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CONFERENCE COSPONSORS

SESSION I. THE CLIMATE CHANGE PHENOMENON AND SUSTAINABILITY

• "IPCC Assessment - An Overview"
  Bert Bolin, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• The Carbon Cycle
  Pieter Tans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Detection of Climate Change
  Thomas Karl, National Climate Data Center

• Discussion - Session I

SESSION II. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION OPTIONS

• Ecosystem Adaptation - Terrestrial Systems
  Stephen Hamburg, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University

• Impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply
  David Wolfe, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

• Health Impacts
  Jonathan Patz, School of Hygiene and Public Health, John Hopkins University

• Marine and Coastal Systems - Impacts and Adaptation
  Victor Kennedy, Hornpoint Environmental Research Laboratory University of Maryland

• Mitigation Options - Energy Supply
  Denny Ellerman, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Mitigation Options - Demand Side Management
  Meredydd Evans, International Studies Unit, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories

• Discussion - Session II

SESSION III. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE: ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT

• Economic Estimates of Climate Change Impacts
  Samuel Fankhauser, Global Environment Facility

• Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  David Montgomery, Charles River Associates

• Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Climate Change
  Mohan Munasinghe, World Bank

• Integrated Assessment - What Can It Tell Us?
  James Edmonds, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories

• Discussion - Session III

SESSION IV. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE FOR POLICY IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY

• Environment/NGO Perspective
  Jeremy Leggett, Greenpeace International

• Business Perspectives
  Paul Walitsky, Philips Lighting Company
  John Shlaes, Global Climate Coalition

• State-Local Government Perspective
  Abby Young, Cities for Climate Protection - U.S. International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

• Counter Perspective
  Patrick Michaels, Environmental Sciences Department, University of Virginia

• Conference of Parties Perspectives
  Arturo Sánchez, Costa Rica

• U.S. Government Perspectives
  Mark G. Hambley, Chief U.S. Negotiator on Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
  Patrick Ramage, Director, Global Legislators for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE USA)

• "UNEP Perspective"
  Mack McFarland, Principal Scientist, Atmosphere Unit, United Nations Environment Programme

• Discussion - Session IV

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