3rd Presidents’ Forum on Meeting Coastal Challenges
Global Climate Change: The Status of Science and Implications for Coastal Louisiana
March 20, 2007 Forum:
The Third Presidents’ Forum on Meeting Coastal Challenges provided an opportunity for state and community leaders to learn about the accepted pool of scientific information on global climate change and discuss its implications for coastal Louisiana. The one-day meeting focused on four areas:
- trends in temperature, precipitation and run off;
- tropical storm frequency and intensity;
- sea level rise in coastal sustainability; and
- future planning/lessons learned.