The meeting is organized jointly by the Caribbean and Latin-American Office of the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) and the regional UNESCO Office for Education.
The publication was commissoned in conjunction with Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (ICACGP), The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR).