IGCC COP-4 press release
Dave Williams (dlw16@csufresno.edu)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:17:46 +0000
> There should be some very interesting developments come mid-November.
>
> >September 22, 1998
> >
> >IGCC CREATES NEW PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE: DELEGATION OF SCIENTISTS TO
> >SPEAK AT U.N. MEETING IN BUENOS AIRES
> >
> > La Jolla, California. The University of California "Institute on
> >Global Conflict and Cooperation" (IGCC), a multi-campus research center that
> >bridges the academic and policy communities, announced today that it is
> >creating a state-wide program on global climate change to bring objective
> >scientific and technical expertise to the United Nations climate change
> >negotiations.
> >
> > The first phase of this new research and outreach program will
> >involve sending an NGO delegation of eminent climate change scientists to the
> >fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4) of the United
> >Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in
> >Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 2-13, 1998. The scientists will
> >advise U.N. delegates of their scientific research on climate change and
> >the implications for the current negotiations through presentations made by
> >three panels:
> >
> >Panel 1: Abrupt Climate Change
> >
> >Michael Molitor, UCSD Center for Environmental Research and Training
> >Stefan Ramsdorf, Potsdam University
> >Jeff Severinghaus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >Stephen Schneider, Stanford University
> >
> >Panel 2: The Carbon Cycle and Sinks Enhancement
> >
> >Sandra Brown, Oregon State University
> >Richard Carson, IGCC Research Director for International Environmental Policy
> >Charles D. Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >Jayant Sathaye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
> >Susan Trumbore, UC Irvine
> >Ray Weiss, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >
> >Panel 3: The Climate Change Science-Policy Interface
> >
> >Lisa Shaffer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >Robert Shelton, UC Office of the President, Office of Research
> >Richard Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> >Stephen Schneider, Stanford University
> >Mark Thiemens, UCSD Center for Environmental Research and Training
> >
> >Beyond the panel presentations, summaries of which will be published after
> >the Buenos Aires meetings, the IGCC NGO delegation will also
> >have the opportunity to brief several governmental and non-governmental
> >delegations, and interact with the international press corps. The upcoming
> >Buenos Aires round of the UNFCCC signals a shift from determining what the
> >major industrialized countries have pledged to do, in principle, to working
> >out practical details about how greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced in
> >practice.
> >
> >Researchers in the UC system are at the forefront of discovery on issues
> >related to climate change dating back to the pioneering work of Roger
> >Revelle and Charles D. Keeling. IGCC has tapped the UC system as well as
> >other top scientists at other universities to initiate a new research
> >program on climate change. The aim of the longer-term IGCC Climate Change
> >Program is to bring objective scientific information into the
> >decision-making process. In recognition of the IGCC delegation's
> >expertise, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has
> >awarded IGCC Non-governmental Organization (NGO) status for Buenos Aires
> >and future UNFCCC meetings.
> >
> >For more information about the IGCC delegation and its presentations in
> >Buenos Aires, please contact Ms. Staci Dresher, IGCC External Affairs, at
> >sdresher@ucsd.edu. For press information or interviews, please contact Mr.
> >Ronald Bee, IGCC External Affairs, at rbee@ucsd.edu. For more information
> >on IGCC and its research programs, please see our website:
> >http://www-igcc.ucsd.edu.
>
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