This is a HUGE week in global warming<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/global_warming>policy. Monday10th Session of IPCC Working Group 1<http://www.ipcc.ch/meet/10session.htm>begins in Paris. Working Group I assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change. Tuesday9 AM: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Committee>, 406 Senate Dirksen Office Building Senators' Perspectives on Global Warming<http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=6fa138a1-802a-23ad-4ec7-1948185159b2&Designation=Majority>.
This hearing will likely include<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/01/a_global_warming_08_cattle_cal.html>testimony from the presidential candidates Biden, McCain, Clinton, and Obama. 10 AM: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform<http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform>, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building Allegations of Political Interference with the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/29/104256/384>. Wednesday12 PM: American Meteorological Society Seminar, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-G11 Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Scientific Case for Global Warming and its Causation <http://ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/documents/ESSS1312007.pdf> - Evidence from observed changes in temperature, David Easterling, NOAA NCDC - Evidence from ice sheets and glaciers, Lonnie Thompson, OSU Byrd Center - Evidence from paleoclimatic record, Michael Mann, Penn State ESSC - Evidence from models, Ben Santer, Livermore ThursdayIPCC Working Group I meeting concludes.FridayIPCC Climate Change 2007: 4th Assessment Report The last assessment report was in 2001. These are *huge*. I have no idea why they're presenting on a Friday. Their communications people are crazy. I guess so it's after the Working Group meeting. Chapter preview of the IPCC report: - The Physical Science Basis<http://www.ipcc.ch/activity/wg1outlines.pdf> - Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability<http://www.ipcc.ch/activity/wg2outlines.pdf> - Mitigation of Climate Change<http://www.ipcc.ch/activity/wg3outlines.pdf> More here <http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/29/17943/3362> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
