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Thursday 11 December
GLOBAL CLIMATE SCIENCE |
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13:00-13:15
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Opening Remarks
Mr. Eric J. Lyman
Special Correspondent,
Bureau of National Affairs - Rome
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| 13:15-13:30
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Satellite Earth Observation to support the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
Josef Aschbacher, Programme Coordinator, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes,
European Space Agency
Earth observation provides globally comparable, independent
and verifiable information about key parameters of interest for the implementation
of the Kyoto Protocol. This includes information about land-use and land-cover,
in particular aforestation, reforestation and deforestation, as well as agricultural
production and vegetation fires. This information is available at a global scale
for the 1990 reference period as well as the upcoming first reporting period
2008-12. In addition, measurements of atmospheric trace gases as well as other
climate-sensitive parameters such as the melting of polar ice masses underpin
the scientific assumptions of the Kyoto Protocol and can contribute to its evolution
in future negotiation rounds.
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| 13:30-13:45
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Uncertainty, climate scenarios and adaptation
Suraje Dessai, PhD researcher
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
University of East Anglia
Uncertainty is pervasive in climate change research
and management. This has led the research community to attempt to estimate the
likelihood of future climate change. This is the case because of the advancement
of science, user demand and the central role played by prediction in guiding
policy. In the context of climate adaptation decision-making, we examine three
key questions: (1) why might we need probabilities of climate change? (2) what
are the problems in estimating probabilities? (3) how are researchers estimating
probabilities?
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13:45-14:00
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Global climate monitoring - a need for systematic, sustained global observations
Sue
Barrell, Superintendent, Policy and Secretariat Section
Bureau of meteorology, Australia
A presentation focusing on global climate monitoring.
In particular, the need for systematic, sustained global observations as summarized
in a recent Report on the Adequacy of Global Observing Systems for Climate and
what countries are doing, and can do, to ensure comprehensive global coverage.
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Talk held at 9 AM
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Geof Jenkins, Head, Climate Prediction Programme
Hadley Centre/Met Office
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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