WASHINGTON , D.C. – Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) announces representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology (HIMB), and the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa will testify before a Committee field hearing on Climate Change Impacts and the Reponses in Island Communities. A full witness list for the March 19, 2008 hearing is listed below.

Islands have unique characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to climate change and variability. Given this fact, the hearing will address climate change issues facing Hawaii and other Pacific island communities, and how they are responding to climate change which may form the basis for national or regional models. The hearing also will address Hawaii’s leadership in clean energy technologies, agricultural research, and disaster preparedness.

Climate Change Impacts and Responses in Island Communities
Full Committee
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Time:  10:00 a.m.
Location:  Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street (Atherton Halau), Honolulu Hawaii
Witnesses:
Panel I
Mr. Bill Thomas, Director, Pacific Services Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dr. Jo-Ann C. Leong, Director, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology 

Dr. Fred T. Mackenzie, Professor Emeritus, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa  

Panel II
Dr. Richard E. Rocheleau, Director, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dr. Karl Kim, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii at Manoa 

Dr. Goro Uehara, Professor, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii at Monoa

 

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