International Implications of Climate Change

A number of international treaties and conventions have been developed to aid in addressing ocean issues that affect multiple jurisdictions and countries. Many of these focus either primarily on marine resources or involve them in some fashion. Exploring and strengthening synergies between these treaties and conventions would be extremely beneficial for providing increased value, better coordination, and improved focus and facilitation of the development of key priorities (Robinson et al., 2005). The following discussion includes only a subset of the larger body of international conventions and treaties.