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Imbued Meaning: Science-Policy Interaction in the IPCC

The IPCC's Synthesis Report SYR released in September 2001 was a symbolic representation of the best available policy relevant scientific information on climate change. In an effort to draft "policy relevant but not policy prescriptive scientific information" IPCC Bureau, the IPCC has developed two innovative methods of synthesizing scientific information....

Tags: Interaction, Policy, IPCC, Leadership, Strategy, Management

White papers 2004-09-27

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Dr. Michael Oppenheimer to Speak at World Wildlife Fund

Princeton University Expert Will Provide the Latest Insights on Thresholds for a Variety of Global Warming Impacts WASHINGTON -- Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University professor and a leading scholar on global warming, will discuss "Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference: The Latest Insights" at World Wildlife Fund on Thursday, November 13,...

Articles 2008-11-12

Menezes evidence altered

News in brief POLICING A senior police surveillance officer is to be investigated after he admitted altering evidence during the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest. The Special Branch officer, named only as Owen, deleted a line in his computer notes last week, which claimed the Deputy...

Articles 2008-10-14

The unbelievers

Global warming is happening and we're to blame, right? That's certainly the view of almost every expert in the field. But a die- hard band of naysayers continues to rail against the consensus. Are they completely mad? Judge for yourself... The caption calls him the "high...

Articles 2008-10-12

Judge: Inquiry into shooting of barrister was lawful

A High Court judge has dismissed a claim by the family of the barrister Mark Saunders that the investigation into his killing by police was unlawful. The 32-year-old divorce lawyer died of multiple bullet wounds in May after a five-hour stand-off at his 2.2m Chelsea flat. Mr...

Articles 2008-10-11

National briefs: Inquiry 'flawed'

A HIGH Court judge rules today over a challenge by a family that the investigation into the shooting of barrister Mark Saunders, pictured, by police is unlawful. Mr Justice Underhill was told the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC inquiry was flawed because officers involved were allowed to confer...

Articles 2008-10-10

Policeman charged over Hayley death

A POLICE officer was yesterday formally charged with causing the death of teenager Hayley Adamson by dangerous driving. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Chronicle, Northumbria Police constable John Dougal, 40, has been given bail to appear before Newcastle magistrates on October 16. The Crown...

Articles 2008-10-02

PC charged over Hayley

A POLICE officer was this afternoon formally charged with causing the death of teenager Hayley Adamson by dangerous driving. Northumbria Police constable John Dougal, 40, has been given bail to appear before Newcastle magistrates on October 16. The Crown Prosecution Service made the decision after considering...

Articles 2008-10-01

Pristine forests are better storehouses

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The carbon storage capacity of untouched forests has been underestimated by the world's climate change experts, according to scientists at the Australian National University ANU. An ANU study suggests that pristine forests can store three times as much carbon dioxide as plantation forests. However,...

Articles 2008-10-01

Officer to face death charge; HAYLEY'S FAMILY WELCOME COURT DECISION FOR PC

Byline: By BRENDA HICKMAN Crime Reporter A POLICE officer is to face court charged with causing the death of teenager Hayley Adamson by dangerous driving. Lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service made the decision after considering a file of evidence prepared by the police watchdog, the...

Articles 2008-09-29

Searches spark complaints rise; Allegations against police on the up

Byline: By TOM MULLEN THE number of complaints made about police stop-and-search incidents has risen by nearly a quarter, a report revealed today. Police forces in England and Wales received 536 complaints about stop and search in the last financial year, up from 434, the Independent...

Articles 2008-09-25

Cell use anger

A HUMAN rights campaigns group has condemned the use of police cells for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Black Mental Health UK has criticised the practice following an Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC report that found more than 11,500 people held under the Mental Health Act were detained...

Articles 2008-09-15

Birth mother of CAT modeling spins on: props to Karen Clark for her work on the IPCC, and at her new firm

Karen Clark is most recognized in the insurance community as the founder, CEO and president of catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Some may have heard she broke out on her own last year, launching Karen Clark & Co. But most notably, over the last quarter century, Clark has...

Articles 2008-09-15

World Tonight: Shooting trial

THE IPCC was claiming in the High Court today it had demanded an end to the practice of officers comparing notes before the shooting of barrister Mark Saunders. Mr Saunders' sister, Charlotte, has brought an action seeking a declaration that the investigation is unlawful because of the risk...

Articles 2008-09-12

National briefs: Patient fears

ARRANGEMENTS for dealing with people detained by the police because they may be mentally ill were condemned as "intolerable" by watchdogs today. The Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC said more than 11,500 people were held in police cells under the Mental Health Act in just one year...

Articles 2008-09-10

Cyclotherapy

I finally received an apology last week from the police for losing my bike, after my moan to the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC made it all the way up to the Superintendent at Belgravia police station. I have to admit that as I made my way down to meet...

Articles 2008-08-28

Inquiry as police car kills woman

A 61-YEAR-OLD woman was knocked down and killed by a police car, the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC said. Sandra Simpson, known to family and friends as Sandy, was hit by the car on Homesdale Road, Bromley, south east London, at 9pm on Saturday, August 23. ...

Articles 2008-08-27

Dickinson adds Intervoice IP Contact Center

www.tmcnet.com/2261.1 Dickinson Financial Corporation DFC has selected the Intervoice IP Contact Center IPCC solution to extend their current IVR transactions to live agents. IPCC's built-in CTI and SIP-based architecture allows customers' data collected by DFC during the IVR sessions to be retained throughout the customers' entire interaction so...

Articles 2008-08-01

Evidence Goes To The Lawyers; Report Into Police Car Crash Which Killed Teenager Passed To Cps

Byline: By BRENDA HICKMAN Crime Reporter LAWYERS are today considering criminal action over a police car collision which killed teenager Hayley Adamson. A file of evidence has been completed into the crash, two months after 16-year-old Hayley was struck by the Northumbria Police patrol car. ...

Articles 2008-07-23

Events Unfold

HERE is the series of events which led today's decison: May 19: Shortly after 11pm, Hayley Adamson struck by a Northumbria Police patrol car, Denton Road, in Newcastle's West End as she crossed a road with a group of friends and died at the scene. Police car driver was on...

Articles 2008-07-23