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Climate Communication - Natalia Andronova - forward of notice
by Byrne, James 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Dear colleagues: With sadness, shared below is a personal note from the family of our friend and colleague, Natasha Andronova. Jim Byrne Dearest Friends and Colleagues, It is my sad duty to inform you that Natasha has passed away comfortably on Sunday evening at 11:05 pm in her home surrounded by her loving sons. I know that she cherished and cared for all of you and we are deeply touched by your thoughts and for the support you have given our family while she was battling brain cancer. She was a strong woman and fought to the end. Natasha was an amazing woman, accomplished scientist, and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She has always strived to help anyone in their time of need and touched the hearts of everyone she has met. She will be missed most dearly. Public visitation and viewing is set this Friday 6/6/2014 from 2 pm - 8 pm at Muehlig Funeral Chapel in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We would kindly appreciate it if you would spend this time with us in remembrance of Natasha. Burial of cremated ashes will take place on the following Monday at Forest Hill Cemetery. Family will host a private memorial event thereafter. With your help we are setting up a Memorial Fund, please go to https://www.youcaring.com/remembernatasha for more information. Sincerely, Savva & Sam Sons.

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Climate Communication - Enbridge NGP JRP scientist letter to PM Harper now public
by Byrne, James 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Hi folks, Just a quick note that our letter is all over the media today, following the press release from 1am PDT (attached). CBC News (radio and online): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-gateway-pipeline-re… Vancouver Observer: http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/dear-prime-minister-we-300-scientists… I also talked to Kevin Usselman (?) of 660 News in Calgary. Please spread the news/these stories wide on social media, as that’s how these stories 'go viral’. Thank you all for your great work! Best, Kai

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Climate Communication - signing Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline - researcher now available for widespread distribution
by Byrne, James 22 May '14

22 May '14

Dear colleagues, This letter was previously distributed. A colleague inquired about who might signed. This letter is open for signature by any climate expert from any nation. The lead group is from Canada, and the letter you see addresses the grave concerns that many Canadian climate and environment related researchers have with the process of pipeline review in Canada. BUT any and all global colleagues are invited to review the letter and add your signature to the letter if that is possible. Please do this as soon as possible as we plan to submit the letter to the Prime Minister very soon. I expect the letter will be released to the media. Warm regards, Jim Byrne Dear friends and colleagues, We, the undersigned natural and social scientists, are writing to invite you to consider being a signatory on a letter to Prime Minister Harper. The letter calls for PM Harper to reject the Joint Review Panel (JRP) report on the Northern Gateway Pipeline (NGP). The Prime Minister’s office is expected to announce a decision on the NGP imminently (within weeks), so the timing is critical. To ensure that we precede the federal decision, the sign-on letter will close on May 23. The letter begins as follows below. In short, we are stating that the JRP report is flawed in five important ways, such that it is insufficient as basis for a federal decision. Note that we are not calling for the PM to reject the NGP; we are restricting our critique to the evidentiary basis for such a decision in the JRP report. The questions surrounding natural resource development and transportation are complex and multifaceted, involving economic, ecological and social considerations. We find the report flawed in a diversity of these dimensions. While, none of us alone can speak to all of these flaws, we can collectively assess and address specific issues given our areas of expertise. In an effort to communicate a clear and succinct message, the letter details five fundamental flaws among many. You can sign onto the letter at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/scientists-reject-northern-gateway-jrp-r… The pdf of the full letter can be downloaded at: http://www.Chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/?attachment_id=2611 Sincerely, Kai MA Chan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Anne Salomon, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University Eric B Taylor, Professor, University of British Columbia Together with: Elena Bennett, Professor, McGill University James M Byrne,Professor, University of Lethbridge Michael Barkusky, Founding Director, Pacific Institute for Ecological Economics Suzanne Bayley, Emeritus Professor, University of Alberta Ratana Chuenpagdee, Professor, Memorial University Simon Donner, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Edward Gregr, Professional Biologist / Recovery Plan Author, University of British Columbia Eric Higgs, Professor, University of Victoria George Hoberg, Professor, University of British Columbia Kathryn Harrison, Professor, University of British Columbia Don Jackson, Professor, University of Toronto Mark Jaccard, Professor, Simon Fraser University Jeremy Kerr, Professor, University of Ottawa Ken Lertzman, Professor, Simon Fraser University Sarah Otto, Professor, University of British Columbia Evgeny Pakhomov, Professor, University of British Columbia Paul Paquet, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria Wendy Palen, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University David Schindler, Professor, University of Alberta Douw Steyn, Professor, University of British Columbia Boris Worm, Professor, Dalhousie University

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Climate Communication - AGU Chapman Website
by Byrne, James 18 May '14

18 May '14

Dear Chapman Colleagues, My apologies for taking so long to address the Chapman Conference Proceedings. The format of the proceedings as a refereed journal seemed so NOT appropriate as many conference attendees discussed the inability of referred papers to reach a greater audience and the right audience. To that end I managed to pull together a few nickels and we have been organizing a webpage for distribution of the talks on youtube in an organized fashion. The site is up informally but we want to add a discussion capacity after each talk; and add short discussion papers from those of you who presented a poster at the meeting; in essence, your poster in paper format. The webpage is here http://climate-ed.net/agu-chapman-conference-2013 The plan is to complete this page by early summer. Suggestions are welcome. Warm regards, Jim Byrne

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Climate Communication - FW: Enbridge NGP JRP scientist letter: now available for widespread distribution
by Byrne, James 18 May '14

18 May '14

Sent by James Byrne on behalf of Canadian Colleagues. Dear friends and colleagues, We, the undersigned natural and social scientists, are writing to invite you to consider being a signatory on a letter to Prime Minister Harper. The letter calls for PM Harper to reject the Joint Review Panel (JRP) report on the Northern Gateway Pipeline (NGP). The Prime Minister’s office is expected to announce a decision on the NGP imminently (within weeks), so the timing is critical. To ensure that we precede the federal decision, the sign-on letter will close on May 23. The letter begins as follows below. In short, we are stating that the JRP report is flawed in five important ways, such that it is insufficient as basis for a federal decision. Note that we are not calling for the PM to reject the NGP; we are restricting our critique to the evidentiary basis for such a decision in the JRP report. The questions surrounding natural resource development and transportation are complex and multifaceted, involving economic, ecological and social considerations. We find the report flawed in a diversity of these dimensions. While, none of us alone can speak to all of these flaws, we can collectively assess and address specific issues given our areas of expertise. In an effort to communicate a clear and succinct message, the letter details five fundamental flaws among many. You can sign onto the letter at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/scientists-reject-northern-gateway-jrp-r… The pdf of the full letter can be downloaded at: http://www.Chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/?attachment_id=2611<http://www.chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/?attachment_id=2611> Sincerely, Kai MA Chan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Anne Salomon, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University Eric B Taylor, Professor, University of British Columbia Together with: Elena Bennett, Professor, McGill University James M Byrne,Professor, University of Lethbridge Michael Barkusky, Founding Director, Pacific Institute for Ecological Economics Suzanne Bayley, Emeritus Professor, University of Alberta Ratana Chuenpagdee, Professor, Memorial University Simon Donner, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Edward Gregr, Professional Biologist / Recovery Plan Author, University of British Columbia Eric Higgs, Professor, University of Victoria George Hoberg, Professor, University of British Columbia Kathryn Harrison, Professor, University of British Columbia Don Jackson, Professor, University of Toronto Mark Jaccard, Professor, Simon Fraser University Jeremy Kerr, Professor, University of Ottawa Ken Lertzman, Professor, Simon Fraser University Sarah Otto, Professor, University of British Columbia Evgeny Pakhomov, Professor, University of British Columbia Paul Paquet, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria Wendy Palen, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University David Schindler, Professor, University of Alberta Douw Steyn, Professor, University of British Columbia Boris Worm, Professor, Dalhousie University

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Climate Communication - Special Issue: Media Research on Climate Change
by Adriana Raudzens Bailey 09 May '14

09 May '14

Dear AGU Chapman attendees: You may be interested in a collection of peer-reviewed articles on media and climate change, which just appeared in the journal Environmental Communication. (The collection includes work that I presented at the meeting last summer.) Titled "Media research on climate change: where have we been and where are we heading?" the special issue can be found on the Environmental Communication website: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/renc20/current Best Regards, Adriana Bailey -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Adriana Raudzens Bailey PhD Candidate, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder e: adriana.bailey(a)colorado.edu m: (720) 998-1841 -----------------------------------------------------------

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Climate Communication - test email - please ignore - sorry. fixing list problems.
by Byrne, James 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Dear colleagues, Collaborations grew out of the Chapman Climate Communication Meeting in Summer 2013, and we are pleased to share some of the results of those collaborations. A series of videos by Peter Sinclair of ClimateCrocks were produced in early 2014, and these were posted through Bud Ward's leadership on the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media video series This is not Cool - http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/yale-climate-media-forum-on-youtube/ Geoff Haines-Stiles, Producer of ETOM and the Original COSMOS Series, and myself, co-produced a series of videos posted here: http://climatesolutionscentre.com<http://climatesolutionscentre.com/>/ USA Colleagues - http://climatesolutionscenter.com<http://climatesolutionscentre.com/> is coming soon :) Please share these video links with colleagues around the globe. We have done our best to convey your messages on climate science and solutions to our audiences. Thanks again for your kind support. On behalf of my colleagues, Geoff, Peter and Bud, Best wishes all, Jim Byrne

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Climate Communication - test email - please ignore - sorry. fixing list problems.
by Byrne, James 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

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Climate Communication - Follow up on "Communicating Climate Science to the Public: A Vulgarisation Peer-Reviewed Open Access Scientific Journal?"
by Michel Bourqui 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear Colleagues, Some of you might remember the poster I presented at our workshop last year: Communicating Climate Science to the Public: A Vulgarisation Peer-Reviewed Open Access Scientific Journal? The idea presented in the poster was to develop an online journal publishing relatively short, high quality articles in all areas of climate science, written directly by climate scientists in a non-scientific language, which will be freely accessible to the public. (If you wish to refresh your memory, the poster can be visualized here: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/files/PosterChapmanJune2013_MS Bourqui.pdf) Such a journal aims at covering three gaps: 1. To provide the general public with a free and direct access to the existing knowledge in climate sciences 2. To provide the climate scientists with a simple and reliable way to disseminate their research 3. To provide a structure where climate scientists can connect with non-scientists and Citizen Climate Science projects can be developed After a long technical work, the journal proposed in the poster is now online and functional at the following address: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/. The journal includes a comprehensive and fully automated flow stream for the peer-reviewing and publishing of Climate Science manuscripts for the general public. It is now ready to receive submissions of manuscripts among other things. Note when visiting the web site that many features will only be visible once logged-in (you will have to pre-register first). Now, if you are interested in this project, I would like to ask you the following: 1. Let me know that you are interested, either by pre-registering online or by replying to this email. 2. Consider becoming an Editor. We need Editors to take care of the manuscripts that will be submitted in the next months. Since everything is well automated, the workload for Editors should be no more than 2-3 hours per manuscript. You will have a decisive role in the development of the journal. You can sign up on the co-editor candidate list upon pre-registering or let me know by email. 3. Think about manuscripts that could be written and submitted to the journal in the next months. To stimulate the discussion, I recommend you to post your ideas in the forum Ideas for New Manuscripts so that others can comment or join. The forum is available after log-in at the address: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/share-ideas/. 4. Forward this email to colleagues, students and friends. We need a core group of scientists and non-scientists to progressively develop the content. The non-scientists are also important at this stage as they will help us make sure articles are accessible to the general public. This core group will play a decisive role in defining the Journal on the long term (we dont want any denier at this stage). In case you are at the EGU in Vienna next week, I will be presenting the journal in the talk entitled A Citizen Empowered Online Platform for Communicating Climate Science to the General Public. The next months will be very exciting with much happening in terms of developing the content of the journal. Please get involved! I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Michel Bourqui More details: · To get a first flavour, please read the Welcoming remarks: o http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/home/welcome_long/ o http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/home/climate-online-news/ · To go more in depth: o The Peer-Review goes in two steps, with an Open Review followed by an Open Discussion. It is explained here: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/about/editorial-policies/peer- review-process/ o The Peer-Reviews schematic: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/files/PeerReviewSchem.pdf o All Editorial Policies: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/about/editorial-policies/ o Fees: Submission of manuscripts and other contributions is free to members. Published articles are free to everyone. The idea is to start applying a cheap, country-varying flat membership fees in about one year, after the journal has gained some content. o Governance: The journal will be governed as an association by its members. · To pre-register: its easy, free and non-binding: o The online form: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/register/pre-registration-subm ission/ o Some explanation: http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/register/ · Let me know what you think about the name Climate Online (see http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/give-your-opinion-on-the-name- of-the-journal/) · If you have any problem with the web site, or any comment, please let me know by email or use the appropriate Idea Forum (available after log-in): http://www.climateonline.bourquiconsulting.ch/share-ideas/ Michel Bourqui, PhD Atmospheric and Climate Sciences Consulting, Zurich, CH Affiliate Professor, Dept Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, CA Adjunct Professor, Dept of Physics, Université de Montréal, CA <http://www.bourquiconsulting.ch/> http://www.bourquiconsulting.ch/ <http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui/> http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui/

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Climate Communication - CLIMATE EDUCATION VIDEOS THAT GREW OUT OF CHAPMAN COLLABORATIONS
by Byrne, James 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

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