Briefing 3: Saturday 11 November, 10:30, Plenary Session 3, Global Environmental Change (GEC) science links with policy and development agendas "Science for Sustainability" is one of the Conference's central themes and this will be an important session addressing key sustainability and policy issues from a regional and global perspective. Speakers: Thomas Rosswall, International Council for Science (ICSU); Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA; Steve Lennon, ESKOM, South Africa; Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia; Meryl Williams, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research
Briefing 4: Sunday 12 November, 16:00, Summary of major outcomes of the ESSP Open Science Conference, including a conference Declaration on ESSP's commitment to provide scientific contributions to policy that will put us on a more sustainable path. Speakers: Conference co-chairs Gordon McBean and Dahe Qin
Key Global Environmental Change issues, related conference sessions and experts:
Carbon
Scientists, policy makers, and the general public are increasingly concerned about climate change--particularly change that can be attributed to human activity. More and more attention is being focused on issues such as the rising concentration of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere and on the carbon cycle in general. ESSP research on the global carbon system aims to create a better scientific understanding of the carbon cycle itself, as well as a common, mutually accepted knowledge base to support policy debate and action.
Plenary Session Day 2, Carbon in the Earth System: Dynamics and vulnerabilities; Parallel Session
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Contact: Mareile Wolff
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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
26-Oct-2006