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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.

Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

COMMITTEE ON TIPPING POINTS, CASCADING IMPACTS, AND INTERACTING RISKS IN THE EARTH SYSTEM

NAS Building, 2101 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20418

JANUARY 17, 2023
Virtual
OPENING SESSION

10:00–10:10 Welcome and Housekeeping
Kristen St. John, Chair
Margo D. Corum, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Patricia Razafindrambinina, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Anjuli Bamzai, National Science Foundation
Candace Major, National Science Foundation
10:10–10:40 Background, Introduction, Pre-Workshop Poll
Kristen St. John, Chair
10:40–11:40 Overview on Tipping Points and Expert Response
Dorothy J. Merritts, Moderator
Timothy Lenton, Speaker, Director and Chair, Global Systems Institute and Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter
Jeffrey N. Rubin, Speaker
Robert Kopp, Speaker, Professor and Co-director, University Office of Climate Action at Rutgers University
11:40–12:15 Break
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.

SESSION 1
Historical Analysis of Past Biogeophysical and Social Tipping Points

12:15–1:15 Michael Schoon, Moderator
Ilan Noy, Speaker, Chair, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change at Victoria University of Wellington
Benjamin I. Cook, Speaker, Research Physical Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Lee Kump, Speaker, Professor, Pennsylvania State University (Timothy Lenton, Speaker, Director and Chair, Global Systems Institute and Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, presented Kump’s remarks on his behalf)
1:15–2:00 Breakout Discussions and Report Out
  1. What are the key outstanding questions on biogeophysical and social tipping points, the interacting risks of these tipping points, and their cascading impacts?
  2. What are the major barriers and opportunities to accelerate progress to advance these areas of research?
2:00 END OF DAY 1

JANUARY 18, 2023
Virtual
OPENING SESSION

10:00–10:10 Welcome and Housekeeping
Kristen St. John, Chair
Margo D. Corum, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Patricia Razafindrambinina, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

SESSION 2
Regional Perspectives on Climate Tipping Points and Cascading Impacts

10:10–11:30 Simon Dietz, Moderator
Curt Storlazzi, Speaker, Senior Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Gordon Grant, Speaker, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.
11:30–12:00 Break
12:00–1:20 Dorothy J. Merritts, Moderator
Terry Chapin, Speaker, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska
Michelle Mack, Speaker, Professor, Northern Arizona University
Craig Allen, Speaker, Professor, University of Nebraska—Lincoln
1:20–2:00 Breakout Discussions and Report Out
  1. What are the tipping points, cascading effects, and interacting risks critical to these geographic regions? (Coastal U.S., American West, Arctic, and Great Plains)
  2. Identify transdisciplinary research opportunities.
2:00 END OF DAY 2

JANUARY 19, 2023
Virtual
OPENING SESSION

10:00–10:05 Welcome and Housekeeping
Kristen St. John, Chair
Margo D. Corum, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Patricia Razafindrambinina, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

SESSION 3
Interdisciplinary Research Priorities and Opportunities

10:05–11:05 Amir AghaKouchak, Moderator
Kyle Whyte, Speaker, Willis Pack Professor, University of Michigan
Michael Méndez, Speaker, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
11:05–11:30 Break
11:30–1:00 Breakout Discussions and Report Out
  1. How can research priorities be identified, studies be conducted, and response strategies be designed in a manner that is inclusive and equitable for a diversity of participants and engaged stakeholders?
  2. What new capabilities—computational, experimental, and organizational, etc.—would lead to transformational advances in the
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.

    understanding and prediction of tipping points, cascading impacts, and interacting risks?

  1. How can advances across the natural, social, computational, and engineering sciences be integrated to build practical understanding?

CLOSING REMARKS
Summary, Synthesis, and Next Steps

1:00–1:45 Kristen St. John, Chair
1:45 Meeting Adjourns
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26925.
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