AGU to Announce New Statement on Climate Change
At a press conference next week, the world's largest scientific society of Earth and space scientists—the American Geophysical Union, or AGU—will release a new statement on climate change: the evidence for it, potential consequences from it, and how to respond to it. The statement is the first revision since 2003 of the climate-change position of the AGU, which has a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students in 137 countries.
What: Press conference unveiling new statement on climate change
Where: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Building, 2000 Florida Avenue, Washington, D.C. (half block from the intersection of Florida Ave. and Connecticut Ave.), Terrace Room – (on first floor) (Refreshments served.)
When: Thursday, 24 January 2008, 10:00 am, EST
Who:
Timothy L. Killeen, President of the American Geophysical Union; Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
Michael J. Prather, Fred Kavli Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California, lead author of several chapters of assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1995, chair of the AGU committee that drafted the new statement
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, Senior Scientist, NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Division, lead author of a chapter of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, member of the AGU committee that drafted the new statement.
The Council of the American Geophysical Union adopted the new position statement, entitled “Human Impacts on Climate,” at its meeting in San Francisco, California last month. This statement replaces an earlier statement with the same title, adopted in December 2003, and still available on the AGU web site at http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/positions/climate_change.shtml
The text of the new statement will be distributed at the press conference and, at the same time, posted to the AGU web site and transmitted by e-mail to the AGU press release distribution list. It will not be available prior to the press conference.
Reporters unable to attend the press conference may call in on a speakerphone. From USA and Canada, call (toll free): +1 888 481 3032. From other locations, call (not toll free): +1 617 801 9600. When prompted, please enter this access code: 115139.