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. 2020 Jul 6;26(9):4664–4678. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15223

TABLE 2.

International reports or fora addressing or considering climate change relevant to the deep ocean

  1. UNFCCC: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

    1. Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate inextricably links climate change and the deep ocean (Bindoff et al., 2019)

  2. Sectoral marine resource interests

    1. Food and Agriculture Organization (fisheries)

    2. International Maritime Organization (shipping)

    3. International Seabed Authority (mining)

    4. International Cable Protection Committee (sub‐sea cables)

  3. Biodiversity protection interests

    1. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

    2. Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

    3. Negotiations for a new international legally binding instrument on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)

    4. Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

    5. The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

  4. Scientific research plans

    1. UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

    2. Global Ocean Observing System

    3. Deep Ocean Observing Strategy