Climate Science and Public Policy: From  (pre) 1965 to (post) 2015

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Date of Publication: October 29, 2015

Year of Publication: 2015

Publication City: Washington, DC

Publisher: US Office of Science and Technology Policy

Author(s): John Holdren

On the 50th anniversary of the first official report to a U.S. President on the dangers of climate change, presidential science advisor John Holdren delivered the keynote address for the symposium on Climate Science: 50 Years Later.

In the address Holdren presented an illustrative chronology of climate science and the reporting on it to policy-makers, the key scientific understandings that underpin President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, and a look ahead to what recent and emerging science means for public perceptions and policy decisions –making clear the scientific basis for climate policy in the past, present, and future.

You can view the full lecture slides here, and learn more about the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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