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AAAS seeks at every opportunity to increase the volume of scientific leadership on the issue of global climate change. Background materials on AAAS efforts related to climate change and links to relevant resources are provided here.

"A Growing Threat to Society"

AAAS Board of Directors Statement on Climate Change: "The scientific evidence is clear," the AAAS Board says in a new statement. "Global climate change caused by human activities...is a growing threat to society." The statement was approved on 9 December 2006 and released on 18 February at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

AAAS Urges Support for Earth-Observation Satellites: U.S. budget cuts are threatening satellites essential for weather forecasting, hurricane warnings, climate change studies and more, the AAAS Board of Directors said in a 28 April 2007 statement.

Al Gore at 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting: "We Need You"

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore called on scientists to communicate the urgency of climate change to political leaders and the public, saying that humanity has little time to change course before risking disastrous global consequences.

Speaking to an estimated 3000 scientists, educators, students, and others on 13 February in Chicago, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner urged scientists to use their knowledge and their respected status among the American public to press for broad, swift changes in energy and environmental policies.

"I believe in my heart that we do have the capacity to make this generation one of those generations that changes the course of humankind," Gore said. "The stakes have never been higher."

Climate-Change Town Hall

"Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change": An estimated 1,000 educators, students, business leaders and others convened in San Francisco on 18 February 2007 for a half-day, town-hall style event on the challenges of climate change-and possible solutions. The event, geared to teachers, students and science communicators, was held at the AAAS Annual Meeting and featured the debut of AAAS's new 12-minute video on climate change, which can be viewed online as RealVideo or Windows Media.

Some of the nation's top climate experts spoke at the event, detailing the latest science on the subject and working with the audience to explore inventive educational and technological responses to it. Videos of the town hall presentations and support materials are available here.

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