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Today may finish the celebration of the world maritime university, which was started at July 2nd at Malmö Börshus, Malmö, Sweden. As regular party of the global initiative for sustainable growth and climate fight, their quoter century anniversary must be noted with the ICCMI Conference 2008, where experts from around the globe are discussing how climate change might affect various maritime and coastal activities, tips and tricks of evaluating measures to ensure the sustainability of maritime industries. Here we got attached some useful documents in order to this public event, check the full information at pdf format and Symposium Programme.

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The Centers for Environmental and Climatic Interaction (CECI) is a non-profit partnership among government, academia and industry that provides trusted climate change information and analysis to policymakers, business leaders and the public.
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ERC Broadband announced today that it has signed an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) to provide broadband services to NCDC. NCDC, based in Asheville, provides NOAA’s climate data to millions of people. ERC Broadband is a vital partner in NCDC’s mission to acquire and deliver these data. The new agreement formalizes the partnership between NOAA/NCDC and ERC Broadband and underscores how ERC Broadband is helping Asheville build its role and reputation in the national climate services community.
Working with public, private and non-profit concerns, ERC Broadband’s goals are to grow the regional technical infrastructure and bring next generation Internet and advanced technology to the region. By accomplishing its goals, ERC Broadband is improving the overall quality of life in the area. ERC Broadband is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month.

“The new agreement stems from recognition that ERC Broadband is enhancing the national presence of NOAA’s NCDC, and that of the National Weather Service as well,” said Hunter Goosmann, General Manager of ERC Broadband. “ERC Broadband is creating awareness of and interest in climate data, and we are working with NCDC to establish and support the growth of its programs throughout the United States.”
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All members of G8 must set shorter-term goals for axing greenhouse gases than 2050 in order to help guide billions of dollars of investment, was announced today.
United Nations (UN) climate chief Yvo de Boer from The Netherlands, has told front of the media that a policy outlined by President George W. Bush last

month that would cap U.S. emissions in 2025 was “not enough” to confront global warming.

“We are at a stage where we really need to see leadership from the G8,”is one of the accents of Yvo de Boer’s speech before flying to Kobe, Japan, where May 24-26 is going to be the meeting of G8 environment ministers that will prepare a July G8 summit.
Yvo de Boer noted also that the G8 should set a target of halving world emissions by 2050
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The China-U.S. Climate Change Forum at the University of California, Berkeley. It will bring together invited leaders from the Chinese and American scientific, business, policy and non-profit communities to discuss global climate crisis solutions and to spur new research. Former U.S. President Al Gore will make a special presentation.

8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, and Wednesday, May 24.

Al Gore’s talk is at 7:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, 23rd)

The majority of the conference will be held at Wheeler Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley. The presentation by Al Gore will be at Zellerbach Auditorium on campus. A map is online here.
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