1. Ottawa Citizens’ Conference on Climate Change John M R Stone Carleton University

2. The Beginning of the Story Observations started Beginning of concern IPCC created UN/FCCC signed Today’s Concentrations

3. CO 2 CH 4 Into Uncharted Territory The Earth out of Balance

4. Fossil fuel burning (7.2) Deforestation (1.6) Atmospheric Increase (4.1) Forest Regrowth (2.6) Ocean Uptake (2.2) (in GtC/year) The Carbon Cycle

5. Emissions Continue to Rise

6. Global Mean Temperatures Continue to Increase

7. The Prospect of a Warmer World

8. European Heat-Wave 2003

9. Arctic Sea-Ice is Declining

10. Water Availability

11. Health Effects

12. Sea-Level Rise Post-AR4 [0.5 – 2.0m]

13. Stabilizing Concentrations