NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson and different company leaders will take part within the twenty eighth United Nations Local weather Change Convention of the Events (COP28) starting Thursday, Nov. 30, by Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
This world convention brings collectively nations dedicated to addressing local weather change, which is a key precedence for the Biden-Harris Administration and NASA. For the primary time, a NASA administrator will attend, becoming a member of an anticipated 70,000 contributors, world leaders, and representatives from practically 200 nations.
All through the convention, events will overview the implementation of the United Nations Framework Conference on Local weather Change, the Kyoto Protocol and, additionally for the primary time, present a complete evaluation of progress since adopting the Paris Settlement.
Along with Nelson, NASA contributors within the convention embrace:
- Kate Calvin, NASA’s chief scientist and senior local weather advisor
- Susie Perez Quinn, NASA’s chief of employees
- Karen St. Germain, director, NASA Earth Science Division
- Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, program scientist, ocean physics, NASA Earth Science Division
- Laura Rogers, affiliate program supervisor, ecological conservation, NASA Langley Analysis Heart
- Wenying Su, senior analysis scientist, local weather science, NASA Langley Analysis Heart
- Ben Hamlington, analysis scientist, sea stage and ice, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Throughout the convention, Nelson will take part within the first House Company Leaders’ Summit, which goals to reveal a collective dedication towards strengthening world local weather initiatives and selling sustainable house operations.
All through the convention, NASA leaders additionally will take part in further occasions and shows on the NASA Hyperwall, a predominant attraction on the U.S. Heart displaying how the company’s local weather science and analysis helps mannequin and predict ocean well being, warmth waves, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and droughts, amongst its different Earth-related analysis. NASA will present a hyperwall presentation each day, some with interagency companions, between Sunday, Dec. 3, and Monday, Dec. 11.
Local weather adaptation and mitigation efforts require sturdy local weather observations and analysis. NASA’s distinctive vantage level from house supplies essential data to advance understanding of our altering planet. With greater than two dozen satellites and devices in orbit, NASA’s local weather information – which is overtly and freely out there to anybody – supplies perception on how the planet is altering and measure key local weather indicators, reminiscent of greenhouse fuel emissions, rising sea stage and clouds, and precipitation.
A full schedule of U.S. Heart occasions at COP28 is on the market at:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-center-at-cop28-schedule/
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Religion McKie
Headquarters, Washington
202-262-8342
religion.d.mckie@nasa.gov
