News Tip: Experts Available to Comment on Climate Change Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis Report, which provides policymakers with a comprehensive assessment of the risks of climate change, will be released Sunday, Nov. 2.
- Bio:
Tim Profeta, director of Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. He specializes in climate change and energy policy, the Clean Air Act and adaptive use of current environmental laws to address evolving challenges related to the environment.
http://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/about/people/timothy-profeta
- Video samples: http://youtu.be/Wbzx0cMtKKw?list=PLs7HlaDdvJH80y2KwKicywzSapHBf40-6 (:30 mark)
http://youtu.be/fW0sKnPke2Y?list=PLEBF4ED27E99B23B7 (1:40 mark)
- For additional comment, contact Profeta at:
(919) 613-8711; tim.profeta@duke.edu (e-mail if on weekend)
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- Bio:
Jonathan Wiener is a professor of law, environmental policy and public policy at Duke University. He was lead author of the IPCC report’s chapter on “International Cooperation,” and was also involved in drafting the IPCC’s First and Second Assessment Reports, issued in 1990 and 1995, while he served in the U.S. government. Wiener focuses much of his scholarship and research on international environmental law and risk regulation.
https://law.duke.edu/fac/wiener/
- Video sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR32WMmIR1s (2:30 mark)
- For additional comment, contact Wiener at:
(919) 613-7054; Wiener@law.duke.edu (e-mail if on weekend)
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Media Contacts: Erin McKenzie (Profeta)
(919) 613-3652
erin.mckenzie@duke.edu
Forrest Norman (Wiener)
(919) 613-8566
norman@law.duke.edu
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