{"66481":{"#nid":"66481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Final Report on Climate Change Delivered to Congress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, Professor in the School of Public Policy, is a member of the panel of climate change experts who delivered their final report to Congress on May 9th affirming \u0022strong evidence on climate change\u0022 and urging \u0022strong federal policies that establish coherent national goals and incentives, and that promote strong U.S. engagement in international-level response efforts.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report was the last in a series requested by Congress in 2008 for the purpose of providing \u0022action-oriented advice\u0022 on how the U.S. should be treating the issue of climate change. The panel of scientists, politicians, and business leaders was created by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the country\u0027s foremost institution tasked with providing scientific advice to lawmakers. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report, entitled \u0022America\u0027s Climate Choices,\u0022 argues that the consequences of inaction in the face of climate change could be severe. No specific legislative recommendations were made, but the report warns about the dangers of global warming and agrees with the scientific evidence that points to the burning of fossil fuels as the problem. It concludes that \u0022the significant risks that climate change poses to human society and the environment provide a strong motivation to move ahead with substantial response efforts.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report committee was chaired by Al Carnesale, University of California Los Angeles and included Vice Chair, Bill Chameides, Duke University; Marilyn Brown; Donald Boesch, University of Maryland; Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University; Jim Geringer, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Philip R. Sharp, Resources for the Future; Robert Socolow, Princeton University. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrown participated in a dialog held in Washington, D.C. May 12th that introduced the report to the public.\u0026nbsp;A recording of the event may be seen \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tvworldwide.com\/events\/nas\/110512\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/onpinews\/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12781\u0022\u003EPress release for America\u0027s Climate Choices\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Marilyn Brown is a member of the panel that confirms global warming and calls for a national response"}],"uid":"27192","created_gmt":"2011-06-13 12:40:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:53","author":"Benjamin Chapman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66479":{"id":"66479","type":"image","title":"America\u0027s Climate Choices","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"America\u0027s Climate Choices","file":{"fid":"192551","name":"acc-logo200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71734,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg?itok=aKuj9HGd"}},"66480":{"id":"66480","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"Marilyn Brown","file":{"fid":"192552","name":"marilyn_brown_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36458,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg?itok=FKaTUdtl"}}},"media_ids":["66479","66480"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane - 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}