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Acknowledgements
It would
not have been possible to produce this special report without the committed
and untiring efforts of the staff of the Council Members and the WBGU
Secretariat in Berlin.
The scientific team participating in the work of WBGU when this report
was written included:
Prof Dr Meinhard Schulz-Baldes (WBGU Secretary-General), Dr Carsten
Loose (WBGU Deputy Secretary-General, WBGU Secretariat Berlin), Steffen
Bauer, MA (Environmental Policy Research Centre, Free University of
Berlin, since 01.01.2006), Dr Gregor Betz (Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research – PIK, until 30.09.2005), Dipl.-Phys. Gregor Czisch
(Institute for Electrical Engineering/Efficient Energy Conversion (IEE-RE),
Kassel, until 01.03.2006), Dipl.-Volksw. Oliver Deke (WBGU Secretariat
Berlin, from 17.10.2005), Dipl.-Umweltwiss. Tim Hasler (WBGU Secretariat
Berlin), Dr Monika Heupel (University of Bremen, until 15.10.2005),
Dipl.-Volksw. Kristin Hoffmann (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich), Dr Susanne Kadner (PIK, Potsdam, until 30.04.2006), Dr Sabina
Keller (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Dipl.-Pol. Lena
Kempmann (WBGU Secretariat Berlin), Dipl.-Geogr. Andreas Manhart (Institute
for Applied Ecology, Freiburg), Dr Franziska Matthies (University of
Copenhagen, until 31.10.2005), Dr Nina V. Michaelis (WBGU Secretariat
Berlin, until 18.11.2005), Dipl.-Volksw. Markus Ohndorf (Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology Zurich), Dr Benno Pilardeaux (WBGU Secretariat
Berlin), Dr Martin Scheyli (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), Dr
Astrid Schulz (WBGU Secretariat Berlin), Dipl.-Pol. Joachim Schwerd
(University of Applied Sciences, Mainz).
WBGU is also grateful for the important contributions and support provided
by other members of the research community. This special report builds
on the following expert’s studies which were commissioned by WBGU:
•
Prof David Archer (Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of
Chicago) Destabilization of Methane Hydrates: A Risk Analysis.
• Dr Nick Brooks, Prof Dr Robert Nicholls, Prof Dr Jim Hall (Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
UK) Sea Level Rise: Coastal Impacts and Responses.
• Dr Keith Brander (International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea – ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark) Assessment of Possible
Impacts of Climate Change on Fisheries.
• Prof Dr Hans-Otto Pörtner (Alfred Wegener Institute for
Polar- and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany) Auswirkungen von CO2-Eintrag
und Temperaturerhöhung auf die marine Biosphäre.
WBGU
would also like to thank all those experts who gave us their opinion
on drafts of the special report, providing us with invaluable comments
and advice:
–
Dr Peter G. Brewer (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA),
– Prof Atsushi Ishimatsu (Nagasaki University,
Japan),
– Dr James Orr (Laboratoire des Sciences du
Climat et de l’Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette, Frankreich),
– Prof Dr Ulf Riebesell (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences,
Kiel, Germany).
In addition, for providing peer reviews or contributions to individual
chapters of the report, WBGU also thanks Dipl-Phys Jochen Bard (Institute
for Solar Energy Technology – ISET, Kassel), Dr Matthias Hofmann
(PIK, Potsdam) and Dr Corinne Le Quéré (School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK).
Sincere
thanks also go to the organizers and discussion partners who were involved
in the WBGU study trip to Norway from 6 to 14 October 2005. Many experts
from the fields of government administration, politics and science prepared
visits, events and presentations for WBGU and made themselves available
for discussions. WBGU would like to express special thanks to Ambassador
Roland Mauch and our contact person in the German Embassy in Oslo, Ms
Charlotte Schwarzer, for their support in organizing the trip.
WBGU is also indebted to the staff of the following institutions and
companies for the useful discussions and conversations we had with them
–
SINTEF Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning, Trondheim,
– NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim,
– Universitetet i Bergen,
– Havforskningsinstituttet – Institute of Marine Research
(IMR), Bergen,
– BCCR Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen,
– Havforskningsinstituttet, Austevoll, Storebø,
– Sea Star International AS, Storebø,
– Statoil ASA, Stavanger,
– Miljostiftelsen Bellona, Oslo,
– Miljoverndepartementet (Environment Ministry), Oslo,
– Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet (Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal
Affairs), Oslo,
– Olje- og Energidepartementet (Ministry of Petroleum and Energy),
Oslo.
Particular
thanks are due to Statoil for allowing us to visit its Sleipner gas production
platform in the North Sea and giving us a detailed introduction to the
platform’s technology, gas production and CO2 sequestration. Platform
manager Egil Kai Elde was a patient guide, answering all our questions.
WBGU thanks Christopher Hay (Translation Bureau for Environmental Sciences,
Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany) for his expert translation of this report
into English from the German original.
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