[Nsa] Fw: Student climate research planning meeting NCAR climate scientists needed

[Scott Briggs]

GLOBE is seeking one or two NCAR climate scientists who would be  
interested in participating in a planning workshop in Geneva,  
Switzerland, January 25-28, 2009. A short description of the workshop  
is posted below

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*Global Climate Change Research and Education (GCCRE) Workshop*


*PROJECT SUMMARY*

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The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in  
Boulder, Colorado in collaboration with the GLOBE program, the World  
Meteorological Organization and other U.S. and International  
organizations propose a workshop to enhance both climate research and  
education in the U.S. and internationally.  The overall goal of the  
international /Global Climate Change Research and Education (GCCRE) / 
workshop is to bring together both the climate science and climate  
education communities to establish and secure commitments to a global  
climate research campaign that will engage students and citizens in  
climate science at local, regional, and global scales, and identify  
opportunities for them to contribute to relevant climate science  
research investigations.* *Approximately 20-25 people will  
participate in the GCCRE workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, in January  
2009, while hundreds of other scientists and educators will have the  
opportunity to participate as cyber-participants in GCCRE workshop  
activities

The workshop will be organized into three components:

(1) A pre-workshop component that will engage participation of a wide  
variety of climate scientists and educators over a two-week period  
prior to the workshop (i.e. early January 2009), (2) The (syn-)  
workshop component involving presentations, discussions, and  
consensus building over a 3-4 day period, and (3) A post-workshop  
component that will result in a draft action plan identifying the  
strategic components, tasks, and organizations necessary to promote  
effective world-wide participation in the 2011-2013 Student Research  
Campaign on Climate Change.

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If you are interested in participating in this workshop or have  
additional questions, please call Ed Geary at  x 8696 or email  
egeary at ucar.edu with a short statement of interest and a short Bio.

In addition, please feel free to recommend other U.S. and  
international climate scientists to participate in this meeting. We  
are looking for scientists from Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin  
America-Caribbean, Near East/North Africa, and North America who are  
interested in working with educators to promote climate education and  
climate literacy around the world.

GLOBE will cover normal workshop-related travel costs for the NCAR  
and other scientists selected to participate.
Please respond by Nov. 13, 2008.

Best Regards,

Ed Geary
Director, The GLOBE Program


Scott Briggs
Administrative Assistant
Advanced Study Program
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-1607
sbriggs at ucar.edu




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