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The following Workshop Summary Report was produced as a result of the New England Regional Climate Change Impacts
Workshop, held September 5-7, 1997 at
the New England Center, in Durham, NH.
The Full Report
Forward Letter
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Summary of Workshop Findings
Summary of Plenary Findings
Breakout Findings
Business and Insurance
Energy and Utilities
Government and Resource Management
Human Health
Information Transfer
Natural Resources
Recreation and Tourism
Appendix I: White Paper
Appendix II: Agenda
Appendix III: Participant Affiliations
Appendix IV: Steering Committee
Appendix V: Participants
Appendix VI: Speaker papers
1. Birdsey: Potential
impacts of climate change on forest resources in New England
2. Bloomfield, Hamburg: Summary:
Seasons of change: global warming and New England's White Mountains
3. Carter: Global
environmental change: modifying human contribution through education
4. Epstein: The impact of
climate change on human health in New England
5. Fernandez: Climate
change and forest ecosystems
6. Giese: Potential
impacts of sea-level rise in Massachusetts
7. Irland: Stakeholder
perceptions and concerns: Northeastern forest owners and industry
8. Juday: Assessment of
actual and potential global warming effects on forests of Alaska
9. Keim: Implications
of climate change on New England extreme weather events
10. Kimball: New England
regional climate change impacts on recreation and tourism
11. Mayewski: Climate
change lessons from the past: a key to prediction
12. Platts: Utilities
response to climate change
13. Russell: An insurance
industry perspective on climate change
14. Willard: EPA National
and Regional I initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
15. Wolfe: Potential
climate change impacts on New England agriculture
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