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A distinguished panel at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Honolulu talked about what’s ailing the Earth’s oceans and what needs to be done.

The president addressed Pacific Island leaders on the eve of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s 10-day conference in Hawaii.

Before establishing it here, officials looked at the environmental courts in India. That country’s laws were discussed at a conference in Honolulu.

We know there’ll be problems on the shorelines, but global warming also poses big threats to life out at sea.

Despite the risks climate changes poses here, Honolulu isn’t coordinating efforts across agencies. Voters may be asked to address that later this year.

A new report demonstrates the vulnerability of the Oahu coastline from climate change and beach erosion.

As the ocean warms, scientists predict big increases in contamination from eating tropical reef fish.

Talks in Paris have drawn representatives of 200 nations responsible for 95 percent of carbon emissions worldwide. The Hawaii senator said he’s more encouraged than he’s been in a long time.

Hawaii’s senior senator joined nine colleagues Friday on a trip to Paris to take part in negotiations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

The votes come as the president is in Paris at the UN conference on global warming.