Press Room: Climate-Change Town Hall
http://www.aaas.org//news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/index.shtml
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](/news/press_room/climate_change/media/glacier-lake.jpg)
Sunday, 18 February 2007
1:15 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.
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 PresentationsThe full program, listing all speakers and collaborating institutions, is available online. |
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Opening Video Presentation |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] A house, undercut by erosion, falling over a small cliff onto the beach in Shishmaref, Alaska](/news/releases/2006/images/sm/1204alaska_444_sm.jpg "Open \"Global Climate Change and Human Well-Being\" as a streaming RealVideo; 12 min.") |
Global Climate Change and Human Well-Being
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See also, An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change, from Project 2061 at AAAS |
Welcoming Remarks |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Alan I. Leshner](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/leshner_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Alan I. Leshner") |
Dr. Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Executive Publisher, Science
Video: RealVideo
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AAAS President's Overview |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] John P. Holdren [Photo © Martha Stewart]](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/holdren_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] John P. Holdren [Photo © Martha Stewart]") |
Dr. John P. Holdren, AAAS President; Director, Woods Hole Research Center; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University |
Understanding Climate Science |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Lonnie G. Thompson [Photo © Thomas Nash 2001]](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/thompson_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Lonnie G. Thompson [Photo © Thomas Nash 2001]") |
Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson, Professor, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University |
In Search of Solutions |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Margaret S. Leinen](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/leinen_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Margaret S. Leinen") |
Dr. Margaret S. Leinen, Chief Science Officer, Climos, Inc. |
Profitable Climate Protection |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Amory B. Lovins [Photo © Judy Hill 2005]](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/lovins_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Amory B. Lovins [Photo © Judy Hill 2005]") |
Dr. Amory B. Lovins, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute |
Cutting Carbon Emissions |
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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 |
Teaching Future Innovators |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] P. John Whitsett](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/whitsett_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] P. John Whitsett") |
Mr. P. John Whitsett, President-Elect, National Science Teachers Association (2006-2007) and Physics Teacher, Fond du Lac High School, Wisconsin |
Closing Remarks |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Robert H. Socolow](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/socolow_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Robert H. Socolow")
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Roberta M. Hotinski](http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/hotinski_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Roberta M. Hotinski")
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).
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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).
For more information contact Ginger Pinholster of AAAS at (202) 326-6421 or gpinhols@aaas.org.
Please visit these pages:
- AAAS Board Statement on Climate Change
- An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change, from Project 2061 at AAAS
- Stablization Wedges: A Concept & Game
- AAAS President's Climate-Change Message
(Windows Media | RealVideo; 23 MB) - A full program of the Climate-Change Town Hall, listing all speakers and collaborating institutions
- Global Climate-Change Resources
- Evolution Resources
