SB40 Media Event
Irreversible Melting on Antarctica
Media Event at SB-40
IRREVERSIBLE MELTING ON ANTARCTICA:
OBSERVATIONS AND PROJECTIONS
RECENT SCIENCE AND NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE PAPERS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS
JUNE 13 AT 13:00CET, Hotel Maritime (Live Webcast)
Briefing with Dr. Anders Levermann, Potsdam Centre for Climate Research
Lead Author, Nature Climate Change paper on Wilkes Basin (East Antarctica)
On June 13 at 18:30, a UNFCCC side event focused on recent findings of “irreversible” changes to some Antarctic glacier systems and Arctic sea ice, and the regional and global impacts of these changes. One of the presenters, Dr. Anders Levermann, presented to the media regarding both his own research on the Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica published May 4, as well as the Joughin and Rignot papers on glaciers of the WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) published one week later (and Dr. Ian Joughin will present later to the side event by skype). Dr. Levermann is also a Lead Author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment chapter on sea-level rise.
Dr. Levermann, and ICCI’s Director Pam Pearson took questions on this research and potential ramifications of these findings for sea-level rise, human adaptation and ambitions for the Paris 2015 agreement.
WHERE: Hotel Maritime, Room Hayden
WHEN: Friday, June 13:00 at 13:00CET
WEBCAST: www.unfccc.int
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Growing “Irreversibility” in Cryosphere Climate Change:
Implications for Paris 2015 Commitments
Recent Observations of “Irreversible” Melt in Antarctica and the Arctic
How Can the Lima and Paris COPs Respond?
Friday June 13, 18:30-20:00
Room Wind, Ministry of Environment
Buffet Dinner Following
Draft Program:
18.30 Welcome
Isabella Lövin, Member of European Parliament, Sweden, Miljöpartiet de Gröna (Swedish Green Party)
18.40 Antarctica Glacier Melt: Recent Science and Nature Climate Change
Papers
Dr. Ian Joughin, University of Washington (by Skype)
Lead Author, Science May 12 paper on WAIS Collapse
Dr. Anders Levermann, Potsdam Centre for Climate Research
Lead Author, Nature May 4 paper on Wilkes Basin (East Antarctica) Melting
19.20 Arctic Sea Ice: Projections Under Different Emissions Scenarios
Dr. Julienne Stroeve, National Snow and Ice Data Center
19.40 Panel Discussion:
How Can Cryosphere Developments Drive Levels of Paris 2015 Ambition?
Isabella Lövin, Moderator and Presenters
Invited Lead Negotiators: Peru, France, Nepal, China, Norway, United Kingdom and Australia
Organized by the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI)
Questions/follow-up: Dr. Svante Bodin, Director, ICCI-Europe, +46-722-350878, svante@iccinet.org
Ms. Pam Pearson, +46-70-57 522 57, pam@iccinet.org
Webcast questions (before and during event): Svante Bodin, svante@iccinet.org
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