Ramsar COP8 Doc. 11: climate change and wetlands

This paper has been prepared by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) in response to Action 5.1.6 of the Convention's Work Plan 2000-2002, which requested the STRP to prepare for consideration at the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) a comprehensive review of the potential impacts of climate change on wetlands and the roles that wetlands can potentially play in mitigating the effects of climate change and sea level rise