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Michael Jim Salinger is an Auckland-based climate change scientist who formerly worked for the Crown Research Institute National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). He was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change〔(Jim Salinger ) NZ SD Practitioners Directory, Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated website, retrieved 09-09-09.〕 which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007〔(Face of NIWA sacked for talking to media ), TV One News, April 2004 2009.〕 "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 )〕 From 2006 to 2010, Salinger was President of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology at the World Meteorological Organization.〔(New Zealander heads world commission for agricultural meteorology ), ''Water & Atmosphere'' (NIWA) Vol.14 No.4 - December 2006, retrieved 7 May 2009.〕 On 23 April 2009, Salinger was dismissed by NIWA, ostensibly for breaching NIWA's media policy.〔(Niwa sacks Jim Salinger ), Stuff.co.nz, 24/04/2009, retrieved 2/5/09. At (WebCite ).〕 Salinger had represented NIWA to the public and media for many years and the dismissal caused a 'wide public outcry' according to Television New Zealand.〔NZPA, (Salinger seeks NIWA compensation ), Television New Zealand Ltd News, 2009-10-19, retrieved 2009-10-19. At (WebCite ).〕 The Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science described the incident as a 'national embarrassment'.〔NZPA, (Salinger's sacking 'a national embarrassment' ), Television New Zealand Ltd News, 2009-05-06, retrieved 2009-10-19. At (WebCite ).〕 In late May 2009, Salinger stated that mediation with NIWA over the dismissal had failed and that he would be lodging a claim with the Employment Relations Authority.〔(Public hearing for Salinger case ), The Dominion Post (Fairfax/Stuff.co.nz), 2009-05-22, retrieved 2009-10-10. Archived at (WebCite )〕 On 19 October 2009, the Employment Relations Authority in Auckland began a hearing into Salinger's dismissal;〔(Salinger says he never saw NIWA media policy ), Radio New Zealand News, 2009-10-19, retrieved 2009-10-19. At (WebCite ).〕 during the hearing it emerged the Salinger has suffered from depression. In December 2009, the Employment Relations Authority upheld Salinger's dismissal. In 2012, Salinger was Lorry Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.〔http://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/event/stanford-woods-environmental-forum-featuring-jim-salinger〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Salinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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