WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today the witnesses for a Full Committee hearing titled A Time for Change: Improving the Federal Climate Change Research and Information Program. The witnesses are listed below.
The hearing will focus on the need to improve the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which is responsible for coordinating and directing Federal climate change research. It will also address the need for improved communication of climate information to decision makers.
A Time for Change: Improving the Federal Climate Change Research and Information Program
Full Committee
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building
Witnesses: See below
Panel I
John H. Marburger, III, Ph.D., Science Adviser to the President, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Accompanied by:
Jack A. Kaye, Ph.D., Director, Research Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Earth Science
Panel II
Donald F. Boesch, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Science, President, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland
Braxton Davis, Ph.D., Chair, Climate Change Working Group, Coastal States Organization,
Peter C. Frumhoff, Ph.D., Director of Science and Policy, Chief Scientist, Climate Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists
Lynne M. Carter, Ph.D., Co-Director, Adaptation Network
John R. Christy, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Earth System Science Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Richard Moss, Ph.D., Vice President and Managing Director, Climate Change World Wildlife Fund
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