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About Our Speaker – Phil DeCola, Chief Science Officer, Sigma Space Corporation
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Phil DeCola is Chief Science Officer of Sigma Space Corporation and works with remote-sensing data for Earth science research and resource management applications. Phil has served as an advisor on climate change and Earth observations for two administrations as Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At NASA, he served as Atmospheric Composition Focus Area Lead and Program Scientist in the NASA Science Mission Directorate. Phil also has served as science lead on a number of U.S. Government delegations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and worked on the IPCC scientific assessments since the Second Assessment Report in 1994. During his career at NASA, Phil has served as Lead Scientist and Evaluation Co--Chair for the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Program, and as Program Scientist for a number of NASA space missions including the EOS Aura Mission, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission, the SAGE--2 and SAGE III Missions, as well as for a number of airborne field campaigns such as the NASA SOLVE, SOLVE II, POLARIS and STRAT. Phil is currently serving as chair for a WMO/UNEP initiative, the Integrated Global GHG Information System (IG3IS). |
About the Talk Long-term measurements of greenhouse gas concentrations have revealed the rapid and unceasing rise of global GHG concentrations due to human socioeconomic activity. Long-term observations also show a resulting rise in global temperatures and evidence of negative impacts on society. In response to this mounting evidence, nations, sub-national governments, private enterprises and individuals are establishing and accelerating efforts to reduce GHG emissions while meeting the needs for global development and increasing energy access.
An effective IG3IS will provide on-going, observation-based information on the relative success of GHG management efforts on policy-relevant scales and the response of the global carbon cycle to a warming world. The presentation will cover the principles and objectives of IG3IS, as well as progress toward answering the questions: What research capabilities are ready and able to deliver useful information for whom? What decisions will be informed? What valuable and additional outcomes will result?
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