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Project Title: America's Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change

PIN: BASC-U-08-04-E         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies

Sub Unit:
Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate

RSO:
McConnell, Martha

Subject/Focus Area:



America's Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change
January 28, 2009 - January 29, 2009
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
100 Academy Dr.
Irvine, California


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Amanda Purcell
Email: apurcell@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-1504
Fax: 202-334-3825


Agenda:

Wednesday, January 28

1:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
5:30 P.M. ADJOURN

Thursday, January 29

8:30 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. OPEN SESSION
8:30 A.M. Call to order and review of agenda, introductions Peter Raven
8:45 A.M. One element of the informing question:
National Climate Service - Ed Miles & Berrien Moore
9:45 A.M. Context for the panel: "The Era of Small Thinking is Over" Ted Nordhaus, Chairman, Breakthrough Institute
10:45 A.M. BREAK
11:00 A.M. A State perspective on effective informing Chairman Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board
12:15 P.M. LUNCH
1:15 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
5:30 P.M. ADJOURN

RSVP required to attend open sessions
Contact Amanda Purcell (apurcell@nas.edu) to RSVP


Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Peter H. Raven
Diana Liverman
Daniel Barstow
Rosina M. Bierbaum
Daniel W. Bromley
Anthony Leiserowitz
Robert J. Lempert
Jim Lopez
Edward L. Miles
Berrien Moore
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Richard Richels
Kathleen Tierney
Chris Walker
Shari Wilson

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Welcome and introductions
Initial Discussion of meeting goals, panel task and responsibilities
Key developments from ACC main committee
Composition and Balance discussion
Briefing on NAS Decision Support Panel
Discussion of Panel members’ ideas about key issues
Discussion: reactions to speakers’ remarks


The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
none

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: February 13, 2009



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