“Climate change is a direct and existential threat to life in oceans and seas globally”, acknowledges the EU Council, alarmed by the IPCC's Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere published in September (see EUROPE B12335A15).
In conclusions on oceans and seas adopted without debate on Tuesday 19 November, it notes with great concern that the warming of Europe's regional seas is occurring at a faster than average rate and calls for increased action at all levels to protect marine...