1998
Workshop
The Upper Great
Lakes Workshop was held May, 1998 at the University of Michigan.
The workshop was one of 19 regional workshops held accross the US,
as part of the National Assessment, sponsored by the USGCRP
and the USEPA.
The purpose
of this workshop was to seek out the opinions of regional stakeholders
to find out what concerned people most about climate change in their
region. To find out more about who participated in the workshop,
click here.
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Break-out
Sessions & Sector Reports
Workshop participants
were organized into sector breakout groups and asked:
- What are
their current concerns with regards to climate change?
- How might
climate change impact our lives?
- What additional
information do we need?
- How do we
cope with climate change?
- The breakout
groups provided the direction for a more rigorous studies of climate
change impacts in the Great Lakes region. Ideas and concerns were
written on flip charts by rapporteurs, and each sector produced
a report that chronicled their discussions:
- Climate
-
Water Resources
- Water
Ecology
- Land
Ecology
- Agriculture
- Infrastructure
- Economy
- Human
Health
- Governance
& Education
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Invited
Speakers
The "Invited
Talks" portion of the workshop provided a foundation for understanding
some of the complexities and issues of climate change and its potential
impacts. The speakers are from various walks of life and present
different points of view. They were chosen because
of their knowledge and interest in the in climate change and in
the Great Lakes region. In order to present a feeling of being
there, and to allow you to obtain the facts as they were presented
at the workshop, the speakers were recorded and transcribed. Hopefully,
the reports provide a snapshot in time so that you can
experience the same information that was presented to the Upper
Great Lakes region workshop participants.
Hart,
John Frazer :
Benchmarks for Climate Change
Corell,
Robert: Working Toward a National Assessment
MacCracken,
Michael: Global Climate Change and its Effects
Winstanley,
Derek: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
Doering,Otto: Making Sense of Climate Change Impacts
Magnuson,
John: Regional Climate Change and Fresh Water Ecology
Noble,
Michael: Global Warming in Minnesota: Playing with Fire
Mortch,
Linda: Getting Additional Information
Kitz,
Charles: Global Climate Change: A Business Model Approach
Scheraga,
Joel: Coping with Climate Change
Workshop
Participants (includes Rapporteurs)
Workshop
Steering Committee
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