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Climate Science, 50 Years Later: Agenda
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the
First Official Climate-Change Warning to a U.S. President
An Event Organized by AAAS and the Carnegie Institution for Science,
with support from the American Meteorological Society
and the Linden Trust for Conservation
Thursday, 29 October, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
1530 P Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO ARCHIVE OF THIS EVENT.
On 5 November, 1965, the group now known as the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) cautioned President Lyndon B. Johnson that continued accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide resulting from fossil-fuel burning would “almost certainly cause significant changes” and “could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings.” The reality of human-induced climate change has now been soundly confirmed, yet public skepticism persists, and policy responses remain elusive. On 29 October, 2015, a daylong symposium will review what scientific research has revealed about climate change over the past 50 years, and offer a forward-looking assessment of the range of scientific, technological, communication, and policy options for the future.
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast and sign-in |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome by Rush D. Holt, AAAS CEO; Science executive publisher, and Matthew Scott, President, Carnegie Science | Watch |
| 8:35 a.m. | Special Lecture: John P. Holdren, presidential science advisor, OSTP director Climate Change and Science Policy | Watch | Slides |
| 8:55 a.m. | Q&A with Dr. Holdren | Watch |
| 9:10 a.m. | AAAS Video Presentation: Confronting Climate Change | Watch |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Address: Chris Field, Carnegie Institution for Science and Stanford University Examining the Evidence: How Much Have We Learned in 50 Years? | Watch | Slides |
| 9:35 a.m. | Q&A with Dr. Field | Watch |
| 9:50 a.m. | Panel One (moderated by Rush Holt, AAAS) What We Know About Impacts to People, Animals, and Crops | Watch - Howard Frumkin, University of Washington (public-health impacts) | Slides - Camille Parmesan, Plymouth University, U.K. (species) | Slides - Noah Diffenbaugh, Stanford University (drought / crops) | Slides |
| 10:50 a.m. | Q&A with Panel One | Watch |
| 11:05 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | Panel Two (moderated by Anna Michalak, Carnegie Institution for Science): Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Costs | Watch - Kerry Emanuel, MIT (extreme weather events) | Slides - Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University (preparedness) | Slides - Charles Kolstad, Stanford University (economic costs of climate change) | Slides |
| 12:15 p.m. | Q&A with Panel Two | Watch |
| 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon |
| 1:30 p.m. | Special Lecture: J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia Communicating about Climate Change — 50 Years Later | Watch | Slides |
| 1:50 p.m. | Q&A with Dr. Shepherd | Watch |
| 2:05 p.m. | Panel Three (moderated by Ed Dunlea, Board of Atmospheric Science and Climate): The Promise of Science and Technology-Based Solutions | Watch - Jennifer Wilcox, Stanford University (options for CO2 sequestration) | Slides - Nathan Lewis, California Institute of Technology (options for CO2 removal) | Slides - Waleed Abdalati, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder (technology) | Slides |
| 3:20 p.m. | Q&A with Panel Three | Watch |
| 3:35 p.m. | Capstone Presentation: Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University Climate Science Center What More Do We Need to Know — Where Do We Go From Here? | Watch | Slides |
| 3:55 p.m. | Q&A with Dr. Hayhoe | Watch |
From 4:10 p.m until 5:00 pm, a networking reception will encourage further engagement following formal presentations.