Thrilled to announce that I'll be presenting my innovative slot on "Climate Change and the Role of the Ocean" at the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Ocean X pavilion in the Blue Zone of UNFCCC COP28 (Dubai, UAE). Join me on December 9th, 2023, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Gulf Standard Time) for this exciting presentation. Due to limited capacity, we kindly request Blue Zone pass holders to secure their spots early. Friends in the Green Zone with Green Passes will not be able to access the Blue Zone, but the presentation will be widely available on other platforms. Thank you for your interest!
Free Virtual Meeting (on UN Day 2023) ahead of COP28: This year (2023), the UAE will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) which will take place from 30 November until 12 December at Expo City Dubai in order to unite the world towards agreement on bold, practical and ambitious solutions to the most pressing global challenge of our time. However, time is running out fast and realizing the seriousness, the Global Science Academy (GSA) has announced Virtual Meeting on United Nations Day, 24th October 2023 i.e. ahead of COP28 (particularly in context of COP28’s draft theme of 04th December 2023 on NATURE, LAND-USE & OCEANS), to contribute at its level and with the support of experts and professional, wishes to explore ways and means to accelerate the response of global citizen. And, thus implementable practical climate solutions are to be shared not only with the leaders of governments, international and regional organizations, financial institutions, the private sector and civil societies etc. but also with leaders of businesses, cities, regions etc. reminding pre-2030 Nationally Determined Contributions as were agreed in Glasgow; updated net-zero targets; energy transition plans with commitments to no new coal, oil and gas; fossil fuel phase-out plans; more ambitious renewable-energy targets; Green Climate Fund pledges; and economy-wide plans on adaptation and resilience. G20 i.e. the Group of Twenty (G20) which comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States) and the European Union will also be looked at their emission-cuts as G20 members represent around 85% of the global GDP with their around two-thirds of the world population. Bearing the fact that Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has once again highlighted the urgency to act because the damage from the climate crisis is already extensive, and global greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels. The world needs to limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels so as to prevent the worst impacts. The Global Science Academy (GSA) call for the experts to contribute with their view-points in the proposed virtual meeting, the link of which will be shared later on. GSA will appreciate to have experts’ brief opinions even before the proposed meeting at the official email id: globalaps@rediffmail.com Those communicating authentically will be included in our “global think-tank”. Contributions preferably required to fit under COP28’s draft theme of 04th December 2023 on NATURE, LAND-USE & OCEANS. Since Global Science Academy (GSA) engaged in various activities pertaining to UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and thoroughly know the potential of Ocean in coping Climate Change hence we expect innovative solutions from professionals of this domain. Problems of marine liters affecting ecosystems are also encouraged to highlight as prospective contributions. More information will be uploaded, in due course, to our website https://www.gsaindia.org please keep on vigil.
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A great initiative. Way to go
Free Virtual Meeting (on UN Day 2023) ahead of COP28: https://www.gsaindia.org/events/free-virtual-meeting-on-un-day-2023-ahead-of-cop28 This year (2023), the UAE will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) which will take place from 30 November until 12 December at Expo City Dubai in order to unite the world towards agreement on bold, practical and ambitious solutions to the most pressing global challenge of our time. However, time is running out fast and realizing the seriousness, the Global Science Academy (GSA) has announced Virtual Meeting on United Nations Day, 24th October 2023 i.e. ahead of COP28 (particularly in context of COP28’s draft theme of 04th December 2023 on NATURE, LAND-USE & OCEANS), to contribute at its level and with the support of experts and professional, wishes to explore ways and means to accelerate the response of global citizen. And, thus implementable practical climate solutions are to be shared not only with the leaders of governments, international and regional organizations, financial institutions, the private sector and civil societies etc. but also with leaders of businesses, cities, regions etc. reminding pre-2030 Nationally Determined Contributions as were agreed in Glasgow; updated net-zero targets; energy transition plans with commitments to no new coal, oil and gas; fossil fuel phase-out plans; more ambitious renewable-energy targets; Green Climate Fund pledges; and economy-wide plans on adaptation and resilience. G20 i.e. the Group of Twenty (G20) which comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States) and the European Union will also be looked at their emission-cuts as G20 members represent around 85% of the global GDP with their around two-thirds of the world population. Bearing the fact that Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has once again highlighted the urgency to act because the damage from the climate crisis is already extensive, and global greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels. The world needs to limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels so as to prevent the worst impacts. The Global Science Academy (GSA) call for the experts to contribute with their view-points in the proposed virtual meeting, the link of which will be shared later on. GSA will appreciate to have experts’ brief opinions even before the proposed meeting at the official email id: globalaps@rediffmail.com Those communicating authentically will be included in our “global think-tank”. Contributions preferably required to fit under COP28’s draft theme of 04th December 2023 on NATURE, LAND-USE & OCEANS. Since Global Science Academy (GSA) engaged in various activities pertaining to UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and thoroughly know the potential of Ocean in coping Climate Change hence we expect innovative solutions from professionals of this domain. Problems of marine liters affecting ecosystems are also encouraged to highlight as prospective contributions. More information will be uploaded, in due course, to our website https://www.gsaindia.org please keep on vigil.
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Thanks for sharing!
Today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres admitted while talking with civil society that limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible but will require a 45 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. As an NGO head (of the Global Science Academy, India) and in my personal capacities, have done extraordinarily on Ocean Science and explored the potential of Ocean in mitigating climate change. However, in my opinion, capacities and capabilities, especially Small Island Developing States (SIDS) & Least Developed Countries (LDCs), significantly be taken into considerations in broader spectrum. Capacity building and accelerated technology transfer, training and education, ocean literacy are amongst the top priorities need to be affixed firmly. Scientific exchange, data co-operation and sharing, cross-cultural dialogues, adoption of traditional as well as e-learning methods etc. would ensure quality partnerships, as requisite for sustainable development of the ocean. Comprehensive ocean observing, data management, data pertaining to marine diversity, coastal and marine spatial planning, multi-hazard warning system including tsunami warning system and harmful algal blooms are some of the potential topics as already being covered to be expanded more. Such improvements in ocean literacy and education will certainly have gain societal support. It’s propitiatory that ‘ocean’ not only acknowledged by the UN in the Paris Agreement and SDG-14 agenda but also political will growing across the continents and new and transformative policies being developed at national as well as regional levels which further required to be followed by innovative financial strategies. Likewise, financially sustainable, trans-disciplinary approach is imperative and need of the hour for ocean where indigenous people, civil society and all those interested could effectively play their roles with the vigor of science and society, and moreover, with political will. These efforts will transform towards a healthy and resilient ocean whereby marine ecosystems be mapped and protected; farther impacts of climate change as well as other affecting factors be measured to proviso ocean ecosystem overhauls.
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When we guard our oceans and protect marine lives, we restore a great part of the environment
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True. Oceans as a solution to restoring climate change needs to be scaled up.
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We have to keep an eye to our oceans
The event on 'Climate Change and Role of Ocean' clinched successfully wherein praised ideas of people from climate solutions platform of “We Don’t have Time” included in press-releases as well. Given below is the REPORT: “Summer School on Climate Change and Role of Ocean” Online Summer School on “Climate Change and Role of Ocean” organized by the Global Science Academy (GSA), Basti (Uttar Pradesh) India (on World Environment Day, 05th June 2023 #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day, 08th June 2023). The event was efficacious enough in having endorsement as one of the UN Ocean Decade Event from esteemed Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which has also been promoted by their website as well as social media handles. Besides, United Nations World Ocean Day website also made its approval and aired at their website and they also tweeted the above significant event from their twitter handle. In addition to these, the same event was also announced through Ocean Decade Stakeholders’ Forum and was successful in drawing attention of many varied stakeholders and professionals of the domain. Moreover, at the climate solutions platform of “We Don’t have Time”, the event flashed towards grabbing attention of ‘Ocean Community’ as well as ‘Ocean Best Practices’ and the international community cordially supported this ‘Climate Idea’ and some of them considered it as an innovation and advocated for financing such initiatives. To name a few of them who buoyed the idea included Ms. Marine Stephan of We Don’t have Time, Ms. Lucinda Ramsay, Ms. Ajema Lydiah, Mr. Sven Nilson, Mr. Kamu Daniel, Ms. Lydiah Lynne, Ms. Edwin Wangambe, Ms. Grace Njeri and many others. The summer school was keenly joined by students, learners as well as some of the professionals of eminence wherein importance of ocean and ways and means to beat plastic pollution discussed in details. Besides Indian participants, Climate Smart Community Task Force Member Ms. Paula Wildermuth from New York (USA), Mr. Nicholas Whall of Ocean Warrior New Zealand, Oceanography student Mr. Lavio Jorge of Mozambique shown their keen interest in the summer school. In India, the event was enthusiastically attended by students of organization’s (-Global Science Academy), Science Brigade of India. Prof. (Dr.) Rabinarayan Satpathy Director Vice Chancellor Office and Dean of Sri Sri University Cuttack, Odisha; GSA’s Science Brigade lead from Chhattisgarh State and environmental science researcher at Surguja University Mr. Avinash Pratap Gupta and Scholar Ms. Mamuani from Mizoram etc. were among those who profoundly supported the cause of this initiative of climate change resilience and ocean mitigation in broader spectrum. Through these announcements, some of the ocean professionals contacted the Global Science Academy (GSA) in order to contribute their time who are now included in the GSA’s ‘global think tank’. Whilst concluding, vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Anil Pratap Singh, Founder Director and the General Secretary of the GSA. Press-release issued in English and Hindi languages for leading newspapers which authentically published as well.
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Such events are useful as they teach a lot on environmental and climate change matters
Though enormous gains, marine pollution, acidification, climate change etc. are causing degradation of ocean species’ loss and threatening food security and overall human welfare. Ocean is already facing unprecedented threats as a result of human activities and it is projected that the world population will reach 9 billion people by 2050 which will likely to impact more on ocean. The recent scientific findings on ocean health are torment because trending towards collapse of marine ecosystems especially the combination of factors like, ocean hypoxia i.e. low levels of oxygen in the water, ocean dead zones due to pollution runoffs and climate change, causing major die-offs of marine species. Overfishing in the areas beyond national control worsened the situation much more. It is tormenting to mention that illegal fishing accounts for about 20 percent of the world's catch, costing up to $23.5 billion a year. Moreover, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enters the ocean annually from land-based sources. Such occurrences immediately need to be dispraised. According to a testimony, our civilization is running out of time to avoid the detrimental cycle of decline in ocean health that will have dramatic repercussions on the ability of the ocean to keep providing the support we need.
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Protecting marine life should be a priority for all nations.
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We need consensus on all aspects of ocean protection. After that we need enforcement from all parties. Maybe we need an overarching intergovernmental policing body with powers to protect and prosecute for proper marine conservation.
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Marine life does not get the protection it deserves
In recent years, world has witnessed several catastrophic weather events across the continents including record fire and hurricane and near-record low Arctic sea ice extents which were probable consequences of increasing global temperatures. Correspondingly, hundreds of Siberian, Australian and western Unites State’ wildfires, Atlantic hurricane, low Arctic sea ice extents were amongst few conspicuous features of the contemporary years. There observed transnational-transfer of smoke generated due Australian bushfires accounted burning of over 20% of the Australian temperate forest biome. Pyrocumulonimbus events i.e. fire induced thunderstorms crossed into the stratosphere widely and circumnavigated as well. Conflagrations as happened in Colorado (USA) hastily produced as heat waves which enabled the fire to burn faster as well as hotter. Akin fire-burns in California also destroyed over a million acres. In certain parts of Siberia, peculiar kind of ‘zombie fires’ reignited in areas with permafrost continued to from previous year. These human-induced climate change is as rather so powerful as the dynamism of the nature. There were strongest El Nino warming events seen in the last year despite temporary cooling effect of La Nina event and since 1980s, each of the decade has been warmer than the previous one. Heat-trapping gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), remain at record increased levels in the atmosphere, causing the Earth’s warming. The Earth is getting prone for more severe heat waves and droughts, larger and extreme wildfires and longer and more forceful hurricane seasons on average. Concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions are still heading beyond the agreed goals. We have lot to do towards the transition to low- and zero-carbon emissions in key sectors like energy, agriculture, building, forestry, industry and transport. The reduction of 7.6% GHGs emissions each year till 2030 required the world in order to put on track towards the goals of the Paris Agreement as a reliable report said recently.
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zero carbon emissions is achievable.
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Looking forward to a future of zero carbon emissions
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cant wait the day we will have zero carbon emissions
Online Summer School on “Climate Change and Role of Ocean” (on World Environment Day, 05th June 2023 #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day, 8th June 2023) organized by the GLOBAL SCIENCE ACADEMY (GSA), Basti (Uttar Pradesh) India. We are pleased to share that our this initiative has been endorsed by IOC-UNESCO. Discover more: https://www.gsaindia.org/events/climate-change-role-of-ocean
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great innovation
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Will certainly play a role in plastic pollution mitigation
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such great inovations should be funded
There required multi-sectoral policies for sustainable use of coastal and marine resources, together with proper financing as well as right use of relevant technologies. There were experiences of conflicts and lack of understanding as prevail in certain communities on use of such resources e.g. fisheries, ocean wildlife, shipping as well as utilization of offshore renewable energy resources. Hence, strong need of informed decisions felt essential in the same context by involving citizen and stakeholders. Also, scientific and technological innovations highly indispensable in global observing systems, both for in situ and in satellite observations. There were incidences of catastrophic events and economic losses due to recurrent extremes in weather conditions. Since ocean and coastal areas are significant for livelihood and other economic activities, there necessitated ocean finance schemes which potentially could provide scientific solutions, to be sustained in the long term.
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Such financing initiatives are useful, but the challenge is about accountability & transparency of these schemes. It is important that ocean finance schemes are designed to ensure that the funding raised goes directly towards ocean conservation & pollution mitigation.
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It's essential these finances generated go to the right Jobs
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a great idea for mitigating climate change
Approaches towards staying below 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Global Temperature Rise not only requires net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 as delineated in the Paris Agreement but also exigently entails multifaceted and wide ranging approaches e.g. increasing renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and avoiding deforestation etc. as well as actively remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in order to secure a carbon-neutral future of the planet. Contemporaneously, enhanced climate finance to be considered as central in deciphering the problem. However, the pressing priority of the time is to promote the use of clean energy solutions for affordable and reliable energy access, inclusive development, climate mitigation and adaptation, and greenhouse gas emission reduction. New technologies accompanied with large-scale investments, obligatorily significant in stabilizing the global climate.
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Great ideas here, with this directions we can quickly hit the Paris Agreement target of staying below 1.5°c .
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Very important we attain 1.5 degrees
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@munene_mugambi Thanks!
About The Event Online Summer School on “Climate Change and Role of Ocean” (on World Environment Day, 05th June 2023 #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day, 08th June 2023) to be organized by the GLOBAL SCIENCE ACADEMY (GSA), Basti (Uttar Pradesh) India. Students looking to make waves in the world of ocean sustainability are encouraged to participate. This will favor UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. PARTICIPATION IS FREE · Theme Background: World Environment Day (WED) #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day (WOD): World Environment Day (WED), 05th June, this year (2023) marks its 50th anniversary and the theme is “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”. Along with the theme, the hashtag #BeatPlasticPollution will also be used. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. Microplastics being tiny plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter – find their way into food, water and air. Discarded or burnt single-use plastic harms human health and biodiversity and pollutes every ecosystem from mountain tops to the ocean floor. In the line of UN agencies and others, Global Science Academy also request you all to join this drive during the commemoration of the 50th WED. Also, to focus on the importance of the ocean and the need to protect, the Global Science Academy, at its level, observe the World Ocean Day (WOD), 08th June 2023, through the UN World Oceans Day 2023 theme, “Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing”, and will ascertain how Earth is more than it may seem, and create a newer wave of anticipation towards apprizing and protecting the ocean and the wholeness of our blue planet. Climate Change and Role of Ocean: Global Science Academy firmly believe that the above cited significant Days’ observances will provide true dimension to this proposed summer school wherein “Climate Change and Role of Ocean” will be discussed along with themes of these two Days viz. WED & WOD. Ocean cherishes incredible biodiversity i.e. around 80% of all life forms resides here. It is also being an imperative source of sustenance and livelihood because it produces food, mineral and energy for life as essential not only for survival and but for being flourished as well. Due to ever increasing demand for food in the current pandemic of corona-virus, ocean is optimism. The livelihood and lives of more than 3 billion people highly rely on marine and coastal biodiversity. Since ocean not only absorbs large amounts (around 25%) of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) but also produce more than 50 percent of the essential oxygen. Minute ocean flora i.e. phytoplankton, mostly exist near surface of the water and drift with its currents, contribute 50 to 85 percent of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere. Using carbon dioxide and sunlight to make their food during photosynthesis, these phytoplankton generate oxygen, as a byproduct, which is essential for animals’ breath including human beings. Ocean not only absorbs CO2 emissions but also captures around 90 percent of the heat generated from these emissions and safeguards the planet against the brunt of climate change; thereby help in placating SDG-13 as well. In the meetings of the UNFCC, to achieve the objectives of the 14th Sustainable Development Goal i.e. 'Life Below Water, ocean issues incorporated into the ‘NDCs’ and 'National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)' by the Member States. In August 2015, 193 countries had appropriately agreed on this. Also, the period from 2021 to 2030 declared in the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as ‘UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development' more particularly to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-14 in order to conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas as well as marine resources. More than 3/4th of the biodiversity exist in ocean. Coastal regions are specifically important both because of livelihood and other economic activities including tourism and transportation. The global ocean economic activity, per annum, is estimated between US$ 3 trillion to US$ 6 trillion contributing to the world economy i.e. ‘blue economy’. On the other hand, pollution, ocean-acidification, climate change etc. are creating turmoil in marine biochemistry and losses in its biodiversity, apprehending food and human welfare on the whole. As the global average temperature rise is already 1.1°C and people around the world are facing a range of climate change impacts from droughts to floods and heat waves to superstorms that only the richest countries can cope with. Therefore, from the opening session of this climate change conference, the speakers not only recalled the important messages of climate science, but also the current geo-strategic challenges and energy and food, while underlining the devastating climate effects and expressed the common sentimentalities to act urgently. Pointing out their impact on ecosystems, stressed the exigent need to focus on implementation. Also, emphasis laid on the 'polluter-pays' principle for outlays of climate compensation by historical emitters of greenhouse gases. But still, on the issue of climate change, there seemed, rich nations’ wavering attitude in assisting developing and poor countries. The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in November 2022 in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh, concluded with a historic decision to establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that our planet is still in the emergency room and we need to drastically reduce emissions now and this is an issue this COP did not address. Warning that humanity is on a "highway to climate hell," he besought the world to act before it's too late. However, from the beginning, COP 27 has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and ambition. ‘Justice’ for those on the frontlines who did so little to cause the crisis and ‘Ambition’ to keep the 1.5 degree limit alive and pull humanity back from the climate cliff. Parties during the Ocean Action Day at COP 27, deliberated with due prominence, on significance of ocean to safeguard the planet in context of climate change. Mitigation and adaptation discussions were centric in COPs until recently. United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change backed mitigation as reducing climate change by reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, either by reducing sources of these gases or enhancing the ‘sinks’ that accumulate and store these gases e.g. oceans, forests, and soil. The ultimate aim is to stabilize greenhouse gas levels in a timeframe ample to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner. In addition, adaptation i.e. adapting to life in a changing climate which involves adjusting to actual or expected future climate. Here, the goal is to reduce risks from the harmful effects of climate change e.g. sea-level rise, extreme weather events, or food insecurity etc. With the above background, the Global Science Academy (GSA) proposes to organize Online Summer School on Climate Change and Role of Ocean (on World Environment Day, 05th June 2023 & World Ocean Day, 08th June 2023). DEADLINE EXTENDED till: 04th JUNE 2023 CERTIFICATES WILL BE ISSUED TO EACH PARTICIPANTS ON COMPLETION. Hurry for Participation: Limited participation is being offered, which will be purely on 'first come and first serve' basis. PARTICIPATION IS FREE. Further details including online link will be shared after hearing from you. Drop your email at: globalaps@ GLOBAL CALL FOR EXPERTS to Volunteer (On these days 15 minutes’ Contributions of a few of the experts required free of cost. Further, they have chance to be included in our “global think-tank” on environment (please show your interest) and their names are likely to be featured by airing/publishing at our various platforms). Email designated for all official correspondence is as follows: globalaps@rediffmail.com
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Interesting
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This is good news. All the best in your presentation
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Interested to learn your insights on the Role of Oceans