GRADINGER Arctic Visiting Speaker Tours

Summary:

Presentations

Dr. Rolf Gradinger from the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks participated in a climate change forum at the Wallace Stegner Center at the San Francisco Public Library in early June of 2005. As part of a panel discussion, Dr. Gradinger talked about the potential impacts of climate change with an emphasis on the Arctic. The event was open to the general public and the media. Michael Vassey from the Department of Environmental Studies at San Francisco State University moderated the event.

Speakers and topics included:

Stephen Schneider, Stanford University
Overview of climate change science and current projections

Rolf Gradinger, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Potential impacts of climate change with an emphasis on the Arctic

Wil Burns, University of Redlands
International and US responses to climate change

Daniel Kammen, University of California-Berkeley
Long-term solutions