Publications and Events

Climate / Energy / Environment Events

Climate Change: Health & Policy Implications
188 Russell • November 16, 2009
Moderator

• Bruce Alberts Editor-in-chief of Science
  Panelists
• Rita R. Colwell Distinguished University Professor University of Maryland, College Park Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Lynn Goldman Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Mary Hayden Scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research

Climate Change and Our Coasts: Impacts and Adaptation Options
253 Russell • November 9, 2009

• Vicki Arroyo Executive Director, Georgetown State and Federal Climate Resource Center
• Virginia Burkett Chief Scientist for Global Change Research, U.S. Geological Survey
• Ken Caldeira Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• David Kennedy Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, NOAA

Climate Change: Intersections of Science and Policy
366 Dirksen and 2325 Rayburn • January 9, 2009

• Timothy Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund and lead U.S. negotiator for the Kyoto Climate Conference in 1997
• Susan Solomon, a senior scientist at NOAA who recently served as one of the co-chairs of Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Peter Gleick is the president and co-founder of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.
• Ted Parson, Professor of Law and of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan

Climate and Energy Technology:Current Options and Research Possibilities
November 20, 2008 • B 369 Rayburn House Office Building
• Welcome: Alan Leshner Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
  
• Remarks by Research and Development Caucus Co-chairs Rep. Judy Biggert and Rep. Rush Holt
  
• Climate Stabilization Wedges Dr. Roberta M. Hotinski, Science Communicator Consultant to the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University
  
• Climate and Energy Technology Potential Dr. Jae Edmonds, Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Global Change Research Institute

Climate Change: From Scientific Knowledge to Policy Development
The Gold Room (Rayburn 2168) • January 11, 2008

• Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University "Climate Change and Scientific Consensus"
  
• Stephen Schneider, Stanford University "Science and Public Policy: The View from the Lab"
  
• David Goldston, Princeton University "Science and Public Policy: The View from the Hill"
  
• Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences "The Road Ahead"

The Role of Science in Public Policy
2325 Rayburn Building • January 12, 2007

• Dr. Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science magazine and President Emeritus of Stanford University "Culture and Custom in Science"
• Juliet Eilperin, Environmental Reporter, The Washington Post "A Journalist's View of Communicating Scientific Information to the Public"
• Dr. Andrew Dessler, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University "What Science Can Contribute to Policy Discussions on Climate Change" (PDF)
• David Goldston, Princeton University former Chief-of- Staff, House Science Committee "The View from the Hill">

Breakfast with AAAS: A Roundtable on Climate Change Adaptation to Climate Change
Capitol Room SC-4 • July 12, 2006

• Bill Easterling, Pennsylvania State University "Recent Climate Variability and Future Climate Change" (PDF)

Adaptation to Climate Change
Capitol Room SC-4 • May 10, 2006
• Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University "Adaptation-State of the Art and Current Issues" (PowerPoint)

Climate Change Congressional Briefing
Rayburn House Office Building • May 4, 2005
• Christopher Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington "Ecological Impacts of Climate Change" (PDF)
• Jerry Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research "Climate Change and Climate Change Commitment in the 21st Century and Beyond" (PDF)
• F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California Irvine "Global Warming and Climate Change" (PDF)
• Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University "The Present Impacts of Climate Change" (PDF)

Oceans for the New Millennium: Developing and Implementing Ocean Policy Conference at Cannon House Office Building and reception at Robinson Terminal, Alexandria, VA • July 18, 2000

El Niño and La Niña: Predicting the Future
Rayburn House Office Building • June 8, 1998