc Expert meeting provides policy makers\, key public and private s
 ector stakeholders\, international organizations as well as scientists and
  engineers with a platform for discussion and an opportunity to share best
  practices.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&g
 t\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://uncta
 d.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert-meeting-climate-change-impacts-and-adaptation-
 challenge-global-ports
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