AGU’s current position statement on understanding climate was adopted in 2003. The charge to the panel that is considering an update to this position reiterates the need for consideration of the growing body of scientific evidence and asks that the panel include information that reflects the scientific progress that has occurred in the past 4 years on this subject. AGU members may provide comments for consideration by the panel via this online discussion.

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The panel considering updates to this position statement has been asked to review recent scientific progress in our understanding of natural hazards. The panel will also be considering evidence on how human activities may have made our society even more vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards. AGU members are invited to provide comments to be considered in updating this policy statement.

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Since 1981 AGU has vigorously supported the teaching of evolution in the classroom and has opposed all efforts to require or promote teaching any religious tenet as science. Within this basic policy framework, AGU members are invited to provide comments that may be taken into consideration by the panel who is charged with providing an update of this position statement. Among other issues, the panel has been asked to reflect on the centrality of evolution and how it can be emphasized as a major unifying concept in the understanding of our planet.

As published in Eos | Position Statement | Procedures for Developing Union Positions