This session will cover keynote and oral presentations identifying how to best communicate the results of climate science and observations to the general public, policy makers and politicians. It will cover the development of key indicators such as ocean heat content or sea level rise. |
Keynote talk:
Vital Signs for Managing Climate Change; Charles KENNEL (SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography) |
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Keynote talk:
Evolving Essential Climate Variables into Public-Private Partnerships for Societal Benefit; Mike TANNER (NOAA) |
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Climate change impacts and mitigation processes; S. K. SHARMA (Carman Residential and Day School) |
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Supporting activities to interdisciplinary global programmes as GCOS Gueladio CISSE (ICSU) |
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Progress toward an Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS); Diane STANITSKI (NOAA ESRL) |
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)- a European response to Climate Change ECMWF; Dick DEE (ECMWF) |
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Planning and evaluating climate observing systems of the future; Elizabeth WEATHERHEAD (University of Colorado Boulder) |
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Space-based component of WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS); Wenjian ZHANG (WMO) |
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Integrating ocean observations across the coastal shelf boundary; Bernadette SLOYAN (CSIRO) |
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Requirements for Ongoing Assesments of the Earth's Sea Level and Energy Budgets; Bernadette SLOYAN (CSIRO) |

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Keynote talk:
What are the needs for a post-COP21 monitoring? Philipe CIAS (LSCE)
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The GEO Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gas Flagship; Antonio BOMBELLI (CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change)
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Essential Climate Variables to Support Climate Change Mitigation in the Land Use Sector; Martin HEROLD (Wageningen University)
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First review of COP-21 and potential impacts on Space Agencies; Pascal
LECOMTE (ESA)
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The WCRP-FPA2 Polar Challenge- promoting a scalable, cost-effective and sustainable monitoring system; Micheal RIXEN (WCRP) |
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