Climate change is the most important threat to the earth. Even if we stabilise CO2 concentrations, the 2007 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment confirms that warming will continue for decades and sea level will continue to rise for centuries.

The ocean is the major element controlling the long-term stability of the earth´s climate.

Climate change may affect important environmental components of holiday destinations, which might have repercussions for tourism-dependent economies.

Resumen: Efectos del cambio climático sobre los ecosistemas terrestres: observación, experimentación y simulación. En España existe ya una cantidad sustancial de evidencias observacionales sobre los efectos biológicos del cambio climático.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming that climate change is a serious global threat which requires an urgent global response, and that climate change is driven by human activity.