Poland, Estonia and Norway. Within the context of Green Week, the Environment Directorate-General is organising five competitions for young people from EU countries aged between 7 and 23. Deadline 2 February. Oct 4 - 7 InfoCoast 2, 2nd European Symposium on Knowledge and Information for the Coastal Zone, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Through this combination, all relevant aspects of integrated coastal zone management are covered.
Emphasis is put on active participation of the participants.
The main results are new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 5 years is attributable to human activities and that global warming is happening faster than previously predicted. The globally averaged surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 C over the period 1990 to 2100. The global mean sea level is projected to rise by 0.09 to 0.88 metres between 1990 and 2100. This is due primarily to thermal expansion and loss of mass from glaciers and ice caps. The full report, which runs to over 1000 pages, has been in production over three years and is the work of 123 Lead Authors from around the world.