U-M delegation heads to world climate change conference
ANN ARBOR—Climate change experts from the University of Michigan are available to discuss the upcoming COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference. A group of professors, students and alumni will be attending the meeting, which is Dec. 7-14 in Copenhagen.
At the conference, world leaders will gather to discuss climate policy at a global scale.
The U-M delegation, which includes nine students and three professors, will blog about the debate from Copenhagen at http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/cop15/.
Follow them via Twitter at http://twitter.com/umcop15/, or
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/umaoss.
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“>Richard Rood leads the U-M delegation to the conference. A professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, his research focuses on the intersection of weather and climate. Listen to a podcast in which he discusses the significance of the upcoming climate meeting at http://www.ns.umich.edu/podcast/audio.php?id=1178. Rood can be reached at rbrood@umich.edu or (734) 647-3530.
? Henry Pollack, professor emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences, is the author of the new book “A World Without Ice.” He can discuss evidence and causes of climate change, both natural and human; the consequences of climate change, and policy choices and options. He can be reached at 734-474-3823 or hpollack@umich.edu. Pollack will be attending COP15.
? Paul Edwards studies the history, politics, and cultural aspects of information infrastructures, with a special focus on global climate science. Edwards is an associate professor in the School of Information. His forthcoming book, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming (MIT Press), surveys the history of knowledge about the global climate from the 19th century to the present. Edwards, who will be attending COP15, can discuss how scientists know what they know about climate change. He can be reached at pne@umich.edu.
At least eight U-M researchers including Pollack contributed to the set of climate change reports issued by the UN-sponsored panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.
More information about the researchers and how to reach them >
For more information:
COP15: http://en.cop15.dk/about cop15
Michigan at COP15 blog: http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/cop15/
