CCIC Volunteers - American Meteorological Society
CCIC Volunteers - American Meteorological Society
CCIC Volunteers - American Meteorological Society
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Initial Statements of the <strong>Volunteers</strong><br />
AMS/CWCE/BEC Committee on<br />
Climate Change, Improving Communication (<strong>CCIC</strong>)<br />
Jim Giraytys<br />
I would like to serve on this committee for two reasons (1) I have a wide list of colleagues,<br />
associates, and friends in the Shenandoah Valley (many are non-scientists, a number are local elected<br />
officials) who have asked me repeatedly to explain what is going on with the debate, and I need to<br />
have the latest information, and (2) I give some three to five formal presentations annually to civic<br />
groups, like the Lions Clubs, on weather and climate. The climate change issues head the list of<br />
questions they want answered.<br />
I believe that there should be a "COMET-like" tool assembled for people like me who can inform and<br />
perhaps influence the debate at the "grass roots" level. This tool needs to be well documented and<br />
much easier to understand than the IPCC reports. This need is especially great now that the polls<br />
show a rapidly increasing number of people who are turned-off by the apparent scientific infighting.<br />
Krish Gounder<br />
Climate change has been one of the most pressing challenges faced by our society during the brief<br />
history of mankind on this planet. Such an important issue is presently perceived by the public as a<br />
controversial one at best. The grass root communication of the challenges of the climate change by<br />
the climate community has not been as effective as it could have been. All the scientific evidence for<br />
climate change has not been effectively disseminated by the climate scientists to the general public at<br />
large. The total evidence for climate change needs to be collected and exhibited without any bias and<br />
complete transparency to the entire scientific community not just to the climate community. Many of<br />
the technical interpretations of the evidence as well as the scientific process of reaching the relevant<br />
conclusion needs to be articulated to the needy public without suppression of any contrary<br />
interpretation.<br />
George Greenley<br />
I am a volunteer for the AMS/CWCE/BEC Committee on Climate Change. Because of the strongly<br />
held but divergent views on anthropogenic global warming a committee such as the MS/CWCE/BEC<br />
is sine qua non for rational dialog on the subject and I believe the mission statement, as currently<br />
stated is spot on!<br />
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