House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee
Extreme Weather in a Warming World
From New York City to Nashville, Washington to Pakistan, 2010 has seen it’s fair share of extreme weather events. To probe the long-term trends of disruptive weather events in a world beset by climate change, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a briefing to discuss these issues.
The briefing will feature Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, who will discuss the historic floods that have displaced millions of his countrymen. The briefing will also include top climate scientists.
Witnesses- Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States
- Michael Oppenheimer, Professor, Princeton University
- Thomas Peterson, Chief Scientist, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center
- Michael Wehner, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory