Sponsored by CMA, co-sponsored by SAFEA (State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs), NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China), START (global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training), and hosted by Beijing Climate Centre (BCC), the Fourth International Seminar on Climate System and Climate Change (ISCS) is held from 16-27 July 2007.
Over 220 Chinese participants and 9 foreign participants from Sweden, Bahrain, Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, Malaysia and Vietnam attend the ISCS.
During the opening ceremony, Dr. Zheng Guoguang, Administrator of CMA, made an address. Dr. Qin Dahe, Academician of CAS and President of ISCS, presented certificates to the lecturers. Dr. Wang Shourong, Deputy Administrator of CMA, Dr. Dong Wenjie, Director-General of BCC, attended the opening ceremony.
The seminar mainly focused on atmospheric chemistry and climate effect of aerosol; biogeochemical cycle; the role of cryosphere in climate system and climate change; climate system models and their application in climate change studies; climate change detection and attribution; Climate change impact and its assessment; uncertainties in Climate Change. ISCS aimed at widening views of young scientists, realizing international front on climate and climate change, improving the climate research ability, strengthening international academic exchanges.
The Following international climatologists and experts on related fields are invited as teachers and lecturers:
l Prof. Annette RINKE, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research, Germany
l Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND) and Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Sir Lanka
l Prof. Jerome Chappellaz, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement, France
l Prof. Roger G. Barry, Distinguished Professor of Geography, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
l Prof. Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK
l Prof. Atsumu Ohmura, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
