America's Climate Choices (2011)
Chapter: Appendix D: Agenda from the Summit on America's Climate Choices
Agenda from the Summit on America’s Climate Choices
March 30 - March 31, 2009
The National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
PROGRAM
March 30, 2009
| 8:30 AM | WELCOME AND GOALS |
| Albert Carnesale, Chancellor Emeritus of UCLA & Chair, Committee on America’s Climate Choices | |
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Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences |
| 9:15 AM | SESSION 1: WHY IS THIS STUDY NEEDED? PERSPECTIVES FROM STUDY SPONSORS |
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• The Honorable Alan Mollohan (D-WV), Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
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• Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator |
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| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | SESSION 2: KEYNOTE PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
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• Robert Socolow, Princeton University |
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• James J. Mulva, Chairman and CEO, ConocoPhillips |
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| 11:30 AM | SESSION 3: WHAT INFORMATION DOES CONGRESS NEED? VIEWS FROM THE HILL |
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• The Honorable Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chair, House Committee on Science and Technology |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | SESSION 4: THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE |
| Moderator: Diana Liverman, University of Arizona & University of Oxford | |
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• Certainty and Uncertainty in Climate Science—Framing a Basis for Decisions: Susan Solomon, NOAA |
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• Impacts —The Avoidable and the Unavoidable: Stephen Schneider, Stanford University |
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• Panel discussion: Acting on the certain and the uncertain |
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• Henry Jacoby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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• Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund |
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• Charles Holliday, DuPont |
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| 3:30 PM | Break |
| 4:00 PM | SESSION 5: THE AMERICA’S CLIMATE CHOICES STUDY: ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS? |
| Overview of tasks from the Committee and four Panels | |
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• Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change: Robert Fri, Resources for the Future |
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• Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: Katharine Jacobs, Arizona Water Institute |
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• Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change: Pamela Matson, Stanford University |
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• Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change: Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden |
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• Committee on America’s Climate Choices: Albert Carnesale |
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| Panel Chairs respond to questions from the audience. | |
| Question/comment cards will be collected throughout this session. | |
| 5:30 PM | Informal Discussion with ACC Members in the Great Hall. Refreshments provided. |
| Tuesday, March 31 | |
| 8:30 AM | SESSION 6: KEYNOTE PERSPECTIVES ON RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Introductions: Albert Carnesale | |
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• Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board |
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• Lorents G. Lorentsen, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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| 10:10 AM | SESSION 7: WHAT SPECIAL CHALLENGES AWAIT US? |
| Moderator: William Chameides, Duke University & Vice Chair, Committee on America’s Climate Choices | |
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• Integrating a National Response into a Global Framework: The Honorable Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change |
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• Vulnerable Ecosystems: Carter Roberts, World Wildlife Fund |
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• Vulnerable Populations & Human Health: Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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• Threats to National Security: R. James Woolsey, VantagePoint Venture Partners |
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| 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | SESSION 8: WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE? |
| Moderator: Thomas Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
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• Technology Levers: Robert Socolow, Princeton University |
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• Policy and Economic Levers: Jonathan Wiener, Duke University |
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• Regional Impacts & National Assessments: Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory |
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• Panel discussion: |
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• Jonathan Schrag, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. |
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• Steve Nicholas, Institute for Sustainable Communities |
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• Heidi Cullen, Climate Central |
| 4:30 PM | SESSION 9: ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS? (TAKE 2) |
| Moderator: William Chameides | |
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• Committee and Panel Chairs and Vice-Chairs take comments and questions from the audience: Albert Carnesale, Robert Fri, Marilyn Brown, Katharine Jacobs, Thomas Wilbanks, Pamela Matson, Thomas Dietz, Peter Raven, Diana Liverman |
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| 5:15 PM | CLOSING REMARKS: William Chameides, Duke University and Vice Chair, Committee on America’s Climate Choices |
