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23rd March 2017, 08:00 AM
Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program Launches Spring 2017 (http://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/)
see VIDEO
Live Stream tomorrow (March 24)
http://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/Forum-US-Solar-Geoengineering-Research-DC-March-2017
AgendaDownload PDF version of Agenda. (http://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/files/geoengineering/files/solar_geo_dc_forum_24mar2017_agenda.pdf)
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Setting the Stage
Lizzie Burns — Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Edward A. (Ted) Parson — Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
Gernot Wagner — Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Lecturer, Environmental Science and Public Policy; Associate, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Part I: The Science9:00 – 10:15 a.m
Social Science: What we know, and what we ought to know
Edward A. (Ted) Parson [Moderator] — Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
Scott Barrett — Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Columbia University
Holly Buck — Doctoral Candidate, Development Sociology, Cornell University; Faculty Fellow, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, American University
Rose Cairns — Research Fellow, SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Kate Ricke — Assistant Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy at University of California San Diego
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Natural Science: What we know, and what we ought to know
Doug MacMartin [Moderator] — Senior Research Associate, Cornell University
Thomas Ackerman — Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington
David Keith — Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Joyce Penner — Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan
Alan Robock — Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Daniel Schrag — Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m Lunch
Part II: Policy and Politics12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
State of Play
Jesse Reynolds [Moderator] — Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Peter C. Frumhoff — Director of Science and Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Steven P. Hamburg — Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Joseph Majkut — Director of Climate Science, Niskanen Center
Janos Pasztor — Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2)
Janie Wise Thompson — Vice President, Cassidy & Associates
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
The Path Forward
Oliver Morton [Moderator] — Senior Editor, Essays and Briefings, The Economist
Anna-Maria Hubert — Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary; Associate Fellow, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
Peter Kareiva — Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA; Former Chief Scientist and Vice President, The Nature Conservancy
Andrew Light — Distinguished Senior Fellow in the Climate Program, World Resources Institute; University Professor, George Mason University
Jane C. S. Long — Lawrence Livermore National Lab (ret)
Kelly Wanser — Principal Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Project
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Conclusion & Next Steps
Gernot Wagner — Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Lecturer, Environmental Science and Public Policy; Associate, Harvard University Center for the Environment
see VIDEO
Live Stream tomorrow (March 24)
http://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/Forum-US-Solar-Geoengineering-Research-DC-March-2017
AgendaDownload PDF version of Agenda. (http://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/files/geoengineering/files/solar_geo_dc_forum_24mar2017_agenda.pdf)
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Setting the Stage
Lizzie Burns — Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Edward A. (Ted) Parson — Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
Gernot Wagner — Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Lecturer, Environmental Science and Public Policy; Associate, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Part I: The Science9:00 – 10:15 a.m
Social Science: What we know, and what we ought to know
Edward A. (Ted) Parson [Moderator] — Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
Scott Barrett — Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Columbia University
Holly Buck — Doctoral Candidate, Development Sociology, Cornell University; Faculty Fellow, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, American University
Rose Cairns — Research Fellow, SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Kate Ricke — Assistant Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy at University of California San Diego
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Natural Science: What we know, and what we ought to know
Doug MacMartin [Moderator] — Senior Research Associate, Cornell University
Thomas Ackerman — Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington
David Keith — Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Joyce Penner — Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan
Alan Robock — Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Daniel Schrag — Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m Lunch
Part II: Policy and Politics12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
State of Play
Jesse Reynolds [Moderator] — Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Peter C. Frumhoff — Director of Science and Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Steven P. Hamburg — Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Joseph Majkut — Director of Climate Science, Niskanen Center
Janos Pasztor — Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2)
Janie Wise Thompson — Vice President, Cassidy & Associates
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
The Path Forward
Oliver Morton [Moderator] — Senior Editor, Essays and Briefings, The Economist
Anna-Maria Hubert — Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary; Associate Fellow, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
Peter Kareiva — Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA; Former Chief Scientist and Vice President, The Nature Conservancy
Andrew Light — Distinguished Senior Fellow in the Climate Program, World Resources Institute; University Professor, George Mason University
Jane C. S. Long — Lawrence Livermore National Lab (ret)
Kelly Wanser — Principal Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Project
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Conclusion & Next Steps
Gernot Wagner — Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Lecturer, Environmental Science and Public Policy; Associate, Harvard University Center for the Environment