ESA joined the Society for Conservation Biology, the American Meteorological Society and three other scientific societies in a letter to President Obama requesting that the White House convene a national summit on climate change.
"A considerable number of organizations have now called for a climate change summit and the recent draft report of the National Climate Assessment underscores the need for high-level attention to this issue," said the letter. Several media outlets reported on the communication, including The Hill, E&E Daily, and climatecentral.org which ended with a quote from ESA's president: "We're ready to help," said Scott Collins, president of the Ecological Society of America and a professor at the University of New Mexico. "Just let us know what [we] can do." The climatecentral.org story is here: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/science-groups-push-obama-for-national-summit-on-climate-change-15571 The multi-society letter is available here: http://www.conbio.org/images/content_policy/2013-2-8_Presidential_Climate_Science-Policy_Summit_Letter.pdf Nadine Lymn ESA Director of Public Affairs Washington DC 20036 (202)833-8773 x205 www.facebook.com/esa.org http://twitter.com/#!/esa_org
