Attention members of the climate stakeholder, resource management
communities, scientific, and international climate change community:
Request for Volunteers to Comment at the U.S. Climate Change Science
Planning Workshop
Washington, D.C.
3-5 December 2002
For more information see:
http://www.climatescience.gov
The Climate Change Science Program Office will hold the U.S. Climate
Change Science Program Planning Workshop for Scientists and Stakeholders
at the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Washington, D.C., from 3-5 December
2002. The Workshop will provide a comprehensive review of the
discussion draft of the Strategic Plan for U.S. climate change and
global change research. This workshop will provide extensive
opportunities for the global climate stakeholder community to provide
comment and input on the Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan.
When finalized, the Strategic Plan will provide the principal guidance
for the U.S. climate change and global change research during the next
several years, subject to revisions as appropriate to respond to newly
developed information and decision support tools.
The Climate Change Science Program workshop is structured around plenary
sessions and breakout groups. There will be four breakout sessions
during the three days of the workshop, with six individual breakout
topics covered concurrently. The breakout sessions will detail each
specific element of the plan, followed by representatives from either
the stakeholder, scientific, technological, or environmental fields.
Comments on all of the elements of the plan from all communities are
essential in order to identify gaps and improve the plan.
We are actively seeking volunteers to serve as panelists during the
breakout sessions. These panelists should provide a perspective on the
content, implications, and challenges outlined in the plan as well as
provide suggestions as to the types of climate information required by
their representative groups. Please note the number of panelists at the
workshop will be limited due to time considerations. To volunteer as a
panelist at the workshop please visit http://www.climatescience.gov and
click on "Call for Volunteer Panelists." The Climate Change Science
Program Office will begin to make selections on 5 November 2002 and will
continue making selections until all slots are filled.
We strongly encourage all interested members of the international
climate and global change research community, natural resources
managers, climate sensitive infrastructure and services, and all persons
interested in climate change policy making to participate in this
process. This is a public process and all comments will be made a part
of the public record.
Please find copies of the workshop announcement, workshop agenda, and an
outline of the draft strategic plan at http://www.climatescience.gov. Both
summary and detailed level drafts of the strategic plan will be posted
on the web site by mid-November. If you or a representative of your
organization is not able to attend the workshop, please submit comments,
questions, and suggestions about the different elements of the strategic
plan once it is posted. The announcement, agenda, and further details
about the workshop, as well as registration information, are available
on the website http://www.climatescience.gov.
James R. Mahoney, Ph.D.
Director of U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere