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2008 Conference Videos - Climate Change: Science and Solutions
Conference Videos
NOTE: The following videos are rough-cuts provided for early review. As time and resources allow during the next few weeks, final edits will be produced, which will in many cases will include PowerPoint the slides used during the presentations.
PowerPoint presentations are linked to the title of the presentation when available.
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Wedmesday, January 16, 2008
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Welcome & Keynote Address
Climate Change: Science to Solutions – What do we know? How do we act in time and in appropriate scale? (PowerPoint)
Ambassador Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment
Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)
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Plenary Presentation
Summarizing Global Change Science and the Likely Implications of Global Climate Change
Moderator and IPCC Overview: Mohan Munasinghe , Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)
The Atmosphere and the Cryosphere- Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, The Climate Institute
Biodiversity and Ecological Impacts - Tom Lovejoy , President, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
Human (Health and Well Being) Impacts- Sarah James, Alaskan Gwitch’in Steering Committee and Goldman Environmental prize-winner
National Security Impacts - Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, The CNA Corporation
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Plenary Presentation
Tackling Global Change: Key Social and Ecological Issues for Mitigation and Adaptation
Moderator: Arden Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation
Forest Management Response to Climate Change - Abigail Kimbell , Chief, US Forest Service
Oceans - Carbon Sink or Sinking Ecosystems - Margaret Leinen , Chief Scientific Officer, Climos
Ecosystem and Health Challenges - Mary C. Pearl , President, Wildlife Trust
People- The Solution - Thomas Dietz, Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University
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Plenary Roundtable
Tackling Global Change: Key Energy and Technology Issues for Stabilization
Moderator - Mark Myers , Director, US Geological Survey
Global Energy and Technology Strategy - Leon Clarke , Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Healthy Solutions for a Low Carbon Economy - Paul Epstein , Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Role of Technology in Mitigating Global Climate Change - Frank Princiotta , Director, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division, US EPA ORD
A Post Bali Framework for Climate Technology Innovation - Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
Commentary on Energy and Technological Challenges - David Rodgers, Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Energy
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Perspectives of the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders
Moderator: Douglas Cohen, US Partnership for Education and Sustainable Development, National Youth Initiatives
Opening Remarks: Eban Goodstein, Lewis and Clark College, Organizer, Focus the Nation
Participants:
The Envirolution: Alex Gamboa, Timothy Polmateer, Antuan Cannon
Scott Beall, DoRight Enterprises
Jessy Tolkan, Energy Action Coalition
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
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Keynote Address
Climate Change: Science to Solutions - The Case for Business Leadership
James E. Rogers,Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation
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Plenary Roundtable
Solutions: Engaging Communities Large and Small
Moderator: Peter Senge , Founding Chairperson, Society for Organizational Learning
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Plenary Roundtable
Solutions: Science and Policy on a Global Scale
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Global Leadership for Climate Action - A Post- 2012 Framework - Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition
Post-Kyoto International Agreements - Amb. Richard Benedick , President, National Council for Science and the Environment
IPCC: Future Role beyond the 4th Assessment- Stephen Schneider , Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Global Energy Assessment- Bob Corell , Global Change Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
Perspective on Bali and Beyond- Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute
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Breakout Session
Climate Change and Human Health: Engaging the Public Health Community
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
Chair: Mary Martin Gant, NIEHS
Discussants (invited):
Georges Benjamin, APHA
Howard Frumkin, NCEH, CDC/ATSDR
John Balbus, ED
Paul Epstein, Harvard
A. Dennis McBride, Health Director, Milford Health Department
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert W. Corell
Global Change Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Presented by Margaret Leinen, NCSE Board of Directors
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8th John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment
Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge (PowerPoint presentation)
John P. Holdren
President and Director, The Woods Hole Research Center
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University
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Friday, January 18, 2008
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American Perspective on Climate Change
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University
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Plenary Roundtable
Developing Political Solutionsto Climate Change
(discussion with political leaders from Administration, Congress, state, local and other national governments)
Moderator: Ray Suarez ,Senior Correspondent, The News Hour
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Concurrent Symposia (coming soon)
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Presidential Candidates Forum
What Will the Next President do to Manage Climate Change? (transcript)
(Each candidate was invited to attend or send a representative to make opening statements and participate in moderated discussion.)
Moderator: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent, The Economist , using information from the Presidential Climate Action Plan led by former Senator Gary Hart and from other sources
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Hillary Clinton: Todd Stern, former Assistant to President William Clinton and Staff Secretary and Counselor to Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers
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John Edwards: Elgie Holstein, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council, Assistant Secretary of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Dennis Kucinich: Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District Ohio State
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Barack Obama: Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, jointly with Yale Law School; Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy; and Director of the Yale World Fellows Program; Director, Center for Business & Environment at Yale.
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