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The UN sponsored think tank will study solutions to global warming and other environmental crises.
The center, which is expected to cost $20 million, is due to open in 2012. But first, the land has to be cleaned.
The Navy is cleaning up the toxic shipyard, which is listed as a superfund site. After the cleanup the land will be turned over to the city.
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