Dennis Tirpak
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Dennis Tirpak is an expert on Climate Change
.
He was the director of Global Climate Change Policy at the United States Environmental Protection Agency
for ten years. He was the Coordinator of Science and Technology at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
for nine years. He was the head of the climate change unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) for three years. He has also worked on the Montreal Protocol
and held positions in industry with Texaco and Alcoa.
He is one of the coordinating lead authors of the Nobel Prize
winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore
in 2007 .He currently advises national governments and industry as an associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada and a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute
in Washington, D.C.
He was the Chairman of The International Scientific Steering Committee for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations which took place at the invitation of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair
in 2005.
In 1989 he co-authored the first report to Congress The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change on the United States and has written a scientific and policy history on climate change and contributed to many publications including the New York Times in an op-ed titled How Green is My Taxi
Joel Smith and Dennis Tirpak. "The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change On The United States." United States Environmental Protection Agency, Report to Congress, (December 1989)
Alan D. Hecht and Dennis Tirpak. "Framework Agreement on Climate Change: A Scientific and Policy History." Climatic Change 29, no.4 (April 1995)
Dennis Tirpak. "The Scientific Basis for National and International Policies, Instruments and Co-operative Arrangements" (December 2008) http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/presentations/poznan-COP-14/dennis-tirpak.pdf
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
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He was the director of Global Climate Change Policy at the United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
for ten years. He was the Coordinator of Science and Technology at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992...
for nine years. He was the head of the climate change unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade...
(OECD) for three years. He has also worked on the Montreal Protocol
Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion...
and held positions in industry with Texaco and Alcoa.
He is one of the coordinating lead authors of the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
in 2007 .He currently advises national governments and industry as an associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada and a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank founded in 1982 based in Washington, D.C. in the United States.WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts,...
in Washington, D.C.
He was the Chairman of The International Scientific Steering Committee for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations which took place at the invitation of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
in 2005.
In 1989 he co-authored the first report to Congress The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change on the United States and has written a scientific and policy history on climate change and contributed to many publications including the New York Times in an op-ed titled How Green is My Taxi
See also
- Global WarmingGlobal warmingGlobal warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
- Montreal ProtocolMontreal ProtocolThe Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion...
Joel Smith and Dennis Tirpak. "The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change On The United States." United States Environmental Protection Agency, Report to Congress, (December 1989)
Alan D. Hecht and Dennis Tirpak. "Framework Agreement on Climate Change: A Scientific and Policy History." Climatic Change 29, no.4 (April 1995)
Dennis Tirpak. "The Scientific Basis for National and International Policies, Instruments and Co-operative Arrangements" (December 2008) http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/presentations/poznan-COP-14/dennis-tirpak.pdf