MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 |
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| Date/Time | Presentation Title Presenter |
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| 9:20 - 9:30 a.m. | CLIMATE
CHANGE POLICY IN CALIFORNIA Chair: Commissioner Art Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:30 - 9:50 a.m. | Interface
Between Climate Change Science and Policy in California Commissioner James Boyd (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | AB
32 and the Transformation of Transportation Board Member Daniel Sperling (Air Resources Board and University of California, Davis) |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 a.m. | Increasing
California's Resiliency to Climate Change Secretary Mike Chrisman (Resources Agency) Note: No presentation to be posted. |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Open forum and questions from the audience | |||
| 10:50 - 11:05 a.m. | BREAK | |||
| 11:05 - 11:15 a.m. | Conference
Overview Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission) |
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| 11:15 - 12 p.m. | KEYNOTE
PRESENTATION: THE FUTURE OF ECOSYSTEMS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE Dr. Terry Root (Stanford University) |
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| 12 - 1:15 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 |
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CONCURRENT |
SESSION A |
SESSION B |
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| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: PUBLIC HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY Chair: Paul English (California Department of Public Health) |
CARBON SEQUESTRATION Chair: Doug Wickizer (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) |
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| 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. | Climate
Variability and California Low-Level Inversions Sam Iacobellis (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
Accounting
for Potential GHG Benefits from Improved Fuels Management Practices
on Forested Lands Sandra Brown (Winrock International) |
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| 8:50 - 9:10 a.m. | Community
Vulnerability Assessments: Implications for Adaptation Strategies
Helene Margolis (California Department of Public Health) |
Carbon
Sequestration Potential of the Sacramento Delta Wetlands Roger Fujii (United States Geological Survey) (No Presentation Available) |
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| 9:10 - 9:30 a.m. | Impact
of Climate Change on Photochemical Air Pollution in Southern California Robert Harley (University of California, Berkeley) |
WESTCARB
Geologic CO2 Sequestration Field Tests John Henry Beyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:30 - 9:30 a.m. | High
Temperatures and Human Mortality and Morbidity in California Bart Ostro (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) |
Altering
Seawater Chemistry to Mitigate CO2 and Ocean Acidification Greg Rau (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 10:10 - 10:25 a.m. | BREAK |
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| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: WATER AND AGRICULTURE Chair: John Andrew (California Department of Water Resources) |
INFLUENCE OF LAND USE COVER AND CHANGE AND OTHER FACTORS ON REGIONAL CLIMATE Chair: Reza Navai (California Department of Transportation) |
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| 10:25 - 10:45 a.m. | Impact
of Climate Change on San Joaquin Valley Water Supply and Potential Agricultural
Adaptation Strategies Larry Dale (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
Black
Carbon Measurements in the Mountains of California: Sources and Impacts Odelle Hadley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 10:45 - 11:05 a.m. | Multi-Objective
Policy Performance of the Delta with Sea Level Rise and Other Future
Conditions Jay Lund (University of California, Davis) |
Global
Cooling: Technologies to Increase World-wide Urban Albedos to offset
CO2 Hashem Akbari (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 11:05 - 11:25 a.m. | Potential
for Adaptation to Climate Change in an Agricultural Landscape in the
Central Valley of California Louise Jackson (University of California, Davis) |
The
Effects of Irrigation on Past and Future Temperatures in the Central
Valley David Lobell (Stanford University) |
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| 11:25 - 11:45 a.m. | Cascade:
a Scenarios Analysis of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Ecosystem David Schoellhamer (United States Geological Survey) |
Measurements
of Black Carbon and Ozone and Their Implied Climate Forcing in California Craig Corrigan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 11:45 - 12 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 12 - 12:25 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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| 12:25 - 1:10 p.m. | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE RISE OF GLOBAL SEA LEVELS Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany) Broadcast from Germany via WebEx |
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| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: COASTAL RESOURCES Chair: Leslie Lacko (San Francisco Conservation and Development Commission) |
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Chair: Armand G. Gonzales (California Department of Fish and Game) |
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| 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. |
Sea
Level and Run-Up Projections Along the California Coast Peter Bromirski (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) This presentation was removed at the presenters request. |
Climate
Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora Scott Loarie (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. | Assessing
Inundation Vulnerability Due to Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay Noah Knowles (United States Geological Survey |
Invasive
Species and Climate Change Doug Johnson (California Invasive Plant Council) |
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| 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. | Recent
Subsidence in Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Revealed by Space-Based Geodesy Ben Brooks (University of Hawaii) |
Recent
Findings from the Grinnell Resurvey Project: Changes in Avian and Mammal
Diversity over the Past Century Craig Moritz (University of California, Berkeley)) |
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| 2:15 - 2:35 p.m. | CALFED
Science Program-Putting Climate into the Mix Cliff Dahm (CALFED) |
Uncertainty,
Scale and Cost: Redesigning Conservation in the Face of Climate Change Lee Hannah (Conservation International) (No Presentation Available) |
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| 2:35 - 2:50 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 2:50 - 3:05 p.m. | BREAK |
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| TOPIC | SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN CALIFORNIA Chair: Sarah Pittiglio (California Energy Commission) |
POTENTIAL LARGE REGIONAL CLIMATE STUDIES FOR CALIFORNIA IN 2010 Chair: Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 3:05 - 3:25 p.m. | Vulnerability
and Adaptation to Climate Change: Research Priorities for California Susanne Moser (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
What
Can Be Gained from Yet One More Major Field Study? Eileen McCauley (California Air Resources Board) and Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) |
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| 3:25 - 3:45 p.m. | Enabler
or Obstructionist? Law and Climate Change Adaptation Margaret R. Caldwell (Stanford University) |
CalNex:
Plans for a 2010 Climate Change and Air Quality Field Study in California David Parrish (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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| 3:45 - 4:05 p.m. | Social
Science Insights on the Transition to Sustainability Daniel Mazmanian (University of Southern California) |
CalWater:
An Experiment Addressing Scientific Uncertainties in Climate Projections
of Water Supply and Flooding in California Marty Ralph (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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| 4:05 - 4:20 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. | POSTER SESSION Chair: Sarah Pittiglio (California Energy Commission) |
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 |
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CONCURRENT |
SESSION A |
SESSION B |
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| TOPIC | THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA (BICCCA) Project Chair: Kurt Malchow (California Resources Agency) |
LONG-TERM LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY PATHWAYS FOR CALIFORNIA Chair: Andrew Altevogt (California Environmental Protection Agency) |
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| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Overview Terry Root (Stanford University) |
Compliance
Responsibility and Allowance Allocation in a CO2 Emissions Cap-and-Trade
Program for the Electricity Sector in California Karen Palmer (Resources for the Future) |
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| 8:45 - 9:05 a.m. | Quaternary
Fossils from Northern California Reveal Mammalian Response to Climatic
Change Jessica L. Blois (Stanford University) |
Long-Term
Potential for Energy Efficiency in California Buildings and Industry Eric Masanet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:05 - 9:25 a.m. | Elevational
Shifts in Breeding Bird Distributions over a 26-Year Period in a Southern
California Desert Region Lori Hargrove (University of California, Riverside) |
Impact
of Different Transportation Fuels and Technologies in the Natural Gas
and Electricity System of California Alan Lamont (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
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| 9:25 - 9:45 a.m. | Climate
Change Impacts on the Biological Productivity of the Coastal Ocean Jeffrey Dorman (University of California, Berkeley) |
Routes
to Carbon-Neutral Transportation Fuels Derived from Solar Energy: The
Helios Project Elaine Chandler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:45 - 10:05 a.m. | Managing
Grassland Biodiversity Into an Uncertain Future Blake Suttle (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
Fire
and Carbon: The Role of Forests and Other Terrestrial Ecosystems in
California Max Moritz (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 10:05 - 10:20 a.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 10:10 - 10:20 a.m. | BREAK |
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| TOPIC | POTENTIAL SECTORAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS Chair: Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION STUDIES Chair: Joe O'Hagan (California Energy Commission) |
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| 10:35 - 10:55 a.m. | Mapping
Vulnerability to Wildfire: Property Losses and Suppression Costs Anthony Westerling (Sierra Nevada Research Institute) |
Can
We Detect Climate Change in Western Hydroclimate? Hugo Hidalgo (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 10:55 - 11:20 a.m. | Economic
Impacts of Climate Change on California Agriculture Charles Kolstad (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
Human-Induced
Temperature Changes in the Mountainous Western United States Celine Bonfils (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
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| 11:20 - 11:40 a.m. | Estimating
the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Southern California
Beaches Linwood Pendleton (Coastal Ocean Values Center/University of California, Los Angeles) |
Observed
Changes in Vegetation Patterns in California James Thorne (UC Davis) |
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| 11:40 - 12:00 a.m. | Assessing
the Costs of Sea-Level Rise Along the California Coast and In San Francisco
Bay Peter Gleick (Pacific Institute) No Presentaiton Available |
Including
Model Quality Information in Detection and Attribution Studies: One
Model, One Vote? Ben Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Please note that this presentation will not be posted on the website at the presenter's request! |
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| 12 - 12:15 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 12:15 - 1:10 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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| 1:10 - 2:10 p.m. | KEYNOTE
PRESENTATION: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION - WHAT SHOULD CALIFORNIA DO? Dr. Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) and Dr. Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| TOPIC | MODELS
FOR IMPROVING CLIMATE RESILIENCY Chair: Darren Bouton, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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| 2:15 - 2:25 p.m. | Opening
Remarks and Introductions Darren Bouton No Presentation Available |
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| 2:25 - 2:35 p.m. | The
Key Vulnerabilities and Risks of Climate Change Steve Schneider (Professor, Stanford University) |
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| 2:35 - 2:45 p.m. | California
Water and Climate Change Adaptation Lester Snow (Director, CA Department of Water Resources) No Presentation Available |
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| 2:45 - 2:55 p.m. | Climate
Change: Adaptation Challenges and Prospects for California Louise Bedsworth (Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California) |
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| 2:55 - 3:05 p.m. | Adaptation
Planning for Local Governments Gary Cook (Deputy Director, ICLEI U.S.A.) |
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| 3:05 - 3:15 p.m. | Climate
Change and Investment Strategies Ian Noble, Climate Change Advisor, The World Bank |
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| 3:15 - 3:25 p.m. | The
Climate Change Resilience Initiative Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio (Senior Research Associate, Rockefeller Foundation)Darren Bouton |
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| 3:25 - 4:00 p.m. | Panel Questions and Answers |
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| 4:00 - 4:10 p.m. | CLOSING
REMARKS |
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