Date

Multiple Event Announcements

  1. Briefing - How Climate Change is Impacting the Arctic
    Thursday, 1 October 2009
    Washington, D.C.
  2. Photo Exhibition - Climate Change in Our World
    26 October 2009 - February 2010
    Washington, D.C.
  3. Call for Abstracts - Re-Exploring the North: social and natural
    transformations in the Circumpolar North
    Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    14-18 April 2010
    Washington, D.C.
  1. Briefing - How Climate Change is Impacting the Arctic
    Thursday, 1 October 2009
    Washington, D.C.

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and Clean Air-Cool
Planet, in conjunction with the Royal Norwegian Embassy, announce a
briefing to learn about the climate change impacts seen today in the
Arctic. The briefing will be held Thursday, 1 October 2009 from 9:00 to
10:30 a.m. EDT in room B340 of the Rayburn House Office Building in
Washington, D.C.

Climate change continues to grow as an issue of global concern, and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority for the Obama
administration. Major international climate negotiations will take place
in Copenhagen in December and a debate on comprehensive climate
legislation is anticipated in the U.S. Senate this fall. These policy
discussions come against a backdrop of rapid and continuing warming of
climate in the Arctic as reflected by the shrinkage of the extent and
thickness of arctic sea ice, and melting of glaciers and permafrost. At
this briefing, top scientists from Norway and the United States will
discuss the latest research in this vulnerable region and its
implications.

Speakers for this event include Nalan Koc, Center for Ice, Climate and
Ecosystems (ICE) at the Norwegian Polar Institute; Eugenie Euskirchen,
Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; and
Bob Corell, The Climate Action Initiative.

This briefing is free and open to the public.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.eesi.org/100109_arctic.

Or contact:
Laura Parsons
Phone: 202-662-1884
Email: lparsons [at] eesi.org

  1. Photo Exhibition - Climate Change in Our World
    26 October 2009 - February 2010
    Washington, D.C.

A two-part photo exhibit by environmental photojournalist Gary Braasch
in association with author and filmmaker Lynne Cherry will open on
Monday, 26 October 2009. It will be on display at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Headquarters Atrium in
Washington, D.C., through February 2010.

"Climate Change in Our World," an exhibit of large-scale color
photographs, will show climate change effects already rampant, and
illustrate some of the actions being taken toward a future of lower
emissions and new opportunities. The images are from the book "Earth
Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World" by Braasch.

A companion exhibit for kids, parents, and school groups, "How We Know
About Our Changing Climate," will highlight how scientists learn about
climate change. This section of the exhibit displays images from the
book "How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate," by Braasch
and Cherry. The educational show will include films of kids taking
action from Cherry's project "Young Voices on Climate Change."

For further information, please contact:
Gary Braasch
Email: gary [at] braaschphotography.com
Phone: 503 860-1228

  1. Call for Abstracts - Re-Exploring the North: social and natural
    transformations in the Circumpolar North
    Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
    14-18 April 2010
    Washington, D.C.

Organizers of a special session entitled "Re-Exploring the North: social
and natural transformations in the Circumpolar North" announce a call
for abstracts. The session will be convened at the Annual Meeting of the
Association of American Geographers, 14-18 April 2010 in Washington,
D.C.

The Circumpolar North is rapidly transforming. Over a century ago
geographers pioneered arctic exploration. Now, once again, geographers
are on the cutting edge of (re)-exploring rapid economic, political,
environmental, and climatic change in the region.

This session invites abstracts examining any aspect of changes in the
human, physical, cultural, or environmental geography of this region.
Organizers especially welcome contributions that present results from
fieldwork and other research activities undertaken during the
International Polar Year or those funded by the National Science
Foundation.

To submit an abstract, you must first register for the meeting at:
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/registration.htm. After
registering, you can click on 'Submit an Abstract' and complete the
process as outlined. You will receive a personal identification number
(PIN). Please send that PIN to Andrey Petrov at andrey.petrov [at] uni.edu.

Abstract Deadline: 20 October 2009.

For further information, please contact:
Andrey N. Petrov
Email: andrey.petrov [at] uni.edu

Timothy Heleniak
Email: heleniak [at] umd.edu