John W. Harrison v -3- OLJber 31, 1977 The National Academy therefore recommended: 1. The possibility of modification of the worldrs climate by carbon dioxide release should be given serious prompt consideration by concerned national and internat,ional organizations and agencies. Two kinds of action are needed: a. organization of a comprehensive b. research program, new institutional worLd-wide and arrangements. 2. A world-wide comprehensive research program shouLd include studies on the carbon cycle, cI-imate, future populatj-on changes and energy demands, and ltays to mitigate the effective clj.matic change on world-food produci'ion. 3. A11 the foregoing recommendations for research relate to global concerns, and therefore the cooperation of such international agencies as the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, and the International Council of Scientific Unions should be sought in responding to them. A hlgh degree of j-nternational government cooperation is called for because of the need for a r+orld-wide set of measurements and network of observing stations. As to the United States, consideration should be given to,the establishment at the national 1evel of a mechanism to r'reave together the interests and capabilities of the scienLific community and the various agencies of the federal government in dealing with climate-related probleins. Dr. Malone further indicated that he had recently met with Dr. B. J. Mason of the British Meteorological- Service (apparently the worldrs authority in this area) who was not convinced that CO, accumul-ation in the atmosphere hras a very significant probl-ern. Dr. Iulason-did not question the rule of thurnb that a doubling of the current level of carbon dioxide from 330 ppn to about 700 ppm would cause a change of about 2oC on the average in the atmosphere. Dr. Mason did acknowl-edge that the CO, problem is the most important man-made weather problern that we have to c6ntend with. Dr. l,lalone al-so reported that Dr. Chatwick of Harwel-l, on the other hand, considers the CO, a najor problem and was very receptive to the report from the National Academy of Sciences. The discussion then returned to the methodology for choosing the director of a CO. program task force. Dave Slade visualized the director?s role as sfrnilar to the role of the director of the sul-fate program with EPRI and EPA which is currently funded at about $5 nillion level. Another example of a scientist who is the focal point of a major Program l.s Dr, J. D. Balcomb of the Los ALarnos Scientific Laboretory. Ile is heading the area of passive solar cooling and heating r^'hich has a program of about $15 rni11ion. Finally, the discussion turned to the recently completed program that assessed the ozone problem relat.ive to the SST.