WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, July 10, 2007, the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) will hold a press conference call to discuss the release of the second in a series of 21 CCSP Synthesis and Assessment (S&A) Products.  Coordinated by the U.S Department of Energy (DOE), this S&A 2.1 report is titled “Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application”.  It evaluates various stabilization scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions over the next century and resulting economic and technological impacts as well as explores the framework for developing climate scenarios.

Climate change researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Electric Power Research Institute, DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the University of Michigan, as well as other leading scientists from universities and other federal agencies served as authors of this report.

WHO:	Dr. William J. Brennan, Acting Director of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Dr. John C. Houghton, Office of Science, Coordinator of CCSP Report 2.1 Dr. James A. Edmonds, Report Author, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Dr. Edward A. Parson, Report Author, University of Michigan Dr. John M. Reilly, Report Author, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Richard G. Richels, Report Author, Electric Power Research Institute
WHAT:	Release of CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.1, “Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application”
WHEN:	Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:00AM EDT

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