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Climate-Change Town Hall

Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change

An Event for Teachers, Students, and Other Communicators and Learners

[PHOTOGRAPH] the retreating Qori Kalis glacier in the Andes of Peru in 2000. Courtesy of Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University

This image, courtesy of Lonnie Thompson at Ohio State University, shows the retreating Qori Kalis glacier in the Andes of Peru in 2000. The lake began to form in 1991. It is now more than 200 feet deep and covers 84 acres.

Sunday, 18 February 2007
1:15 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

This special event was organized by AAAS in collaboration with the California Science Teachers Association, the National Science Teachers Association and the United Educators of San Francisco (representing the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers).

AAAS Board Statement on Climate Change

A new AAAS Board Statement was released 18 February 2006, in conjunction with the Climate-Change Town Hall

Program Presentations The full program, listing all speakers and collaborating institutions, is available online.
Opening Video Presentation
	Global Climate Change and Human Well-Being Video: RealVideo or Windows Media See also, An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change, from Project 2061 at AAAS
Welcoming Remarks
	Dr. Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Executive Publisher, Science Video: RealVideo
AAAS President's Overview
	Dr. John P. Holdren, AAAS President; Director, Woods Hole Research Center; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University Presentation: PowerPoint Video: RealVideo
Understanding Climate Science
	Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson, Professor, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University Presentation: Acrobat PDF or PowerPoint Video: RealVideo
In Search of Solutions
	Dr. Margaret S. Leinen, Chief Science Officer, Climos, Inc. Presentation: Acrobat PDF or PowerPoint Video: RealVideo
Profitable Climate Protection
	Dr. Amory B. Lovins, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute Presentation: Acrobat PDF Video: RealVideo
Cutting Carbon Emissions
	The Stabilization Wedge concept, a unique, hands-on learning tool, illustrates the impacts of different strategies for reducing greenhouse gases. You can download Stablization Wedges: A Concept & Game. Dr. Robert H. Socolow, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Co-Director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University Dr. Roberta M. Hotinski, Science Communicator, Consultant to the Princeton Environmental Institute Presentation: Acrobat PDF or PowerPoint Video: RealVideo ARS Results Demographic Breakdown: Acrobat PDF or PowerPoint Wedge Game Results: Acrobat PDF or PowerPoint
Teaching Future Innovators
	Mr. P. John Whitsett, President-Elect, National Science Teachers Association (2006-2007) and Physics Teacher, Fond du Lac High School, Wisconsin Presentation: PowerPoint or Text Video: RealVideo
Closing Remarks
	Dr. Holdren

Collaborators

This special event was organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)—under the auspices of the AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology—in collaboration with the California Science Teachers Association (CSTA), National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF, representing the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers).

Acknowledgments

AAAS wishes to thank Ms. Judy Scotchmoor, Assistant Director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley; Dr. Ellen P. Metzger, Professor and Co-Director of the Bay Area Earth Science Institute at San Jose State University; and San Francisco Bay-area teachers and others who provided invaluable support for this program. We are indebted to all external advisers.

Thanks also to all AAAS staff members who served on the internal planning committee and helped to make this event a reality.

AAAS further appreciates the collaboration of the California Science Teachers Association, the National Science Teachers Association, and the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF, representing the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers).

Advance focus groups with Bay-area teachers and students were conducted for AAAS by the nonprofit, nonpartisan research firm, Public Agenda (www.publicagenda.org). We are grateful to Ruth A. Wooden, Will Friedman, Alison Kadlec, and colleagues.

Finally, we appreciated the good work of Dave Braun, Chris Duhaime, and colleagues with Braun Film and Video, Inc. (www.braunfilm.com).