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Notes World Meteorological Organization

In its Statement at the Twelfth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework
Convention on Climate Change presented on November 15, 2006, the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) confirms the need to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate system.” The WMO concurs that “scientific assessments have increasingly reaffirmed that
human activities are indeed changing the composition of the atmosphere, in particular through the
burning of fossil fuels for energy production and transportation.” The WMO concurs that “the present
atmospheric concentration of CO2 was never exceeded over the past 420,000 years;” and that the
IPCC “assessments provide the most authoritative, up-to-date scientific advice.”

American Quaternary Association
The American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) has stated:
Few credible Scientists now doubt that humans have influenced the documented rise of global
temperatures since the Industrial Revolution,” citing “the growing body of evidence that warming
of the atmosphere, especially over the past 50 years, is directly impacted by human activity.

International Union for Quaternary Research
The statement on climate change issued by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
reiterates the conclusions of the IPCC, and urges all nations to take prompt action in line with the
UNFCCC principles.
Human activities are now causing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses- including
carbon dioxide, methane, tropospheric ozone, and nitrous oxide-to rise well above pre-industrial
levels….Increases in greenhouse gasses are causing temperatures to rise…The scientific
understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt
action….Minimizing the amount of this carbon dioxide reaching the atmosphere presents a huge
challenge but must be a global priority.

American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
The American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (AAWV) has issued a position statement regarding
“climate change, wildlife diseases, and wildlife health”:
There is widespread scientific agreement that the world’s climate is changing and that the weight of
evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic factors have and will continue to contribute significantly
to global warming and climate change. It is anticipated that continuing changes to the climate will
have serious negative impacts on public, animal and ecosystem health due to extreme weather
events, changing disease transmission dynamics, emerging and re-emerging diseases, and alterations
to habitat and ecological systems that are essential to wildlife conservation. Furthermore, there is
increasing recognition of the inter-relationships of human, domestic animal, wildlife, and ecosystem
health as illustrated by the fact the majority of recent emerging diseases have a wildlife origin.

American Institute of Biological Sciences

In October 2009, the leaders of 18 US scientific societies and organizations sent an open letter to the
United States Senate reaffirming the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring and is
primarily caused by human activities. The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) adopted
this letter as their official position statement:
Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous
scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the
primary driver.

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