Plenary Session A5: Climate Assessments and Future Challenges (Chair: T. Stocker)

Changes in Atmospheric Composition: Implication for Irreversible Climate Change and Mitigation Choices (S. Solomon)

Cryosphere and Sea-Level Variability and Change (K. Steffen)

Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events (P. Stott)

Panel Discussion and Q&A from audience

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Poster Sessions, focus on:

Session C4: Meeting the Needs for Integrated Climate Science, Information and Capacity Building with Regard to Climate Variability and Change in Europe (conveners: V. Pope, C. Goodess, M. Beniston, P. Lionello)

Session C35: Stratospheric Ozone and Other Trace Gases (conveners: D. Fahey, P. Newman)

Session C36: Large-scale Climate Variability and Change (conveners: D. Bromwich, C. Deser, P. Kushner)

Session C37: Ocean Circulation and Ventilation (conveners: B. Sloyan, S. Garzoli, S. Griffies, B. Johns)

Session C38: Sea Level Variability and Change (conveners: J. Church, J. Gregory)

Session C39: Understanding and Characterizing Past, Present and Future Climate Extremes Through Observations and Model Simulations (conveners: C. Tebaldi, S. Schubert, O. Zolina, P. Groisman)

Session C40: The Changing Cryosphere and Its Role in the Climate System (conveners: C. Xiao, M. Holland, L. Hinzman)

Session C41: Attribution of Changing Climate Conditions to Inform Adaptation and Mitigation (conveners: D. Stone, M. Hoerling, J. Perlwitz, N. Christidis)

Session C42: Air Quality and Effects of Aerosols and Pollution (conveners: J. Staehelin, P. Rasch, K. Law, C. Venkataraman, K. Yutaka, T. Zhu)

Session C43: Water Resources and the Hydrological Cycle Over Land (conveners: E. Wood, R. Stewart)

Session C44: The Changing Role of the Ocean and Land in the Global Carbon Balance (conveners: C. Sabine, T. Tanhua, V. Romanovsky, J. Canadell)

Session C45: Geoengineering to Counteract Global Warming? (conveners: A. Robock, T. Peter)

.....see the list of Poster Sessions and Poster layout map