[SEMCO] MBL Offers Lecture on Climate Change Negotiations: 1/24/01
Pamela Clapp
pclapp@mbl.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pamela Clapp Hinkle
January 5, 2001 508-289-7276
Senior White House Policy Advisor on Environmental Issues,
Ian Bowles, to Give Special MBL Lecture on
Recent Climate Change Negotiations at The Hague
Woods Hole, MA-Ian Bowles, senior White House policy advisor on
international environmental issues, will speak at the Marine
Biological Laboratory on Wednesday, January 24 at noon in the Whitman
Auditorium on MBL Street in Woods Hole. His talk, "Behind the Scenes
at The Hague: The Search for International Agreement on Rules for
Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions," is a special lecture sponsored by
the MBL's Ecosystems Center.
The latest round of international climate-change negotiations took
place in late November, when the Sixth Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change convened at
The Hague in The Netherlands. The main purpose of the conference was
to complete rules for implementing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which
committed industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of
greenhouse gases by an average of 5% below 1990 levels. The November
talks concluded without a deal on key issues, such as the role of
forest and agricultural "sinks" and international emissions trading.
The lack of agreement in The Hague reflects differing priorities for
the Kyoto Protocol between the United States and the European Union.
International talks resume in May.
A native of Woods Hole, Mr. Bowles also holds concurrent appointments
as Senior Director of Environmental Affairs at the National Security
Council and as Associate Director for the Global Environment of the
White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office
of the President. In these positions, Mr. Bowles advises the
President and Vice President, the National Security Advisor, the
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the White House
Chief of Staff on global environmental policy issues including
biodiversity conservation, climate change, ozone depletion, oceans,
and the environmental aspects of international trade and finance.
Mr. Bowles played a key role in the development of U.S. policy on
climate change before the 6th Conference of the Parties meeting in
The Hague and in the development of President Clinton's policy
requiring environmental assessment of major new trade agreements.
Prior to joining the White House staff in 1999, Mr. Bowles served as
Vice President of Conservation International (CI), a non-profit
organization focused on biodiversity conservation. Mr. Bowles was
also a candidate for Congress from the Massachusetts 10th District in
1996. Prior to joining Conservation International in 1991, he served
as a Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives for
global environment, foreign affairs, and defense policy issues. Mr.
Bowles earned his A.B. degree in Economics, cum laude, from Harvard
University and completed a World Bank-sponsored Executive Development
Program at Harvard Business School for mid-career professionals in
1997. He is author of more than two dozen scientific, legal and
policy articles on global environmental issues and is co-editor of a
forthcoming book on natural resource industries and biodiversity
conservation to be published by Oxford University Press in 2001 He
was also appointed by President Clinton to serve on the Enterprise
for the Americas Board, which oversees U.S. government debt reduction
and nature conservation programs in Latin America.
The Marine Biological Laboratory is an independent scientific
institution, founded in 1888, that undertakes the highest level of
creative research and education in biology, including the biomedical
and environmental sciences. The research of the MBL's Ecosystems
Center, which was established at the MBL in 1975, is focused on the
study of natural ecosystems. Among the key environmental issues
being addressed are: the ecological consequences of global climate
change; tropical deforestation and its effects on greenhouse gas
fluxes; nitrogen saturation of mid-latitude forests; effects of acid
rain on North American lakes; and pollution and habitat destruction
in coastal ecosystems of the United States.
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Pamela Clapp Hinkle
Director of Communications
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Tel: 508-289-7276
Fax: 508-289-7934
e-mail: pclapp@mbl.edu Web: http://www.mbl.edu
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MA-Ian Bowles, senior White House policy advisor on international
environmental issues, will speak at the Marine Biological Laboratory
on Wednesday, January 24 at noon in the Whitman Auditorium on MBL
Street in Woods Hole. His talk, "Behind the Scenes at The
Hague: The Search for International Agreement on Rules for Curbing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions," is a special lecture sponsored by the
MBL's Ecosystems Center.<br>
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The latest round of international climate-change negotiations took
place in late November, when the Sixth Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change convened at
The Hague in The Netherlands. The main purpose of the conference was
to complete rules for implementing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which
committed industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of
greenhouse gases by an average of 5% below 1990 levels. The
November talks concluded without a deal on key issues, such as the
role of forest and agricultural "sinks" and international
emissions trading. The lack of agreement in The Hague reflects
differing priorities for the Kyoto Protocol between the United States
and the European Union. International talks resume in May.<br>
<br>
A native of Woods Hole, Mr. Bowles also holds concurrent appointments
as Senior Director of Environmental Affairs at the National Security
Council and as Associate Director for the Global Environment of the
White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office
of the President. In these positions, Mr. Bowles advises the President
and Vice President, the National Security Advisor, the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Chief of Staff on
global environmental policy issues including biodiversity
conservation, climate change, ozone depletion, oceans, and the
environmental aspects of international trade and finance. Mr.
Bowles played a key role in the development of U.S. policy on climate
change before the 6th Conference of the Parties meeting in The Hague
and in the development of President Clinton's policy requiring
environmental assessment of major new trade agreements.<br>
<br>
Prior to joining the White House staff in 1999, Mr. Bowles served as
Vice President of Conservation International (CI), a non-profit
organization focused on biodiversity conservation. Mr. Bowles
was also a candidate for Congress from the Massachusetts 10th District
in 1996. Prior to joining Conservation International in 1991, he
served as a Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives
for global environment, foreign affairs, and defense policy issues.
Mr. Bowles earned his A.B. degree in Economics,<i> cum laude</i>, from
Harvard University and completed a World Bank-sponsored Executive
Development Program at Harvard Business School for mid-career
professionals in 1997. He is author of more than two dozen
scientific, legal and policy articles on global environmental issues
and is co-editor of a forthcoming book on natural resource industries
and biodiversity conservation to be published by Oxford University
Press in 2001 He was also appointed by President Clinton to
serve on the Enterprise for the Americas Board, which oversees U.S.
government debt reduction and nature conservation programs in Latin
America.<br>
<br>
The Marine Biological Laboratory is an independent scientific
institution, founded in 1888, that undertakes the highest level of
creative research and education in biology, including the biomedical
and environmental sciences. The research of the MBL's Ecosystems
Center, which was established at the MBL in 1975, is focused on the
study of natural ecosystems. Among the key environmental issues
being addressed are: the ecological consequences of global climate
change; tropical deforestation and its effects on greenhouse gas
fluxes; nitrogen saturation of mid-latitude forests; effects of acid
rain on North American lakes; and pollution and habitat destruction in
coastal ecosystems of the United States.</font></div>
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