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Project Title:
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America's Climate Choices: Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
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BASC-U-08-04-B
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate
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RSO:
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Geller, Laurie
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America's Climate Choices: Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
May 28, 2009 - May 29, 2009
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Shelly Freeland
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| Email:
sfreeland@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2649
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Fax:
202-334-3825
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Agenda:
OPEN SESSION
2:15 P.M. Public welcome and introductions
2:30 P.M. Discussion topic: Bio-carbon sources/sinks
The panel has thus far focused primarily on consideration of managing fossil-fuel carbon sources. In this session we will turn our attention to the issue of managing biological carbon sources/sinks (in particular, strategies to sequester carbon in forests and soil systems); in particular, to better understand what types of management strategies might be feasible as serious climate change mitigation options. Speakers include:
Bruce Mc Carl (Texas A&M University. panel member) – overview and economic perspectives
Bill Parton (Colorado State University) – soil and grassland systems
Representative (US Forest Service) – forest systems [to be confirmed]
3:45 P.M. other issues that public attendees or panel members may wish to raise.
5:00 P.M. adjourn
5:30 – 7:00 P.M. Reception , Denver Marriot West
Meeting:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (South Table Mountain Site)
1617 Cole Blvd. Building 3
Golden CO 80401 – 3393
Main phone # (303) 275-3000
Map at: http://www.nrel.gov/visiting_nrel/directions_maps.html
Guests will be required to check in through a security office (Building 17 to pick up visitor badges). Please bring a goverment issued picture ID.
All non-U.S. citizens must notify the contact person (Shelly Freeland)in advance to fullfill NREL's security policies.
Reception:
Denver Marriot West
1717 Denver West Boulevard, Golden CO 80401
Phone: 1-303-279-9100
Space at both the meeting site and the reception is limited. Guests should rsvp to Shelly Freeland (as contact info) by May 22.
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Robert Fri
Marilyn Brown
Francisco De la Chesnaye
Thomas Tietenberg
Ann Carlson
Majora Carter
Robert Keohane
George Eads
Edward Rubin
Doug Arent
James Trainham
Mack McFarland
Genevieve Giuliano
Bruce McCarl
Loren Lutzenhiser
Andrew Hoffman.
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
The panel reviewed and revised draft report material, held further deliberations on key findings, and developed workplans for moving ahead with report writing assignments.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
none
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
June 3, 2009
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