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Dennis Tirpak is a climate change scientist.

Tirpak was the director of the Global Climate Change Policy Division at the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1984–1992. He was the coordinator of science and technology at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for nine years. He was the head of the climate change unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for three years.[1]

Tirpak is one of the coordinating lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore.[citation needed] He is an associate of the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada, and a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C.[citation needed]

Tirpak was the chairman of the International Scientific Steering Committee for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in February 2005.[citation needed]

In 1989 he and Joel B. Smith [2] co-authored the first report on global warming to Congress, The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change on the United States.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "Dennis Tirpak". Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  • ^ "Joel B. Smith". Archived from the original on March 8, 2020.
  • ^ Smith, Joel B.; Tirpak, Dennis A. (May 1989). The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change On The United States. Appendix G - Health. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  • ^ Smith, Joel B.; Tirpak, Dennis A. (December 1989). The Potential Effects Of Global Climate Change On The United States. Report to Congress. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA-230-05-89-050.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Tirpak&oldid=1199381307"

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