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22 - 28 July 2000: Industrial Carbon Management: Crosscutting Scientific, Technical. and Policy Implications
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Agenda with PDF's of Select Presentations

Friday, October 19th
Introduction & Welcome – Katzenberger

Meeting Overview – Marland & Pielke

How Much Biomass Travels on Planet Earth? – Kauppi

Moving Forward on LULUCF Given US & Bonn Decisions – Pena

The Forest as an Integral Component of the Climate System – Pielke

Discussion

How Will Near-Term Decisions over the Inclusion of Forest-Based Mitigation in a Carbon Market Affect the Long-term Protection of Forests in Developing Countries – Frumhoff

Forest Sensitivity to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and its Relevance to Carbon Management – Norby

Discussion

Walter Orr Robert’s Evening Public Lecture: Colorado Rocky Mountain Climate: Where we have been and where we are going – Pielke

Saturday, October 20th
Working Group Tasks

Atmosphere/Forest Feedback – Avissar

The Disconnect Between Policy Makers and Scientists: An Overview of Tropical Forests and Climate Change Science – Niles

Discussion

Vulnerability of Northern Forests and Forestry: The Disturbing Influence of Climate – Apps

Forests and Woodlands in an Ever-changing world: Climate-driven Dynamics at Centennial to Multimillennial Timescales – Jackson

Discussion

Break for Lunch, provided at AGCI

Biophysical Feedback on the Regional Climate System – Xue

Tropical Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation: is this Dreamland? – MacDicken

Discussion

Adjourn

Working Groups meet for Dinner

Sunday, October 21st
Working Group Presentations

Climate Change, Vegetation Responses and Disturbances – Joyce

Linkages Among Climate Variability, Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Global Atmospheric CO2 Budget as Determined from Atmospheric Observations – Davis

Discussion

Monday, October 22nd
Continued Search for the Carbon Sink: Considering Interactions in an Integrated Assessment Framework – Niyogi

Carbon Implications of Western Forest Health & Wildfire Conditions – Sampson

Discussion

Managing Ecosystems to Mitigate Climate Change: It's Not Just the On-site Carbon Stocks – Marland

Partitioning Causes of Carbon Sequestration and Loss in the Terrestrial Biosphere

– Ron Neilson represented by Linda Joyce

Discussion

Working Groups

Lunch in Working Groups

Land Use Change and Northern Hemisphere Cooling – Ken Caldeira represented by Gregg Marland

Tuesday, October 23rd
Sensitivity Working Group Report

Stresses Working Group Report

Discussion

Feedbacks Working Group Report

Management Working Group Report

Synthesis Discussion & Next Steps – Marland & Pielke