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>From: Steve Kurtz <kurtzs@freenet.carleton.ca>
>
>FYI,
>
>Steve
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>From: <mailto:TDietzVT@aol.com>TDietzVT@aol.com
>Subject: US Climate Science Research Plan
>To: <mailto:envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu>envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu
>
>
>
>Below is an announcement of a workshop to garner input into the US Climate
>Change Science Plan.  I thought it might be of interest to some of you.  It
>is often the case that the social science and especially the sociological
>community is silent on these plans while the physical and biological science
>communities are quite articulate.  Please forward as you see appropriate.
>
>Best,
>Tom Dietz
>
>Chair, U.S. National Research Council Committee on Human Dimensions of Global
>Change
>College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
>Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
>Professor of Sociology
>George Mason University
>Fairfax, Virginia  22030  USA
>Phone: 703 993 1435
>Fax:  703 993 1446
>Email:  <mailto:tdietzvt@aol.com>tdietzvt@aol.com
>Web address:  <http://www.dietzkalof.org>www.dietzkalof.org
>
>
>================
>
>Announcement and Invitation
>
>
>U.S. Climate Change Science Pro
>gram: Planning Workshop for Scientists
>and Stakeholders
>Sponsored by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Incorporating
>USGCRP and CCRI
>December 3-5, 2002
>
>
>Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
>2660 Woodley Road, NW
>Washington, D.C.
>
>
>THE WORKSHOP
>
>
>The United States Climate Change Science Program will hold a
>comprehensive Workshop on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, from
>December 3 to 5, 2002 in Washington, DC to receive comments on a
>discussion draft version of its Strategic Plan for climate change and
>global change studies. The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
>incorporating the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and the
>Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) is jointly sponsored by 13
>U.S. government agencies. The  workshop will review the USGCRP/CCRI
>plans with emphasis on the development of short-term (2 ? 5 years)
>products to support climate change policy and resource management
>decision-making.
>
>
>BACKGROUND
>
>
>The U.S. Global Change Research Act of 19
>90 initiated the USGCRP that
>continues today as a major sponsor of global change research.  In June
>2001 President George W. Bush directed the USGCRP agencies to develop a
>focused Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) with the goal of
>accelerating the USGCRP research activities in the next 2 to 5 years, to
>assist in the development of public policy and natural resource
>management tools related to climate change issues. When finalized, the
>draft Strategic Plan reviewed during and after the Workshop will provide
>the principal guidance for the U.S. global change and climate change
>research programs during the next several years, subject to revisions as
>appropriate to respond to newly developed information and decision
>support tools.
>
>
>PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP
>
>
>The Workshop responds to the President's direction that the U.S. global
>change and climate change science programs must be objective, sensitive
>to uncertainties, and well documented for public debate. The U.S. global
>chang
>e and climate change research programs must consistently meet the
>highest standards of credibility, transparency, and responsiveness to
>the scientific community, as well as to all interested user groups, and
>our international partners. To assure the continued scientific
>credibility of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, the Workshop
>will provide a comprehensive review of the discussion draft of the
>Strategic Plan. The Workshop discussions, supplemented by written
>comments submitted during a 30-day post-Workshop period, will be
>reflected in the final Strategic Plan.
>
>
>WHO SHOULD ATTEND
>
>
>-Members of the scientific community interested in reviewing and
>commenting on the plans and expected deliverables of the USGCRP/CCRI
>research program
>-Members of the climate stakeholder and resource management communities
>interested in commenting on the planned application of the USGCRP/CCRI
>scientific, economic, and energy system information to policy and
>resource management decisions
>-
>Members of the international climate change community interested in
>reviewing and discussing the updated U.S. research and decision support
>plans
>
>
>WORKSHOP TOPICS
>
>
>The workshop will include a plenary session each day, as well as the
>following breakouts:
>Observations, Monitoring, and Data Management
>Scenario Development and Evaluation
>Climate Models: Implementation and Application
>Decision Support Tool Development
>Atmospheric Composition
>Carbon Cycle
>Water Cycle
>Climate Variability and Change
>Ecosystem Interactions: Forcing and Feedbacks
>Human Contributions and Responses to Climate Change
>Land Use/Land Cover Change
>International Scientific Collaboration
>Public Communication of Information and Findings
>
>
>INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
>
>
>Several senior U.S.?based and international science and user group
>leaders have been invited to be keynote speakers for the plenary
>sessions.  A partial list of invited keynote speakers includes:
>Dr. Bruce Alberts, President, NAS
>Hon. Robert Card, U
>ndersecretary of Energy
>Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, NSF
>VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Administrator, NOAA
>Dr. John H. Marburger, Director, OSTP, EOP
>Prof. G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary General, WMO
>Hon. Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, NASA
>Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Chairman, IPCC
>Hon. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP
>
>
>WORKSHOP/REVIEWER PROCESS
>
>
>The Workshop will include daily plenary sessions and several breakout
>sessions. Each breakout session will begin with a summary presentation
>of an element of the discussion draft of the Strategic Plan, and will
>include invited reviewer comments, as well as general attendee comments.
>Summary records will be prepared for every session.
>
>
>PUBLICATION OF THE DISCUSSION DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN
>
>
>The discussion draft of the Strategic Plan will be posted on the web
>site <http://www.climatescience.gov>www.climatescience.gov by November 11, 
>2002 for scientific and
>public review. Comments, questions
>and suggestions are welcomed from
>both scientific and stakeholder communities during and after the
>Workshop. Comments can be posted up to a month after the workshop at
><http://www.climatescience.gov>www.climatescience.gov .
>
>
>OVERSIGHT BY THE U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
>
>
>An advisory committee appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
>(NAS) will undertake an independent review of the draft Strategic Plan,
>and will give consideration to the scientific and stakeholder community
>comments during and after the Workshop.
>
>
>PRODUCT
>
>
>The U.S. Climate Change Science Program will be responsible for
>preparation of the final version of the Strategic Plan, based on its
>evaluation of information presented at the Workshop and/or posted on its
>
>web site, as well as full review of the recommendations developed by the
>NAS. The final Strategic Plan will be published in April 2003.
>
>
>SPONSORING AGENCIES
>
>
>Departments of Agriculture, C
>ommerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human
>Services, the Interior, State, and Transportation; Environmental
>Protection Agency; National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
>National Science Foundation; Smithsonian Institution; and U.S. Agency
>for International Development.
>
>
>SCHEDULE
>
>
>Tuesday, December 3: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
>Wednesday, December 4:  8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
>Thursday, December 5:  8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
>
>
>REGISTRATION AND LOGISTICAL INFORMATION is available at the web site
><http://www.climatescience.gov>www.climatescience.gov
>
>
>QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND PRESENTATIONS:
>
>
>James R. Mahoney, Ph.D.
>Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
>Oceans and Atmosphere, and
>Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program
><mailto:workshop@climatescience.gov>workshop@climatescience.gov
>
>
>
>
>
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